Pros
There is a lot of independence in this company and you often get to run projects on your own. Always someone there to help if you need it but we're trusted to run with things and encouraged to bring in ideas. In general it's fun and there's never a boring day. Like any other job, you will have your days when you have to do work you don't really love but that comes with any job. Friday night family dinners are great and a great way to keep the whole business on the same page. Its amazing to see almost everyone in the company come together virtually or during non-covid times, in person and have fun and share comments and see what every team has done over the past week, etc. All of senior management is super accessible if you need them. In fact, the CEO doesn't have an office and he's extremely approachable if you want to run any idea past him. We love a good internal project just for fun. We've been doing magazines for mental health and black history month to have loads of information available around the office. The office displays all of this work and allows for people to put forward ideas for what to put up. In general, it is an atmosphere where you are heard often and your ideas do get considered and if there are problems and you want to drive the change, you are encouraged. We live and breathe the idea of making the world a better place and we try to start at home. Covid lockdown transition was really smooth for the company which was nice to see. In a world where everything crumbled all of a sudden and everything was strange, we were able to not worry about our jobs and continue business as usual. I've learnt so much here and I honestly don't ever want to leave. When I think that I might have reached all I can learn a new project comes my way with a whole new set of skills.
Cons
The in office perks could be a bit better but they're still pretty decent (fruit available for breakfast all day, snacks, free tea/coffee/hot choc, Friday drinks) Work-life balance is sometimes a bit difficult when things get busy but most of the time we are humans first and if we have any urgent needs outside of work we're able to meet them.
