Fantastic groups of people in challenging situations
Pros
Vista is a historically very successful company filled with passionate, fun interesting, eccentric, kind people. 90% of the people here are delightful. The product itself is fantastic and well received by almost all prospective customers. Within individual departments, the "small company" team like structure has built some very special, close knit, family type relationships. The office is beautiful, meetings and outings are fun, and at times extravagant. There are renewed efforts to reward in office employees with perks like themed lunches, chair massages, and communicative meetings with management which will hopefully lead to some better morale.
Cons
The Leadership team has trouble connecting with, listening to, and respecting the massive amount of talent they have at their disposal. There seems to be a wall between the people in charge and the people on the ground, that is at times insurmountable. This can be very frustrating when decisions are made at the top that affect everyone, without consideration of consequences for their employees. As a result, there has been a spectacular amount of turnover in middle management. That said, the soldiers on the ground are some of the best people I know, great workers, intelligent, kind, and a pleasure to work with.
