Pros
Access to a diverse and broad range of projects. Particular individuals truly care about your success and you personally. You will learn a lot in a very short amount of time and become familiar with some big names in the industry. The benefits package is good and the office space is nice.
Cons
The LPA Public Relations team does a great job at selling the company internally and externally as one that prioritizes employee career growth and company culture. Here's why you shouldn't fall for that: First of all, pay and promotion practices are embarrassing and insulting. There is no more efficient way to say "you are just part of the business" than offering a 50cent/hr raise after multiple years of work and following a pay reduction due to COVID. In addition, leadership claimed that no one received a raise in 2020 due to the impacts of COVID. After communicating with trusted coworkers, I determined that this was a lie. LPA will tell you that their management focuses on having all employees "play to their strengths." This will be true if your strengths are convenient for them. LPA will tell you that you determine your own career path. This will be true if your desired career path aligns with the one they have already chosen for you. LPA will tell you that you will be part of a team. This will be true if there's room on a team; if not, you will plug holes and extinguish fires until you become so good at both that it becomes "in the company's best interest" for you to continue doing so. On a personal note, my mental health hit rock bottom while working at this company. I felt that the future of my career was out of my control. I felt that I was never included in the conversations that happened about me and that I wasn't given a chance to voice my side of the story. I felt lied to, coddled, and ignored. I also felt incredibly stupid for giving the benefit of the doubt when I should have been focused on protecting myself. I felt the only way to rise above the situation was to leave the company. Leadership is too overwhelmed and distracted to notice what is going on at the bottom. I believe that LPA leadership truly cares about the success of the company but their decisions and actions are not setting it up for success. They need to slow down and start noticing the red flags.