Pros
Strong capital base - too big to fail Good severance package for the older experienced employees that they are getting rid of for cost cutting measure Lives off past reputation
Cons
1. Company run by (US) inexperienced executives who make all the wrong decisions 2. Employees underpaid by 30%. Ask anyone who left 3. Every decision is to reduce employee benefits 4. Cater to their “graduates” instead of veteran employees 5. Poor ability to learn 6. Who you report to more important than your own skill 7. Management vindictive and often uses “reapply for jobs”, restructuring, and other techniques to reduce salaries 8. After a few years raises disappear 9. Five percent budget decrease each year eventually impacts salaries 10. Leadership came from failed companies that support each other 11. HR is not your friend avoid any interaction, unethical 12. Alice in wonderland strategy 13. Not one respected leader all the good ones left