Pros
Because of its unique family-oriented culture, for example, the annual Carotek Thanksgiving meal is quite the event where everyone comes together to make a dish to share. It makes working afterwards tough 😴😂 but it's a tradition I hope continues for a long time.
Cons
At the time, it was tough to grow professionally, or at least there was not as much emphasis on laying out pathways to gain experience in other departments. Sure, it was on me to seek out those opportunities, but it was not and may still not be a focus of Carotek's employee development strategy.