Pros
Coworkers are high quality. In a customer facing role, it’s so helpful and refreshing to have R&D and other internal support you can count on. Our feedback culture is well-intentioned (growth mindset people will love), and there’s a sentiment that no problem is “someone else’s problem.” Salary and raises are generally good, despite the black box and lack of transparency around the raise process.
Cons
Upper management (especially CEO) is so out of touch. The all-staff meeting “performances” with respect to COVID policy are cringeworthy. They are trying to convince us that it’s safe, wise, and necessary to bring 9,000 employees back to campus. There is a lack of empathy for parents who have to grapple with children learning from home, they must either find full time child care or take a pay cut in order to work from home (even for high school aged children who can care for themselves but shouldn’t be left alone for 40+ hours a week). This is not to mention the emotional strain on employees who feel scared by the current plan, but have to sit and hope for the best, or risk being pushed out by retaliatory action against dissenters. Salary and raises are generally good, but in order to advance, you have to fit the mold of the stereotypical Team Lead or other leadership roles (outgoing, vocal during meetings, loud supporter of policies).