Keep your eyes down and your opinions to yourself
Pros
Federated offers a great training program, a great product and a pension plan.
Cons
Management. Pure and simple. If you are on the right side of management, you will succeed whether you deserve it or not. They ask for your opinion and if you give an honest response, you are not "supporting the company directive". The directive should just be do as we say, how we say to do it and keep your eyes down and mouth shut. You can do everything they ask of you and it still isn't good enough. They focus on the things you do wrong, versus the things you do right. Too many "does not meet expectations" and you are on your way out the door. You can meet expectations for many years, with several different managers, but you get a manager who you don't click with, good luck meeting their expectations. You know who the "chosen" employees are and you know who the "workhorse" employees are and you know the employees who are on the "hit list".