Pros
- Good pay - until you realize it's because they are paying for misery - Lots of PTO - but you won't be able to take it because you will be under constant impossible deadlines (and you're the only person who knows how to do the one thing)
Cons
- If you have options, don't work here. The truth is that the culture is incredibly toxic. The level of disrespect by everyone and the way teams constantly turn on each other is terrifying (especially if you're female. The number of times I've seen the men talk down to the women on their teams, and when the women push back...they are publicly scolded/embarrassed and told that they are being "dramatic" or that they are "too emotional". How is this still happening in 2021? And the WERG - the women's group in the company - is an absolute joke from what I hear). - This organization is extremely top heavy. Every 6 - 8 months, they do rounds of layoffs (which are all targeted at managers and below), only to be followed (literally two weeks later) with hiring a spate of directors and VPs. - Everything will be your fault. The blame game at this organization is the worse I've ever seen. I've seen VPs overriding employee concerns and risks, and when things go awry, the employee is blamed. This didn't happen just once; this is a common occurrence to a point where nearly everyone there is demoralized and just expect to be thrown under the bus. - The backstabbing and politics is the worse I've ever seen. I thought that things would be better with the new CEO, but if anything it's only gotten worse. I've sat in on executive meetings where the entire hour is devoted to the VPs throwing each other under the bus and snickering at each other. Honestly, Thanksgiving at my in-laws is less painful. - The last employee survey was so terrible that they didn't even reveal the results. Instead, at the Town Hall, HR made noises about having "workshops" to discuss the results, and I don't think any of those "workshops" ever got scheduled. If they did, clearly nothing got done. I'm actually afraid to see how terrible the results of the next survey will be. - One of the items from the employee survey (which has been the feedback on every survey) is that there is no promotion path. HR made a lot of noise about having a promotion plan, only to turn around and change people's titles from manager/director to stuff like "lead" (which is basic career death when you try to apply to other companies - which I think is their plan to staunch the brain drain). - Even without the constant rounds of layoffs, anyone who is competent has been jumping ship. Rather than try to find ways to fix the issues within the company, the CEO (and his cronies) have just hired more VPs. You're not valued, your sacrifices to the company won't be valued. I know that this review may sound bitter, but I'm one of the few "favorites" of my SVP (he'll still throw me under the bus if it means saving himself, but for the most part, I've been treated well by him). But even though I'm a "favorite" doesn't mean that I'm blind to how awful my colleagues are treated. I appreciate my position of privilege, but I'm also very aware of how disgusting the culture is. We are all actively looking for a way off this ship.
