Managing Margins at It's Finest - Vice President FactSet Employee Review

1.0
Apr 22, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work/life balance Flexible schedule possible once you have earned trust

Cons

Innovation always comes second to managing that quarter's margins Senior management gets large compensation increases while average employees make do with small increases (CEO had >20% compensation increase last fiscal year while a lot of average employees got 1-2% increases) Senior management routinely micromanages projects and overrule frontline managers so they can feel like they are adding value Blame culture growing stronger Frequent layoffs of strong performing people for the sole purpose of making predetermined operating margin numbers

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Cons

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