Pros
The below were true before the company took a terrible dark turn slightly over 1 year before I left: *An awesome company culture where I made relationships that would last a lifetime *Appreciated and valued employees for what they were and contributed to the company despite shortcomings on being able to advance *Embraced workplace friendships *Valued long time loyal employees as long as they were performing which they were *Barbecues, tailgates, company outings, lunch ins were very nice from throughout my time there. They became a lot less, but still existed a little even after the bad turn the company took overall *Healthcare and 401K benefits were pretty solid, but did become a bit worse overtime
Cons
These things listed below started and became apparent after the company took a tragic downturn that did not have to happen but they choose to be that way starting around the down turn: *Office drama and politics were an unmitigated disaster and nightmare based on horrible treatment of great friends of mine and each other for elementary schoollsh garbage that was non-work related that made coming to work like hell during the time and eventually contributed to one of the affected ones quitting months later *Double standards regarding supervisors and managers being able to talk or befriend certain employees over non-work related stuff which is elementary schoolish while making it sacred they cannot talk to someone else they were closer friends with and being mean over the dumbest stuff just to please someone others over non-work related matters and etc... *The open door policy and anytime feedback survey they often tout is a big fat lie as it did no good and in fact threatened firings of some great employees who were afraid to fill it out *Half truths and lies about many things including continuing to pretend to be a family oriented company and pretending to still embrace workplace friendships when they are not those anymore based on the stupid rules they now place on managers and supervisors over stuff not even work related. *Childish grudges and such and terrible drama were held and continued to be held at many times by certain employees and team leads/supervisors/managers *Obsession with embracing change just for the sake of change the even if it is not change for the better