Pros
Great pay and good benefits. Supports a family-oriented culture, sort of..(people regularly leave the office early to beat traffic/pick up kids, but also has a culture of working consistently late or on weekends/vacations.)
Cons
Biggest problems are: 1) Way too many meetings, especially when it's performance management season (2x year) and for senior leaders - making them inaccessible to their teams. 2) Very top-down culture 3) Performance management is twice per year, and brings a host of frustrations with it: - Because there is a forced distribution, and ratings impact bonuses, it creates a ton of stress for everyone as they rush to deliver results before the deadline - Managers have about 30+ hrs in June and 30+ hrs in Oct/Nov of meetings in which they have to calibrate their ratings with others on the team (and the ratings are not shared with associates until Jan at the earliest) The above combination has led to very high levels of burnout on my team, which hasn't changed in a few years according to all associate surveys.