Pros
Will let you know once I think of some positives
Cons
Way too much disruption in way too little time. Employees were never set up for success with this merger. Management dropped a bomb and didn’t have any emergency equipment or fire trucks or police on hand to control the ensuing chaos. Some people saw this as war and used took their job titles as weapons. There is emphasis on job titles here and the company feels top-heavy now with no transparency. People are generally more focused on covering their tracks here than doing the right thing for the company. So difficult to get things done here because people are jockeying for power. Definitely do get a Lord of the Flies vibe working here. Compensation is below market average and new joiners are definitely given more generous pay packages than the loyal employees (BTW, this kind of wtf-inducing decision-making thrives at this company if you haven’t caught on). Management tried to penny pinch on raises and promotions but ends up having to offer more once that backfires and people leave. People applying here forget that employees leave bad managers. The company can offer you an attractive pay package nowadays but that position was open in the first place more than likely because the previous person left a bad manager, combined with a bad company. People also forget that the first employees to leave a burning ship are usually the smart ones. Recruiting can spin the attrition however they’d like but the smart ones are still the ones leaving.
