Pros
• you get a paycheck • benefits are decent
Cons
• No autonomy - the miriad of management layers will ensure you'll be micro-managed regardless of your level of experience or expertise • Executive leadership routinely LIES to the employee population (even when the truth would suffice) We are adults and professionals, we can handle honest talk about impending staff reductions (and maybe if you were honest, we could use this info to decide whether or not to make a major family purchase, etc.) But no... Prudential likes to surprise people with org changes and layoffs. • Agile / scrum work methods are a charade, Pru doesn't REALLY empower teams, they just say that and continue to top-down micr-manage everything (and then wonder why agile is not resulting in reduced time-to market, hmm... wonder why...) • Promotions are based on making sure you're located in Newark (ew..), kissing up to sr execs, drinking all the koolaid, and waiting your turn in line after those who have been waiting longer for a promotion. Promotions are absolutely NOT based on demonstrated work results, educational credentials or subject matter expertise. So yea, you will never be promoted. • Job postings are also a sham - if it's a real job opening, the winning candidate has likely been selected before the job was posted, but many of the job postings do not even reflect actual openings that will be hired for. • Work priorities are constantly changing to reflect the outcomes of upper-management power struggles. Every new exec feels the need to "mark their territory" by having a big re-org, and changing the work priorities. This also serves to knock down the employees, by keeping the ground moving beneath their feet, and making sure they feel powerless at all times. • This is yet another company that has become anti-remote-work after the pandeminc, reflecting an undelying distrust of employees (and perhaps an unholy alliance with the corporate real estate market). Like similar companies with toxic environments, they offer the fake explanation of "collaboration" (but require people to report to an office even if no one in their work group is located there) • There's plenty of messaging about work / life balance, but in reality you will be given a month's worth of work and told it must be completed by the end of the week (but hey... take some time off to recharge... yea, right) • This would be a good company to use as a stepping stone early in your career, but only a fool would stay for the long-haul. It's like a cute but mean person you might date in high school for fun, but not the type with which you would build a long-term relationship based on mutual trust and respect.
