Pros
- Good Benefits - New/Clean office space - Knowledgeable IT department - Occasionally employees receive free food/merchandise that will be sold in the store
Cons
- Not everyone that works at HQ can park at HQ (you have to park in a garage a mile away from the building and walk to take the bus to the office). Most of the parking spaces are reserved for more tenured employees and senior management. - No free coffee. - Many senior managers are inexperienced in managing people, unprofessional, unethical, and are incapable of taking accountability for the work product of their teams. Senior managers are very willing to throw their teams under the bus, rather than manage conflict head-on. - Very hierarchical. Employees don't have real access to their senior managers and above. Analysts and specialists are not involved in meetings or discussions about topics that directly affect their work, and then they are held accountable for work product that did not live up to expectations set in said meetings/discussions. - People are forced out through performance management techniques that have no merit or documentation. - When you are involved in meetings, a lot of the time people talk in circles, asserting power or control, and nothing gets accomplished. It is a big waste of time. - People in the position to make decisions and lead department initiatives are poor communicators. - HR as a whole is not really a resource. There are some helpful people, but most are ineffective, especially management.
