Pros
Good salary. Great people! Plenty of resources to get your job done. Most managers don’t micromanage. Great working relationships. Smart business, industry conservativeness is done the way it needs to be to stay solvent and have good ratings and gradings from a money management and pricing standpoint. Great bonus opportunity! Career growth options are extensive in the larger home office location. Limited at other cities, but if they would open up departments to having employees in the other cities, there is a lot of potential! Future potential is huge for many avenues, new generations will help drive diversity, and employee flexibility in terms of telecommute options, etc, for a better work-life balance for each individual. All items in the cons section can easily be remedied and evolve into pros with the open-minded management of newer generations.
Cons
No telecommuting options to accommodate work-life balance, to Federated work-life balance only means getting your work done at the hours and place they can watch, so it is really about work balance, not really allowing options to help the life balance fit. Business Casual in an atmosphere that really doesn’t need it. Stiflingly conservative. I feel stuck, like punching a clock on salary, managers roaming the cubicles to keep tabs, can only work from home when not getting paid for the time (sick, vacation, extra unpaid hours only). Few paid holidays and below average vacation days. Inflexible for families, no allowance for working from home as needed (sick kids, etc), even though it is completely possible. Older technologies. Diversity of people is lacking. Upper management pats themselves on the back too much when anything “diverse” happens, quotas feel like a real thing.