Pros
This company is female centered and female driven. You may not even have computer skills, and they don't even mind. I worked with women entering the workforce from college, from being a stay at home mom, or a homemaker. They are education driven. As long as you're willing to learn, they are willing to teach you. I felt valued when I first started working there, but that all changed over time and took a complete nosedive when I put my two weeks in.
Cons
I started working for NEI back in 2017. I received the highest raise at that time, 4%. I have not received a raise that high since. I held on through the pandemic, giving up 40 hours then no raise at all in 2020. In 2021 things were only getting worse. Retention was horrible and once our employees left the care of the training team, they no longer felt supported. I thought I made personal and professional connections, but the minute I decided to go to another company they acted as if I hadn't put my entire self into the place for the past 5 years. Put my 2 weeks in 3 weeks ahead of time. On my last week, they terminated me. I wasn't able to come into the building. They packed up all my stuff and made me drive across town to pick it up at a cooperate building I've never even heard of. I wasn't able to finish all the work I planned to complete before burdening my team. I wasn't able to say goodbye to all the people I worked closely with for 5 years. It was like I never existed at all. I did more than other employees did over the pandemic. When they went home to work, I stayed in the building to take care of all the paper files. I was terrified of getting sick and giving it to my nephew who was born in 2020. Companies ask themselves: Why can't we find good work these days? It's because you treat the good workers like absolute trash. My team mate left before I did and she was celebrated, given a gift we all pitched in for, and her family sent her flowers to the office. I couldn't go back to the office until Tuesday because of an exposure to COVID, got terminated on Monday in the afternoon. I couldn't spend my last week with the people I was so close with. I've never felt so replaceable.
