Prós
That after working here for several years, I’ve been given a very thorough course in “How not to run a business.” Compared to working in a cesspool like this, being treated with respect truly is a luxury and something I will be sure not to take for granted in the future.
Contras
Too many to list. With a couple of exceptions, corruption, bigotry and homophobia run rampant in management. HR has a sordid history of being romantically intimate with our executives, so there’s absolutely no objectivity in fair decision making. Employees are treated like garbage with no consideration given to their personal lives or their families. Be prepared to sign away your evenings, weekends, holidays and social life, all in the name of the “business needs.” Everyone in the DC is forced to march to the beat of a tiny tyrant with a Napoleon complex. Managerial and supervisory opportunities are filled by personal friends of upper management, regardless of qualifications, so virtually no room for advancement. Disgruntled employees openly defecate on the bathroom floors. And when temp workers, who are brought in by the dozens, care nothing about their own appearance? Solution: Mandate uniforms for all! Gee, it worked for Auschwitz, after all....