The good news is everyone knows where the problems come from
Pros
The employees have bonded pretty well, sort of how disaster survivors do. There are always plastic forks and spoons in the break room...yes I know this is a reach but I had to have at least 20 words. You literally can't get fired from here because no one cares enough to fire anyone.
Cons
I am an IS employee so I can only speak to that side of the business. What I can tell you is that on the IS side we are running roughly 20 years behind in technology and 40 years behind in work environment. The bulk of the problems at CHS rest at the feet of the CIO. He is an elderly man who is extremely out of touch with current technology and workplace expectations. Aside from making the IS employees being forced to wear ties every day he also doesn't allow: flex time, casual dress, office messenger, work from home, and essentially won't allow us to spend money on much needed upgrades - we don't even have the enterprise version of Sharepoint for crying out loud. This environment he has created causes massive, massive turnover issues so you never know who anyone is or where anyone went. This combined with the fact that the majority of people are contractors means there are no relationships between departments. This leads to lots of log jams as no one knows what anyone is responsible for, what anyone has, or how to locate anything. The problem is so systemic that people have simply given up and quit caring and nothing ever gets done. On the positive side this can lead to a relaxed environment but if you - like me - are the sort of person who sees problems and wants to proactively address them you will lose your mind. Nothing here ever changes because no one cares enough and the people who do leave very quickly...like me who am leaving currently.
