- Company values youth vs. experience.
- Frequent reorganizations, downsizings force out seasoned employees and strain remaining employees.
- US marketing careers stall at manager level (too expensive vs. other nationalities).
- Too many US leadership roles taken by expats.
- Long hours working across multiple global time zones will burn you out.
- It's not enough to strive for excellence - you must be driven to "win".
- Once you're in, salary increases are low. Benefits have been cut over the years.
- Many outsourced functions and processes are frustrating to employees and waste time (esp. HR and purchasing).