- Low pay. This is a massive con. While I was never expected to work more than 40 hours a week, the workload I had while being paid just $16/hour came close to being insulting. Graphic designers are typically underpaid but not to this extent.
- Conservative corporate culture. While the working culture at my department was acceptable, the overarching corporate values that come from the top are not. They are overwhelmingly steeped in old-fashioned corporate adages that absolutely no longer belong in a billion-dollar company.
Even if the management I reported to did not particularly espouse these values, knowing that the President of the bank subscribes to ideology that says "Accelerate or die" and "Manage your own morale" is distressing enough. The talking points seem to be lifted right out of the GOP. While people are entitled to believe whatever they want, there's a reason top-flight Fortune 500 companies have long abandoned this way of thinking.
- Occasional friction between departments. There were times where it truly felt the right hand didn't know what the left was doing and that led to issues working between departments. It could be a case of too many layers of people needing to know everything that goes on in departments not under their jurisdiction.
So long as you are aware of these issues, there could be a lot of fun to be had working for the bank. Just know that with this level of pay, unless you advance quite quickly, you should be keeping your other options open.
