Pros
Business across many industries so can choose to be an industry specialist or a generalist Global business/operations make for interesting challenges Work/life balance is amazing depending on your role (in at 8:01, out at 4:59, leave computer at work) in Dallas office Company size is navigable - big enough to have structure but small enough to make an impact
Cons
Leadership is terrible and has been for at least the 5-7 years that I’ve experienced. Terrible at getting rid of senior leaders toxic to the culture. Terrible at communicating the big picture and where we’re going, as well as what we’ve done and the impact/result. Terrible at people management. They put successful individual contributors in charge of people instead of people legitimately interested in people management, coaching, & development. Almost all of my managers have been the worst managers I’ve ever had. Terrible at allowing politics and the good ole white boys club to drive organization- related decisions. (Some progress recently here but only at the top, not where most of the people are working every day.) Terrible at leadership development and people development. A new “career framework” enables them to never promote you or pay you more as “you’re new to the function/industry/business” as though your former experience is completely irrelevant. No training or career development support beyond “career framework” that doesn’t outline skills, experiences, or capabilities required for any role or advancement. Worst HR team I’ve ever seen, you wouldn’t know you worked at a Fortune 500 company. They talk about People as a value but do absolutely nothing to support people, career development, mentoring, etc.
