- Final decisions often go through leadership of which's availability is limited - Leadership is often away from office for large stretches of time per year which hinders the team's ability to execute on decisions & projects - Not many opportunities for career advancement internally, part of it being a small company - Internal projects are often put on the backburner for so long that when they're revisited, the project has to start back at square one - Compensation isn't amazing - benefits have been improving though