Pros
Had a history of great people and innovation. Benefits are decent and the JMBA is really nice. Has a lot of well established brands. Private company even though they are stripping the company of all costs as if it will be sold soon.
Cons
Lots of big goals with inconsistency in how to execute and prioritize. 5 year strategy guaranteed to fail. Innovation is dead at that company. They don’t invent any new formulas, products, or marketing besides line extensions or fragrance changes. The leading edge of the creative, charismatic, and ambitious people have already moved on. Climbing the ladder has little to do with merit but who you have as an advocate to drive your career. Basically a bunch of middle to upper management trying to take care of each other. Network hard perception is everything. Marketing is weak and a revolving door. HR is either generally incompetent or does next to nothing it’s hard to tell. Tons of processes, reviews, gates and everyone’s opinions given on every project wrapped up into a swell process. You can’t manufacture good product development it requires technical expertise and experience. Lastly Racine as a location is about as desirable as a cold shower.
