Pros
Most co-workers easy to work with Free Starbucks coffee Free granola bars Work environment is relatively new Free ski pass
Cons
Compensation -Salary - Pay for non-management positions is 15-20% lower than market (managers are being paid 50% or more than direct reports) -Time-off - Holidays come out of employee's PTO; PTO is very slow to accrue for employees just starting (i.e. < 5 years at company) -Medical - Limited medical plans for employees (i.e. only one plan) Work Environment -Cramped cubes and getting worse; Company is more concerned about cost of leasing space than worker productivity Technology -Company does not give high quality technology to development staff -Fails to upgrade IT infrastructure because of cost Employee Development -Consistently hire externally rather than promote from within -Internal training options are nearly non-existent -Consistently fail to cultivate talented employees -Training guidelines and allocation of training money is opaque process -Review process that is currently in place is used to push employees' salary into bell curve regardless of an individual's true performance Management Communication -Upper management puts on charade to gather employees' input, but almost all decisions are foregone conclusions and employee input is not used. -Communication for large changes is typically vague in order to hide negative impacts to employees until the last minute (e.g. change in health care plan) -Management fails to answer direct questions from employees