Pros
* After a few tumultuous years, the company is trying very hard to redefine itself, attract new business, and grow. * There are recognition programs for Spot performance awards & peer awards ($100-$500) - managers are empowered to recognize the superior performance of their employees. * The company is very firm about a 8-5 workday - nothing more, nothing less. No more traveling on weekends (which used to be very common).
Cons
* There are no simple processes, especially when the administrative processes of the company are coupled with that of the government process requirements. Even though they automated the process, a travel request can take several hours to complete due to the multiple manual forms that have to be completed. * There are so many bureaucratic reports... reports about reports - these reports go into a black hole, no one reads them and we never receive feedback on any of it. * The senior leadership/board has been desperate to change the culture of the company after they abruptly released the well loved founder/CEO a couple years ago. There has been A LOT of lost work during contract renewals due to failure of new leadership to understand the politics and relationships that ESP used to have within the DOD community. Any new work won, ESP is typically a very small player & this doesn't provide opportunities for internal movement. * Although annual cost of living expenses are built into government contracts, employees have not received this for several years. This annual cost of living increase remains in ESP's coffers - employees know that the j.o.b. they are assigned is pretty much as far as they will go within the company with no chance of annual raise for cost of living or any other form of pay increase.