Tried to change the culture, lost its soul instead - Individual Contributor (Non Scientific) BD Employee Review

2.0
Aug 18, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Socially valuable products, very interesting work for core job, excellent colleagues on the department level, decent vacation and other benefits, pleasant office environment, will provide ergonomic aids if requested

Cons

A very good company is now engaged in a race to the bottom. Purported leaders are cynical and behave like a high-school clique, out to enhance their own reputation at the expense of others. Extremely headquarters-centric and don't get the culture of the Silicon Valley. The business unit moves from crisis to crisis with layoffs as the major solution and then asks the remaining employees to fill the gaps. Longer service employees are discounted in favor of newbies. If you have been at the company longer than 10 years, expect a lot of microagression.

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Cons

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