House of Cards
Pros
If you work in research, you may be able to leverage the name for a better job at a better company. Maybe you'll learn to be a good politician. People can literally hide there in mediocrity like some government job. They are more worried about hirings that look great on some diversity stat, no one of substance. The people with substance have all left. They crave low performers. The management builds a shroud of lies around the employees, making them believe their job is important, they are valuable and they are being paid fairly. Many clowns who make the big bucks with zero contribution. Nothing. Please DO NOT come if you are talented and ambitious. This sinking ship is going down.
Cons
It's a C-List company that thinks it's A-List. They're behind the times in innovation and leadership doesn't have a clue of what it's supposed to do next. The work is garbage. Nothing is groundbreaking or interesting. You're just passing time. Middle management is loaded with bureaucracy. No one really influences the outcome of the company so they depend on arbitrary non-business related metrics to standout. Again, below average talent. Terrible hiring. No background checks. No employment verification. No drug testing. No education verification. No criminal record checks. No credit history check. No identity verification. Low pay has made them a bottom feeder of talent. The top talent who have not already left have to deal with incompetent management and lackluster talent to get the job done. This means more work, more responsibility, more stress, and half the pay. Management selling a house of cards making it seem like things are great. The betrayal is worse than the low pay.
