Pros
Overall benefits are good, -hybrid schedule with more days at home than work -pension and wellness benefits help pays for vacation and future investments -people in other departments are really nice and friendly -there are programs to help celebrate the employees, from birthday lunches to cultural celebrations -they run Newark (they have events at NJPAC/ Prudential centers and have shuttle buses all over the city) -Once you're in, you'll never be let go (hence why we have such horrible people in our department)
Cons
If you are working in the marketing department and you hate being micromanaged, RUN! In my professional career, I have never been in a department that micromanaged so much that many people ended up quitting spontaneously. There is no trust or mentorship there- the training is specifically looking over the micromanager's shoulders for 3 months and never having hands on experience with the work, even if you ask to be hands on. Then they would expect you to take on all the work all of the sudden, then if you make a mistake, would be micromanaged to hell. If you are starting in this department, you will have to endure this treatment. If you end up enduring this treatment and work there for years, you will be stuck in your position and wouldn't be able to move up. In the few years I was there, we had about a new person about every 6 months, where we meet them, they were "trained" and then either left/let go. I have worked corporate positions for over a decade, and this is the first time I have come across a department so bad, I wouldn't want my worst enemy to work here.