Dreadful place for finance staff
Pros
Salary/bonus structure are competitive. Most people are nice, friendly and pleasant to work with. Campus is clean, nice and up-to-date. Most people in functions other than IT and finance seem to be content.
Cons
Company is very political. Kissing up to VP's is the key to get ahead. Company's growth is driven by acquisitions, off-shoring (Chile/Costa Rica), importing IT consultants from India, and moving jobs to lower wage states such as Texas and Arkansas. Finance and IT are seen by management as overhead and not as key partners. Finance is chronically understaffed in corporate and most business units (with the exception of the overstaffed semi-autonomous Consumer Direct business unit). Finance upper management is completely out of touch with the work "in the trenches". Managing up and sucking up are key to success. Coaching and development of staff is give lip service but is not really done in practice.