Pros
-Friendly team who enjoys having a laugh
-Opportunity to learn a lot about executive search, and about how different types of businesses are run
-Opportunities to get involved with client meetings and to give input to management on how searches are going and give recommendations
-Fun outings to try new restaurants, group activities (snowshoeing, escape rooms), staying active (team spin classes, boxing)
-Summer hours - office closes at 3pm on Fridays over the summer
-Loyalty of longer serving employees rewarded
-Personally have had a ton of much appreciated support and accomodation re-entering the workforce following an injury
-Leadership bring in business coaches to work with some of the team to develop them
Cons
-Thermostat wars - sometimes the office gets cold
-Location is cool and close to cool Eastside restaurants and Gastown, but it could be nice if it were closer to places you can run errands to (grocery, drug stores etc - all in Gastown but a bit of a walk)
-The hours can be long
-Data driven - this could be a con to some who don't like working with numbers