Pros
First off, I truly couldn't imagine myself anywhere else. Getting my foot in the door at IG has honestly changed my life. 1. Our People - our Atlanta HQ location is filled with so many wonderful people. We have a very blended demographic, and the diversity makes for great collaboration. Everyone at Corporate is so kind, supportive, and it really does feel like a family to me. Sure, there are very different personality types, but I truly can't say that I don't enjoy working with anyone here at HQ. 2. Culture - over time, there's been a big shift in focus on mental health, wellbeing, and individual employee fulfillment. There are so many incentives, opportunities, and resources for us. I truly feel that the organization listens to what we want, and they try their best to cater to that. 3. Opportunity - this is probably the biggest highlight. The opportunity here is a little mind-blowing. I've been offered really incredible opportunities to grow and develop my career. If you show up and put in the effort, you will be rewarded. 4. Flexibility - to reiterate my above sentiment, you will be rewarded if you put in the effort. As long as I'm moving the needle, leadership works with me to make sure I can address any personal matters as they come. 5. Stability - the company has never done layoffs, so I feel a great sense of job security which I appreciate.
Cons
I'll start by addressing my headline - the grass is always greener on the other side. Do I think there are things we need to work on? Yes. But do I see the company making strides to work on these areas? Yes! No company is going to be perfect, and I've seen a lot of people draw comparisons and almost take things for granted to where they leave and then want to return once they realize they might've not appreciated what they really had. However, I do think there are a couple of areas for improvement. 1. Compensation - I think there's room for improvement in regard to some compensation structures. As a company, we've been getting better with annual merit increases and so on. The room for growth/opportunity and stability does mitigate this. If you come in and make a name for yourself through hard work, there's lots of room for generous compensation increases. Whether it's through a promotion on your team or transferring to a different team internally, there's really good earning potential (that's been my personal experience, at least). I've worked with folks who may've been offered a higher salary at a different company, but then reconnected after they were impacted by layoffs, etc. 2. Sales Culture - the culture of sales vs. corporate is very different. Our salespeople are compensated differently (largely commission-based) whereas our corporate folks are hourly/salary with some bonus opportunity. I think our sales folks have a 'go, go, go' mindset which can sometimes come off as aggressive or assertive to the corporate population. In sales, you might be trying to drive something to the finish line at the very end of the day in order to make that extra bit of commission or at least move closer to that. There's no big incentive for corporate folks to stay on after hours or really drive that to completion, so I think it can cause some friction depending on the situation.
