Pros
Compensation and benefits are competitive. Friendly people generally. Flexible schedule—easy to take 1-2 hours off here and there for appointments or personal needs.
Cons
Useless high-level onboarding, followed by zero training whatsoever from your actual team. You can expect to have no idea what is going on for at least your first 6 weeks here, since no one will bother to explain even the basics to you. When you naturally ask questions (since you will have to train yourself through the reverse Socratic method), your colleagues will not be able to answer simple queries pertaining to the release schedule, code environments, builds, etc. Don’t bother asking the managers on your team, since they won’t know the answer either. If they are so inclined, your colleagues may try to “help” by just sending you a link to a convoluted internal wiki article on the topic (which will do nothing to resolve your confusion). The lack of base knowledge at this company fuels a remarkably high tolerance for ambiguity and a “hope this works” mentality. It boggles the mind that this company is actually able to ship functioning products given the cluelessness of its employees and the general sloppiness of the product work. Ceridian is also plagued by the massiveness and over-customizability of its product. Ceridian’s Product teams are extremely siloed and communication channels are not well-defined. You’ll spend a ridiculous amount of time just trying to determine who to contact about a particular issue. When you do find a contact, their first instinct will be to respond that this issue is not their responsibility and tell you to contact someone else. The scope and customizability also create massive headaches when attempting to reproduce or identify issues reported by customers or internal stakeholders. Different customers are running all different versions of the software with umpteen customizations, so reproducing 1 simple issue is like an exercise in quantum mechanics. What’s most bizarre was everyone’s acceptance of the above-mentioned dysfunction. I felt perpetually confused by how these patently ridiculous issues were all accepted as par for the course, rather than challenged and aggressively improved. Depending on your stance and values, this may not bother you, but I'd also like to share that this company also engages in unceasing woke value signaling that will regularly hit your work inbox. While I have additional cautionary tales, unfortunately they are too department-specific and would therefore probably expose my identity.