Pros
- Depending upon department, good work/life balance - Nice work spaces - Capability to make lasting relationships with very professional and experienced individuals - A CEO who would more often than not respond to personal employee emails pertaining to issues - Good idea swapping and brainstorming with peers - Left over client meeting food
Cons
- DEPENDING upon department, good work/life balance ("I have to leave 4 hours early today but I'll be back on at 11pm to email you and then be angry at you around 7am for not answering." - mid/senior management) - Even with title changes movement in the company is generally lateral. Work will increase but pay won't. - Technology could be far better. - There is no HR department - Approval of anything to help better the workload and productivity of employees is generally ignored and pushed off for months. - Showboating. MPs who reference their income to those who know they will most likely never get a raise. - Nepotism. Where isn't there any, but it is blatant at Star. - Backward solutions. Short term interns to take the place of where a new hire should be. - Those hired and talented in their field are often ignored based on a random article read by an MP or consultant. No matter the employee experience or expertise. - Promises and plans, programs and meetings, discussions of change that never come to fruition - Meetings that end in people storming off, telling other people off, and becoming generally hostile for little to no reason (You get used to it after a while but it's unnerving to new hires.)