Career Purgatory - Manager Prudential Employee Review

2.0
Oct 1, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Nice facilities, good benefits, decent work/life balance, pay usually above market.

Cons

Constant reorganization, little opportunity for advancement for those below VP level. Month after month, year after year, I watched talented, hard working colleagues have their jobs eliminated, often being encouraged to reapply for lesser jobs in the name of “organizational optimization.” Managers (VP level and above) are usually insulated from this, and are able to use layoffs to cover for their own strategic failures.

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