*Pay is pretty much the same as other places so nothing special. You can also find other places with the same % of cash bonus though after the equity bonus cut, it won't be long before they cut cash bonuses as well.
*The name of the game is favoritism, especially in the tax and accounting department. If you are a favorite of management (i.e you get them more face time with their boss or executives) you get the good projects, the promotions, and they "value" your opinion. (Though they will turn on you in a heart beat)
*If you are not a favorite, promotions are none existence, you only get busy work, and you are looked upon as lazy. Promotions are NOT based on merit or skill set at all. In fact in some cases, if you are more proficient then a manager, they hide the fact and bad mouth you to their managers.
*If you are an "invisible" employee (i.e not a favorite or not an unfavorite), and you try to stand up for yourself, management will then take credit for your work and pile more on you so you are over worked. (If you are a favorite, you won't be overworked so no worries).
*Management isn't interest in making things more efficient because they like to make multiple people work on the same thing and then praise their favorite employee. They encourage a culture of back stabbing and gossiping.
*Management has no problems making a work environment and allowing other staff to make make a work environment unprofessional and uncomfortable to the people they don't like to get you to leave.
*It's like working at Koch, Home Depot, or Georgia Pacific. There are some managers from those places and they brought the culture.
*Working from home is not an option at all. When the office "closed" due to snow, management expected you to remain even though there was a company wide email encouraging people to leave if "they felt uncomfortable"...aka an email to protect the company.
*HR IS USELESS! HR is only there to protect the company and management. If you try to bring your concerns to HR, they will inform your manager and then do nothing about it. If you have an issue, just leave because going to HR will make it worse.
*Top managers like to play the "gotcha" game and will openly humiliate you in front of your co-workers (again if they don't like you).
*It's impossible to become one of the favorites unless you gossip, snitch on your co-workers, badmouth other departments and teams, and all around act like you are in junior high.
*Speaking of junior high, the culture is so unprofessional. The tax and accounting departments really are like being in middle school complete with bullies, teacher pets, and the outcasts.
