Advancement opportunities are not so great for bottom employees. The work performed is too simple to have any opportunity to show case one's ability. Also, all they want out of the bottom level employees is the hourly hard work. Other than that, they are not looking for much else and they don't want to see anything else.

The work is ever changing and fast paced. On the sales side, the goal is maintain customer relationship and try to keep customers. There is a lot of emailing. Some technologies employed are questionable. This can complicate things a lot. On the corporate level. There is constant pressure to keep corporate profits up. Some departments are understaffed. During crisis time, it can be frantic.

The culture is relaxed. There are no particular dress codes. Employees usually dress however they want. Diversity varies from department to department. Managers usually dress in suits. People are nice, but there is also the occasional suppressive boss who pushes everyone too hard to make himself look good. However, in general the atmosphere is friendly.

It's quite a competitive industry to be in. AOL is not in a very good position in the internet business. It could be said that the company is in somewhat of a tight position. They are starting to cut costs by ways of salary and employees. This makes more competitive. Also the pressure to do well in this business puts everyone on the edge.

At the bottom, the pay is on hourly basis. For starters, it's around $10.00/hr. It then goes up to the teens. For higher ups. Manager gets around $60,000. A director is around $100,000. System Administrator around $80,000. Senior Executives gets around $350,000 plus expenses. All of these higher up positions get stock options and performance based bonuses.