Pros
Michaels is (can become again) a good company, trusted by its customers, and the people you work with are good people.
Cons
• The CIO and CEO are here to cash out. This could be a good thing since they will both be gone soon! • CIO has no understanding of how to create software. His total lack of knowledge of SDLC and the fact that he does not know the meaning of production level software is crippling the company. • There is no process, no testing, no documentation, The CIO hired a bunch of devs fresh out of school, no dev managers, no product managers, He hired scrums and UX but will not let them do their jobs. • The CIO spends most of every meeting talking about himself and how he could do everyone's job on the call. The fact that a CIO is on such low level calls everyday shows his lack of vision and strategy. • The CIO only surrounds himself with "Yes" people, if someone stands up to him or challenges him, that person is pushed out. • The CIO thought it was a good idea to not talk to the rest of the organization even though the projects being created where for them! Again showing a lack of vision, strategy, and balls. • The CIO does not have a plan, or a roadmap. Everyday, he and his lacky's just throw a bunch of requirements out and expect them to be done in a day! Never looking at the actual requirements, the big saying is Copy Amazon and make it 5% better! • The CIO built a team in China, and the code they are creating is Crap! It is hacky and they are just copying from competitors. • CIO uses bullying to hide his lack of knowledge and will blame everyone else. • The technology managers spend their days, kissing up, rather than standing up for their teams. Both the CEO and CIO must go and it will take Michaels 1-2 years to fix the mess.