Pros
1. Negotiate for a high salary when you start. They will pay more than industry due to their high churn rates and are desperate to hire. 2. If you're related to management, you will have a great time 3. Free soft drinks and coffee 4. Parking reimbursement 5. Ten paid federal holidays
Kontras
As the title says, there have now been a few people that have started to leave real reviews as they are leaving the company. Most of the positive reviews are fake. A few are real and those are written by family members or friends. An investigative committee needs to look into this company asap as there are a lot of 'under the table' deals and agreements in place. Negative Benefits 1. A total of 15 days off accrued per year regardless of tenure or labor category. There is not a separate sick category to accrue leave. 2. Lack of multiple options for healthcare - very limited. Although they tout their high deductible plan with their FSA contribution as being something special. It's not. It's worse than industry average. 3. No telework. Unless you are related to the CEO (the real CEO in California). In fact, if you're family, you can even live in California and work remotely. They will tell you telework is not authorized per their Federal Government customers but bend the rules when convenient. 4. Lack of job security - I have seen many people get pushed out or fired for having opposing views with management. Especially ones that are not related to said management. Nepotism is rampant as this is a small business with a lot of friends/family members working in the same environment. CEO 1. CEO will waive your potential bonus in your face when demanding that more work be done. 2. CEO is very inexperienced and immature. Beware of off-putting comments and jokes. 3. Founder CEO spent his money on a lavish BMW i8 instead of spending the additional capital to hire talented senior management. Remember that this is a small business, not a big consulting firm! 4. Poor communication. You will be made aware of company-wide policy changes via email the day they happen, not prior. This is how 'unlimited telework' was taken away from the first 50 or so employees. We got an email and that was that. The CEO-founder made us out to be the bad guys for questioning the decision. General Cons 1. You will experience either no workload (if you're family) or lots of work if you're hired to do everyone else's work (not family). 2. Senior Managers/Managers do not understand software development or consulting management. This is their primary offering area yet they are very inexperienced. 3. "Senior Management" is non-existent. Most managers are there because of previous relationships or they are family members. They only get in the way when trying to do work. 4. The company prides itself in "delivering quality products and excellent customer service." This is far from the truth. If you see anything that looks remotely polished it's because they have scrapped 2-3 iterations and wasted millions of customer dollars in the process. 5. Fraud, waste, and abuse. Extreme waste of government money. There are 'under the table' deals that are made between stakeholders and other sub-contract companies. 6. There are unhealthy partnerships with other companies. The one I'm thinking of in particular was owned by a friend of the CEO. This friend was asked to leave by the Federal clients due to concerns with fraud. 7. The company will be sold to you as being revolutionary. Do not take anything at face value. 8. Growth Opportunity is non existent. 9. This company hired a con-artist for a day by mistake. Found out he was a con and fired him. This actually happened. 10. Loyalty; their interpretation of this word. You will be asked to give your unwavering loyalty. Sound familiar to the current political climate? Yet they will go against you when convenient.