Pros
Base salary is competitive. Bosses are generally hundreds of miles away, so they stay out of your hair.
Cons
I was laid off near the start of the pandemic, verifiable by the fact that our division has two fewer people in it than the day I signed on. They fought my unemployment (as well as others), claiming a series of mistruths. At the time of my dismissal I was 20 days from my 401k becoming fully vested, costing me thousands. Also, because they concocted this malarkey when there was record unemployment, I didn’t get an appeal on it (which I won) until seven months later. Obviously I had to get a lesser job to fill the gap, so they arguably cost me thousands more in benefits. CEO Chris Meidt is fond of boasting that in their ever expanding empire that they’ve never laid off employees. There are many of us who would like a moment to counter.
