Pros
Principal has a good eye for streamlining design, but not stacking bathrooms. He goes after what looks cool, architect has zero concern for craft. -Paid half of health insurance premium, but that's when he had an HR working there. She left after 3 weeks because of cons below.
Cons
-Principal is erratic, egotistical, arrogant, and never around the office. -He expects cool design without any of the practicalities of, for example, gravity/reality of architectural details. -He employs sensible people because he is not an architect, and will argue with you why (literally) there needs to be columns. He's a rich guy who went to grad school then hires architects for him. -He will bargain you down to your minimum salary, way below market, because he wants a good deal. Meanwhile, he charges pretty good rates to the clients anyway. -Again, he only cares about looking good. If you're a smart woman, you will argue with him for no reason other than he is intimidated and doesn't know it. -Has no interest in becoming a better company by industry standards. Will do autocad and rhino for as long as possible. Takes all he can from the company, as employees are only there to serve him and his image.