Pros
Young people were smart and just all around great people
Cons
Everything else:
- Low pay. Like really low.
- Dull culture - no inspiration, no energy, no motivation
- Senior members weren't great - some wouldn't even show up for weeks at a time or show up like twice a week
- Mid-level members all looked pretty upset and just had a horrible energy. But how could you not? They were probably underpaid, underutilized, and doing extremely boring work - all of them for 5+ years!
- Analysts were glorified administrative assistants. Even if you wanted to grow, you couldnt because you had to deal with an outdated system - some things that should take seconds, would take 30 minutes. Scanning, printing, sorting through paper, running to get signatures, and organizing folders was 70% of the job
- Turnover was really high among young people because of all of the above. Company lost some really bright analysts (but you also couldnt be mad them - anyone would go crazy in this type of environment)
- No diversity. Only a handful of minorities during my time, and they were all smart and brought some life to the company (but left because everyone leaves). HR did a horrible job in this department (honestly not even sure we had an HR department...)
- And again - growth was limited - almost discouraged. It was just extremely sad