Pros
Global brand, great location if you work in SF, great if seeking a swanky job title (Director, Business leader ..), shuttle service, Smart people who are held victims of internal politics.
Cons
Dirty politics, favoritism, lack of innovation, poor compensation (No equity, horrible bonus structure), skills are allowed to rot while folks sucking up are rewarded, confusing year end review process, Lack of career opportunities. ask for a career development program and the leaders roll their eyes as if you asked for their kidney, NO work from home policy, Poor health insurance plans (raised the burden on employees by 20%). Recently Visa announced a 6% salary cut for the entire workforce (pension cuts).. While the news itself was ill timed given Visa Europe acquisition, record profits and all time high stock prices the way they announced it was totally out of whack and will give you a sense of the culture here. Email bursted to everyone announcing pension freeze and 20% employee cost increase to health insurance and asking employees to look at their future retirement plans and make adjustments as necessary. What follows is more than amusing : Goons or "Visa bouncers" outside the benefits meetings who would make sure that the meeting room doesn't allow more than 25 people in the room, reason - "We have security concerns". What makes employees a threat to any organization ! Utter nonsense ...People raising voices internally via local intranet website (hundreds of comments posted and close to 12000 likes) all go unheard, with the HR leader calling the employee response "over reaction" Just RUN !! There are better companies out there.