Pros
Had a chance to work on modern technology and interesting projects. Great place to grow as a developer (and go make better money elsewhere). Immediate managers are amazing and really care about their people. Holiday schedule is excellent!
Cons
It really seems like the company is trying to get people to leave based on their actions. It seems like every few weeks we hear of something from the top down that makes us question how much the company really values us. It's to the point many of us are just waiting for the other shoe to drop on merit as we haven't heard anything yet and we're expecting it to be bad like other years. A lot of my friends are looking and trying to time offers based on what we hear back. I know our managers have always fought for us but it seems like over the last few years (even prior to Covid), the company has not been paying us well. I've seen a lot of really talented friends leave because they're getting a lot better pay elsewhere and a few in recent months got jobs within a few weeks of looking. We've even seen some of our top managers go recently and it feels like there's going to be so many more people following suit. In addition, the company keeps doing other things that make us question if they truly care one bit about their talent: recently, they announced out of nowhere that they expect everyone back to the office on June 1st, despite the fact that many other companies are surveying their employees and providing more flexibility with a return to office policy. That didn't happen here. On one hand, we were told that we were most likely going to maintain an open wfh policy in the near future, but bam...nope. Sounds like our boss is pushing back, but we're not very confident that we'll have the options we are looking for. There are some I've talked to who found remote to be very productive and have long commutes who plan on leaving if they are forced back. Not to mention it appears as if top leadership has a "tough luck" type of attitude. One of our recent town halls seemed to indicate that if we don't have a good period for merit..."get over it...life is tough". Not to mention, that same exec boasted about getting their own bonus last year during Covid as if that's an indicator that we are doing well as a company and the rest of us should be happy with that.
