Glorified staffing agency
Pros
Charitable giving / social responsibility. Quarterly bonus, rather than yearly.
Cons
(Prefacing my negatives with I work for Version 1 through an acquisition of another consultancy firm. I have then been working for a client by myself for nearly 4 years. Nothing changed from the point that Version 1 bought over that original firm, I still kept working for my client) Isolation. I have been working for 4 years in a team for a client by myself. I have little to no interaction with Version 1. They are happy though, because they are getting paid for me. I can't think of anything that Version 1 has done to make me feel welcome or included as a part of the company. Zero training, development or growth. I have been asking for technical training for years, and ignored at every step. Boggles my mind that there is not more of a drive to want to train or skill up staff. This business model is basically "hire people, send them to another company and do work for them". Surely it makes sense to train those people, so that more could be commanded for them? Just a timesheet. With no training, growth potential, and no inclusion to the organisation, the leftover feeling is that of being a billable entity. All that matters at the end of the day is that the client pays for me.