Pros
Not many during my short tenure. The only I can think of: It's a thriving company in a declining industry, there's a lot of work to do thanks to the many manual processes and due to the lack of resources and disorganization. They keep hiring because they need a thousand people to make sense of the million Excel files and to create a hundred reports. Met nice people there.
Cons
• The problem is top management, unethical and with personal agendas • An employee here can not complaint, should not voice an honest opinion or say the truth; otherwise will be fired • Too many bosses, few non-managers to support all the bosses’ requests. • Seldom hire from within. Instead, they bring “Over-qualified” (on paper only) people from outside. It seems the new policy says: “Let’s forget about the loyal people who have pushed the company to where we are now” • Closed door policy. Very rigid formal political structure and secretive culture. They even divided the office. Now high level executives are separate from regular employees. • Seniority is taken into account only when assigning cubicles to employees. The oldest in the company gets the window! For promotions is another story. • Destructive criticism from the president. Employees that really care about the company feel discouraged by his remarks. President does not care much about people. Never approaches employees. Just waves and says Hola, hola! • With very few exceptions every year everyone knows who will be “selected individuals” for the next trip: The favorites • Who you know, instead of what you know, will move you up. If a couple of influential VP's and the president like you, then you’re all set. • Low morale. No employee recognition program in place. Recognition is just a “Thank you”. Low morale among employees. Promotions are based on how much you relate to top management. Hard work, talent, and dedication seldom get you ahead in here, unless your friend is.... • Lately the company has put emphasis on bringing new people with new ideas to the company. Why don’t they begin with top management first? Some of them with near 30 years in the company, and most people still wonders why we were still stuck with Excel. • They have been utilizing employees for jobs not related to their specific functions to save money (moving machines from the office to another site for an event). The reward? A thank you email recognizing their good job and a $50 card. $50 divided by 6-7 hours overtime = less than $10/hour. Ridiculous! • No end of year bonus. You have to earn it by competing in Christmas contests. These are fun, but if you don’t participate, not only you get labeled as anti-social, but you'll have no probabilities of earning the extra money.