Pros
I got better at placing boundaries and not caring so much. I really did like most of my coworkers, their HR team is truly great, but it was understood that the CEO would shift any departmental decision on a dime which made it impossible for any real leadership from anyone else on the team to actually stick.
Cons
I’ve never left a job this quickly. This is the most unorganized place I have ever seen in my 10+ years as a creative professional. During my time at Night I was expected to produce and manage 25+ packaging projects + email, website and social campaign strategy + copywrite everything including sales pitches (which required extensive market research) at **one time**. And all without visibility to constantly changing deadlines, or priorities. I begged from day one to implement a standard creative brief, process and calendar with a project management software. The bare minimum needed for so many moving parts but I never received support in any of these initiatives no matter how many hoops I jumped through to try to be taken seriously. I was in a director level position but was treated like a junior designer. If you do take a job there, get ready for daily chaos and to work over hours most days. The current expected hours are 9-6 which is already late if you have a family or a life you’d like to enjoy outside of work. In meetings you are tested and called out constantly, everyone was on edge just waiting to see if they were to answer some random question that may or may not be relevant to their role. One time my partner overheard a meeting I was in and the way I was talked to by the CEO and he was shocked that I anyone could be treated that way in a professional environment. Best of luck to whoever tries to get this place in shape.