Pros
So recently the little company that I started with 21 years ago was purchased by Equifax for 1.8 Billion dollars. Scary for some, exciting for others and that is to be expected. What I have learned is that Equifax, 16,000 Employees world wide, does their very best to make you feel the personal side, not the impersonal of being large. That to me, that has been the most impressive thing about Equifax. The opportunities for young people within Equifax is endless, which is another positive for being acquired by Equifax. If I was 35 years younger I would be lining myself up to see the world while working for a great company. The HR department has been exquisite in handling the needs of Appriss's employees. They are so very well versed, excellent communication, excellent execution of doing their jobs. The management of Equifax is very real, they have been transparent, open and honest with us about the migration of two large businesses into one. I don't have a sense that they are elite or above those who report for them. I see a lot of mission driven people which I like in the work place. They have a sense of humor, with a sense of love for what they do.
Cons
Mergers, Change are sometimes hard to accept and sometimes a little scary for some. There is very little you can do about that because it is human nature to sometimes feel that way. Large companies like Equifax you can feel sometimes lost, no matter how hard the organization tries to make you feel important. New procedures and processes create new challenges, things may not move as fast as we are use to because we were smaller, less hoops to jump through. This is minor on one level, but they don't have an easy to use store to buy Equifax gear from. With 16,000 Employees I would think that would be beneficial.