Pros
Great pay. Higher than anywhere else, by a lot. Extravagant events, spending gobs of cash. First class flights, hotel suites. Employees could fly up and stay for a week with zero authorization. Can expense literally anything. CEO founder is a brilliant visionary.
Cons
Where to begin? The brilliant CEO also has no career experience in corporate America, enterprise sales, or software. Every decision is emotional and if you don't agree profusely with everything he says, he'll have an outburst and shut you out for weeks. Check the CEO Approval Rating. His next biggest problem is his cousin as Chief Business Officer, who also has no experience in technology, sales, enterprise, or software. He takes a "used car sales" approach to selling manufacturing software and is disliked not only by employees but by customers as well. The rest of the executive suite is equally poor. Yes-men/yes-women with little career experience. Employees are leaving in droves or being laid off en masse. Most are unhappy; if they stay, it is for the compensation. Unrealistic company goals lead to under-achieving, unhappy employees. Glassdoor reviews are fake - "Cons: None" is a dead giveaway. The "Pros" lead to an obvious burn rate problem. The business plan to raise more money was quashed by the economic downturn, putting the company in a precarious position of not hitting its number.