Pros
Hiring pay was good - but hard to get a raise after that. People working with were great and really cared about the company.
Cons
Management did a survey and 50+% said pay was an issue. At next meeting, an upper manager laughed saying that people always want more money. Some people haven't gotten raises for years. People getting bonuses got 100+ of their bonuses the last 2 years while regular staff had no raises at all. Instituted processes for getting IT work done that are total process bottlenecks. Waited over 3 months to get a task done that would take a day. Hiring backfills was impossible. The HR tool used is the worst I've ever seen. Had to keep adding the same requisition to a tracking spreadsheet month after month. It's impossible to talk to an HR person about a problem. You have to submit an email and wait for a response. You aren't given an HR partner to work with. I got a sharp email back when I asked a follow-up question to a response and was told I had to submit a new question for that. Product people were just chasing dollars - had no plans or market strategy.