Pros
I put off posting this review because I didn't want my low rating to reflect poorly on the lower-level people that work here. I worked alongside some truly world-class people, the culture AMONG US was great; most everyone I worked with was very friendly, capable, and kind. Other pros: having a chapel on campus to retreat to was very nice; there was a gym to work out in and our own parking garage; the work space was trendy and fun to work in; the pay was competitive; the health insurance was great.
Cons
My whole time there, I had this pervasive feeling, "It's kinda cult-ish here." There's some major hero worship of Matthew Kelly goin on. He has delegated tasks more over the years, but the company is still way too tied to his wagon. I also didn't like the air of triumphalism, with all the talking down and belittling other Catholic apostolates, just because they don't speak to the same audience as Dynamic Catholic. Thirdly, and this is a big one, I don't think there's much room for dissent here. We'll never really know why 25-30 people were let go. But, when you consider that: - these people who lost their jobs were doing some of the best work in the entire building (so it wasn't motivated by performance) - many of them had won "Employee of the Month" awards and were very highly regarded by all their peers (so it wasn't a matter of not fitting in with the culture) - their positions were apparently "no longer aligned with the vision," yet now you'll find that many of these same positions are being advertised again on various job sites (so it wasn't a matter of "mission creep" or extraneous positions) - DC is not strapped for cash -- the ability to give away books and programs for free is evidence enough of that (so it wasn't financially driven) ... the only other reason I can think of is that some of the people who were fired were too critical of the direction of the company, and the rest were just hapless victims of a bizarre about-face that only makes sense in the collective mind of the leadership (or what's left of them). Before the gauntlet came down, some top leadership people started going elsewhere. We're talking the very top, the people who had been there the longest and were in Matthew Kelly's trusted circle. Why leave unless there was a massive disagreement about the direction of the company and they couldn't, in good conscience, stay anymore? Of course, they saw the writing on the wall and were able to come out smelling like roses. The "commoners" who had 15 min to pack up and leave? They weren't so lucky. I feel sorry for all the good people that were let go, and I feel sorry for the people who remain, too. How can you go into work and feel good about what you're devoting your time and talent to when a bunch of really good people, your friends, were let go for some inexplicable reason ... and you could be next? I don't see how anyone could be "committed, coachable, and aware" after that. One final con: Let's be real, these books we were giving away like pancakes are repetitive, derivative, fluffy, and full of filler. If you do decide to work here, make sure you live and breathe Matthew Kelly books. But, you really shouldn't work here. As great as everything may appear on the surface, there's something rotten in Denmark, and it's probably better that you don't move across the country to little Erlanger, KY (it's just a PO Box in Cincinnati) so that you can be a part of it.