Good Team Environment, Low Pay
Pros
Easy Commute Free Coffee Little get-togethers and weekly events (bagel day, casual Friday) Great co-workers and team atmosphere is most departments Clean workplace You are typically given all the necessary tools to do your job Customers are typically appreciative of good work, even if co-workers and management are not
Cons
Equality does not exist from department to department Regardless of quality of work / time with the company, the cap of your department is the cap, meaning some employees with 20+ years experience doing great work get paid (sometimes significantly) less than someone just coming in to a different department Inept HR department Micro-management to the point it feels like baby-sitting in some departments Christmas / Performance bonuses are non-existent Raises are minimal in some departments Starting wages can have a HUGE variance that has nothing to do with experience in the field (Talking 20-30% higher pay for outside hires from non-Insurance and/or non-Tech fields, vs internal promotions) More upper management hired every month, it seems like