Pros
- Good compensation and benefits package. - Relatively well established processes and procedures. - Varied career opportunities and system in place to apply for jobs internally. - Flexibile work arrangements (opportunity to work from home depending on the role) - Opportunities to travel. - System in place to report violations of business principles and code of conduct. - Promotes diversity and inclusiveness. - Promotes safety and wellness. - Opportunity to work with diverse group of people. - Believes in honesty, integrity and respect for people as its core values
Cons
- In sales, the focus is often short term (annual performance). - Too much focus on individual reward and recognition which often stifle collaboration and teamwork. - Annual performance management process with forced ranking. - Limited senior roles doing local jobs. If you want progression, you need to do regional or global roles. - Susceptibility to succumbing to the "not invented here" syndrome since most assignments only last 4 years and staff wanting to move up would have tendency not to continue what was started by the predecessor even if they are working but instead develop new things. This is apparent in lubricants marketing where there is hardly any sustainable product positioning. - In Lubricants - Tendency to hire too many experienced marketers from FMCG companies who hardly make an effort to understand their products and the business first to come up with strong marketing programs and campaigns but instead rely too much on events and promotions. - Tendency to develop a culture of "sucking it up to the boss" and breeding a group of "Yes men" at senior management levels stifling generation of new and/or opposing ideas. - Believes that promoting gender diversity is just all about hiring women with limited programs in place to make the workplace more women-friendly especially to those not willing to sacrifice their family life for the sake of their careers. - Understaffed front-line human resource staff. - Becoming an organization of fiefdoms led by leaders promoting their own agenda and each wanting to "look good".
