Pros
-Great healthcare and benefits. -Lots of opportunity for travel. -The fast pace and big budgets can be fun for a while.
Cons
- unrealistic project deadlines that promote working long hours - your bosses will make impossible promises to customers that you will be held accountable for - every decision has to be run through big bosses in France - no one below a Director level is bonus eligible - American Director level only say “yes” to the bosses in France, then everyone below the Directors are held responsible for failure. - the directors constantly bicker and blame each other to try and shift responsibility before saddling the failure to one of their underlings - Broken bidding system for new projects that only results in tighter deadlines, lower budgets, and angrier customers. - very few promotions available unless you have a European passport - Plastic Omnium tells a great story about this being a family company and asking people to perform and go over the top for the company. But they are ruthless to achieve a desired result to please the shareholders. In 2020, they cut salaries by 20% followed by layoffs in the US only. Not such a great family.