Pros
People are the best. You can find the best mentors who cheer you on and support you in your career. Ego is not a problem, most leaders recognize talent and nurture it. Benefits are great and culture is the reason most of us stay. Most people are warm, inviting, friendly and motivated people so it’s a great environment to work in.
Cons
Talent review cycle is not very rewarding. HR rules are too rigid and inflexible in some parts of the company. Some areas of the business let good talent walk out the door because not enough career opportunities are rewarded to the high performers. They do too much to placate the average worker who has been there longer, than they do to move up high performers. It creates an endless cycle of high talent turning over often, but they keep the mediocre workers too long. Promotions are too few in certain areas, which they expect linear growth after 7+ years of you doing the same job for a long time. They need to recognize that in order to retain high talent, people are not going to sit still for years and “pay their dues” when another function is offering them growth. Usually to move up at AbbVie you have to switch functions instead of go through the usual annual talent review cycle.