Pros
You have the potential to make good money, if you are great at what you do and highly motivated. Base salaries are below market but commission is good if you're hustling. It's a very clock-in clock-out kind of culture - you'll rarely see anyone at their desk after 5:30. But would you really want to work with a small organization that has such polarized opinions around it and its management practices?
Cons
BridgeView IT is un-progressive and has a sterile office environment with little amenities beyond a coffee machine, fridge and water cooler. Management wants an innovative, high end team but puts superficial effort towards retaining high quality employees. In fact, the smart employees are the ones who decide to leave. Mediocrity thrives at BridgeView IT. If that was all, BVI would be just "ok". The real problem at BridgeView IT lies in its Managing Partners and their immediate cohorts. One of the most textbook cases of covert aggression I've ever seen. They tote phrases like "Life's too short" and "Take the high road", but their true motivation lies in boosting their egos and monetary gain. Whenever you encounter an organization that has verbal and/or written policies that require employees to keep their salary information confidential amongst themselves, this should raise a major flag. There are large discrepancies between employees' base salaries for doing the same job. If you're thinking of signing on, be sure to negotiate wisely because there is no system set in place for growth, and raises are hard to come by. Depending on which side of the business you are hired on for (Account Management or Recruiting), you'll either be aggressively micromanaged or so under-managed that support feels nonexistent. One manager requires you to send him emails for him to review before you are allowed to send them out to clients while the other may take days to respond to a simple request for a few minutes of help. Perhaps the saddest part about BridgeView IT is the overall disrespect the Managing Partners display for their current and past employees. Be careful with what they know about your personal life because your dirty laundry may very well be hung out for the whole office to see, even after you've left. The Managing Partners' egregious lack of respect for the privacy of their current and past employees would shock an outsider.
