Pros
Some decent people work there
Cons
Where do I begin? I was with the company over 10 years and towards the end it was sad because it went down hill fast. They make many changes that make no sense without any reasoning. Once a new system was put to a level of high efficiency or a process was worked on until it was at its best, they changed it completely or got rid of it to replace it with something even worse. The worst part was before they roled anything new out, they claim it was always tested before it started which was an outright lie. Advancement is a joke and the office pitics are sickening. There is very little room to move up and if you are not in the "cool" crowd and are not a brown nosing "yes" man, don't plan on going anywhere. I have seen many deserving workers try for high positions only to get turned down because they either had their own thoughts or ideas that went against someone else's and they gave BS answers when you asked for feedback after an interview. It was to the point that they had a "talent" committee which was comprised of the management team that was in the "cool" crowd. There was no such thing as team work either. In order to stand out in Management's eyes you had to step on your fellow co-workers. I can't count how many times I had an idea that would really help or one of my team mates did and we either shared it with a co-worker or manager only for them to say it was bad and then the next day they turned around to say it was their idea instead. So much backstabbing and it was sad. On top of that HR was a joke when reporting anything. The "Anti-retaliation" policy was a myth. Each time I reported something unethical whether it be a racist or sexist remark a manager made or a coworker basically getting away with murder, I got treated like an outcast and they would look for any way you can make my life miserable. This made it difficult for others as well who were so scared to speak up because they did not want to lose their jobs. Discrimination was a daily thing too. Whether your weight, skin color, beliefs, disability, you name it. They always found a way to make you feel unwanted. The other thing was if you were one of the few who stepped up daily and helped your team and were fast at your work, they would pile more work on you while a lazy co-worker who watched YouTube all day got away with doing nothing. Do yourself a favor and steer clear as far away as possible from this company. One last thing to note is that the benefits are laughable compared to many other companies. They got rid of the old psychiatric care and went with a third rate company that only refers to the bottom of the barrel therapists and psychiatrists. The health insurance practically covers nothing and dental is just as bad. The employee discount was decent, but whenever someone brought up how expensive the health insurance was compared to other companies, the only response was directed back to the employee discount on TV and internet. The pay was atrocious. There were many battles with canned answers from hr when someone who was there a long time with a ton of experience was getting paid less than someone who was just hired off the street with no experience. Everytime it was brought up, it was always met with the most run around answer you could think of.
