Spending budget often gets cut if it is trending higher than expected. No business class tickets for any distance. (it was used to allowed if you fly across certain regions, now you need to take coach class even to fly from NY to Melbourne-Australia)
Office locations are mostly away from city centers.
Salaries are based on your home location (read passport). Which means, if you're not coming from a country like US/EU etc your salary will be a lot lower than your peers.
There is a lot of conflict of interest in the promotion cycles and a lot of politics. Senior Managers can create success story for the group that they support.
