Pros
The staff is treated well, both as employees and as individuals. The mental and physical health of all the staff is of very high priority and support is given above and beyond what is required by law or contract. A large amount of effort is put into making PODFather have a good working environment (unlimited ice cream, tea, coffee, fizzy drink, chocolate, peanuts, fruit and social events with food paid by the company). Very low power distance in the company means that anyone can go talk with anyone else, this includes the directors of the company that has an open door policy. The company allows for vertical movement, previous examples are developer -> sales, developer -> account manager & developer -> manager.
Cons
Still stuffers under technical debt accrued over the past decade. Grown faster than structures to cope with the growth, meaning that there is sometimes a lack of control; a concerted effort has already been started to deal with this though. The experience level of developers is relatively low due to fast growth and fierce competition for experienced developers in Edinburgh.
