Culture promotes networking more than actual results
Pros
* Managers care, but don't have the power to enact change * Work-life balance is really good * Benefits are pretty good * Bonuses can be nice (if metrics are met) * Starting pay can be higher than other places * Pension currently exists (though can't say for how long) * Can pretty much do nothing all day and nobody even notices
Cons
* Too much red tape and levels of approvals * Too many "cooks in the kitchen" - everyone tries to have their say in how something should be done, regardless of how much they actually know or understand the process * Promotions are done based on who you spend your time schmoozing with instead of your actual results * Dead weight is kept around because company culture refuses to fire anyone* (this review is specific to Systems) for anything less than theft * Raises are pretty much nonexistent, the highest you can achieve on a merit increase is the same as a standard cost of living adjustment at other companies * 401K match is atrocious * Can pretty much do nothing all day and nobody even notices
