Pros
Positive and supportive culture focused on internal development and promotion. Lots of opportunities to create new roles and responsibilities with the changing environment and business conditions.
Cons
Clear that recent changes in senior leadership are only focused on business performance and not considerate of the people and talent necessary to delivery on those objectives. There is a way to balance people and performance if you create the culture that supports effective leadership, a clear focus on prioritized objectives, and an unwavering commitment to a clear strategy. Each new leader wants to make their own mark - without regard to learning from the past and adjusting for the current state in order to deliver on that desired future. It makes it challenging for the layer of employees that execute on these grand visionary statements to deliver as the vision changes or is so filled with business buzzwords that lack specified and achievable metrics. The Farmers of today is not the Farmers that I joined and was so proud to be a part of - nor should it retain all of that history, however, it should be aware of its history - respect it - and use what is advantageous. That advantage is its people - however these core resources are no longer what is valued.