Pros
Very good starting salary Competent, intelligent and professional colleagues Modern and pleasant working environment Excellent canteen Will give you a chance if you show them you're motivated and willing
Cons
Small pay rises No company-driven career development - it had to come from you or nothing would happen Far too political - personal "power acquisition" got in the way of delivering results for the company Unwritten rules - quite a few unspoken expectations, which one only discovered when one did the unexpected by mistake! Triumph of style over substance - successful people didn't necessarily produce, at least not much. They just insisted loudly that they did... and it worked! Previous lack of employee diversity - old recruitment policy was not what it should have been. By the time I left, this issue was actively being addressed by HR. And it needed to be. Poor middle management - lack of people skills and accountability Poor senior management - failed to address the problems of middle management! Change overload - too many changes had to be forcefully driven through in too short a time because for two decades the company had stood still compared with the competition