Internal Culture Was Consistantly Unstable
Pros
Diversity is one of the main values of the company
Cons
Even with what was good initial diversity, the culture on creative teams became patchy and superficial. With the ever present threat of layoffs (which happened several times) people do not feel communal past a certain point. I heard the term "Minnesota nice" used a lot to describe the culture which isn't actually a compliment. I also saw new upper managment hiring amplify the middle-aged, white, west coast, and male pattern of business which seemed to narrow the company culture in my time there. A lot of talent was jumping ship. For a year and a half we kept hoping it would stabalize but did not see that happen. The Shutterfly system of HR was the least helpful one I'd encountered. It seemed to serve employees up the ladder rather than the majority of regular employees in my group. Bad apples were allowed to do a considerable amount of damage compared to my experience at previous companies. I believe this was another reason good talkent went elseware.