A once maternalistic company has become too American. So sad :(
Pros
- Excellent Benefits including: Cash pension (instead of a traditional Def Benefit Plan), 401K matching, huge number of vacation days - sometimes merit based - gender equality (but not ethnic equality) -meetings start late which gives a laid-back appearance
Cons
- Company has become too American, losing its soul in the process - Company promotes ESG/CSR/Impact Investing but there is very little time for volunteer work - very political with fiefdoms - difficult to move into other functions and teams - top-down management style - there's always a business restructuring regardless of whether they're needed - too many meetings -people waste each other's time - no room for independent thinking (too much group think) - decisions are usually made out of fear (of regulators, other teams, bosses, etc..) - little cultural diversity - no ethnic diversity - the company claims its socially responsible, but no one has any visible disability that's working there - too much pressure to work on periodic and ad hoc reports which few read - very little time to think and be creative - company is outsourcing as many functions as possible which lowers moral - employees feel as if they're part of a corporate machine - management has not taken enough responsibility for corporate misdeeds - active age discrimination
