AIR Worldwide – “Great place to learn, you will have to leave AIR and go work for a client to earn what you’re worth”

Pros

Great place to learn about catastrophe risk and work on interesting problems
If you’re client-facing you get great exposure to people in the industry
Catastrophe risk management is a growing industry
Down-to-earth, positive CEO is genuinely interested in having a happy company

Cons

Growth in value will not be compensated by growth in pay – you will have to leave AIR and go work for a client to earn what you’re worth
New ideas are hard to get support for and the company fears making a mistake more than it fears not doing something great

Advice to Senior Management

Reward creativity and don't be afraid to throw away the old to make room for the new
Focus on rewarding and retaining talent
Don't have the same employees who were the decision-makers for AIR's current software be the decision-makers for AIR's future software