Pros
- Good expertise in terms of structural engineering
- Good working conditions in terms of space
- Satisfactory IT equipment
- Possible work benefits (e.g. car, phone)
Cons
- Workforce fluctuations (incapacity to retain experienced workforce)
- Frequent displays of lack of respect from management to employees and among employees (bullying)
- Lack of organization resulting in tight deadlines
- Unclear management hierarchy, impossibility of addressing problems
- No performance evaluation, no consistent reward for achievements or working overtime
- Coercion into involvement in unethical activity (e.g. contributing to academic plagiarism- employees coerced into making academic projects for the daughter of the boss)
- Coercion into working overtime
- Lack of professional standards and quality control (e.g. falsified data building permit documents)
- Fraud in paying black money to employees (contracts on minimum wage, rest of money below the counter)
- Fraud in not paying software licenses
- Existing racist attitudes (clients of African origins, are referred to as 'blacks' in a derogatory manner
- Invasive to free time (work phone calls after work schedule ended)