Pros
The people! Lifelong friends made. It will also give you useful experience that will open the door to other, better paid, better treated communications jobs.
Cons
Everything else. The CEO is an embarrassment to the company and WorldStrides has gone downhill since he stepped on. There is a serious issue with leadership at this company starting from the top down. The CEO has no respect for the employees and makes that clear by every decision he makes, as well as by saying it to their faces “(I don’t care if you guys like me, I gave up on that a long time ago).” Job expectations are unfair and not equal to the pay. You are told from the interview process that you should not continue forward if you aren’t willing to work more than a 40 hour work week (no, they don’t pay overtime). Tenured account managers are treated completely different from the rest of the staff. They are given better opportunities, better pay, and the entire department has to bend to their will for fear of losing them. Salary is awful. They try to convince you it’s competitive for the area. It’s not. Employers are desperate to hire and this is a role that will give you a competitive edge up in the industry (the only benefit). Go somewhere else, anywhere else, that will treat you better. WorldStrides has some serious soul searching to do and until they make major changes, it’s not worth the stress and pain.