Favoritism, sexism, and disposable employees.
Be aware that you may encounter favoritism. Many times the positions posted have already been decided by management prior to even interviewing. During end of year reviews, management is forced to rank people and only a couple in a department can get much of a raise. Usually the same people.
If someone doesn't like you for a variety of reasons, they will find a way to get rid of you. HR will not be much help.
Behind the scenes upper management makes decisions that are forced down and not in the best interest of the employees. Managers are forced to put a good spin on it and sell it.
With the outsourcing at this company, you are expendable. The favorites stay even if they are worthless. If you are driven, they do not embrace new ideas well and you may end up being told you are not "nice enough" or not a team player.
Upper management thinks of you as a FTE number and how can they save money cutting people. Many departments are now way overworked and understaffed for the amount of work.
Sadly, this is no longer the company it used to be. They love to talk work life balance, but many areas do not actually practice that.
