Pros
- Opportunity to work on some of the best brands in the world (Transformers, Nerf, My Little Pony) and, currently, some of the best partner licenses (Star Wars, Marvel, Disney Princess) - The people who work here are genuinely nice, good people - Lots of opportunity to move around different marketing functions, whether in a global, regional, or sales/account capacity
Cons
- Location of the company's global headquarters is in suburban Rhode Island. Many employees live in MA and Boston, but location still makes it harder to recruit marketing talent from top business school programs - Compensation is at the lower end of the CPG spectrum, although that is balanced out somewhat by the generous work-life balance (including good vacation package and half-day Fridays all year) - Different groups, whether global vs. regional marketing teams or other cross-functional teams, can be quite siloed: information is not readily accessible (you have to ask numerous teams for a different slice of the same information), thereby making relatively simple tasks that much more onerous and time consuming