Talk comes first, then action comes second. Be ready for extensive pleasantries before every meeting and interaction with someone. It's nice, but if you come from a Results or Get Stuff Done organization, it can be jarring and can feel fluffy.
There is a good culture. However, as is the case with all big companies, your experience will largely depend on your team and manager. A bad team culture will make it difficult to enjoy the many Pros of working here.
Many roles' work load is drastically weighted
during a portion of the year. Ask if this is a factor in a role you are seeking out. My job was extremely stressful for 2 months of the year and then was pretty chill. A coworker's work load goes up 10x during 3 months of the year, every year, and our manager refused to bring on help (temporary or otherwise) but justs asks "how things going" despite knowing she is stressed to the max. All that to say the reality of (executive management's well intentions towards) well-being on our team was an absolute joke for a portion of the year.
Career pathing is non existent, but there were recent talks of it being developed in the future. Until then, be prepared to fight for your own development, whether that means forming new skills or applying to an internal job. In my time, my managers focus was on me cross training so my overworked coworkers could take PTO without taking their laptops on vacation. A good focus perhaps, but hardly inspiring on a career level.
