Pros
You get paid every two weeks on a Thursday. So they meet their legal obligation. That's where the fun starts and ends.
Cons
Heavily micro managed by the ego eccentric family and two-faced smiles. Will insult, ask you questions they expect you to automatically have the answers to (or you're stupid/useless) and yell at you one moment and then ask for your help kindly the next (within 20 mins, like nothing just happened). I worked very closely with many of the Managing family members for many long agonizing months. Non-family Supervisors creep around to get things completed (asking staff to keep it on the down low - because its efficient but not approved by the family Managing Director) or have to ask permission for everything but it doesn't get approved for months; including time for vacation days off. Many of the "Chief's and higher Management" are just figure heads longing to have more say, but they need consent approves for the most simple ideas. I was told not to think for myself. WTF, my thoughts have to be approved and fed to me?! If you are not being yelled at, you can hear someone down the hall being yelled out by the family all throughout the day, or the family yelling shouting at each other - they use intimidation to rule over us like strict parents to misbehaving children and they will tell you in your face that is how it is. Staff is on high alter all day (see if the family is lurking) and creep around avoiding the managing family members (dirty looks and belitting, micro questioning and insults and shouting). There is no team activities or high moral. Everyone is stressed and tired with the additonal back bending they have to do to please the family, plus all the manual steps that take up time and do not make sense (why do you need 8 people to check one calculation or approve one $20 invoice!!??!). It's an extremely unhealthy and retrogressive (staff are very under utilized and disrespected have wanting to contribute or ask a question - no open door policy) work environment - many things are still manual and paper heavy like...being frozen in time in the 1980's. RUN THE OPPOSITE WAY - FAR AWAY!!!!
