Vantaggi
Co-workers who support each through the misery of working for this employer. Ability to work at home (but this has been curtailed and almost entirely eliminated ). Promotion opportunities.
Svantaggi
Salary- In 2013, (middle) managers shared our "percent of fair market value" with some employees during annual appraisal; most hovered with a couple percentage points of 50%. Executive mgmt. is PROUD of that. Promotions- depending upon timing, forget about getting your new full salary. Two salary increases are not permitted in the same year, so they pro-rate the new salary if you already got an annual appraisal raise. Focus is entirely (yes, I mean entirely) on "metrics;" their quaint and deceptive way of saying production quotas. Vastly different standards for work at home (WAH) staff; for instance an in-office employee who is working at 100-119% of productivity is MEETING the production goal. A work at home employee must achieve 115-139% of productivity goal to MEET goal. WAH must make-up travel time for mandatory in-office meetings. WAH employees have to make up SYSTEM downtime. There is no benefit to being an exempt employee. There IS a benefit to the company, though: professional staff work more than 40 hours --no overtime pay-- if department metrics have not been achieved. Benefits expensive. PTO is paltry; as someone else said:11.5 hrs for 5 years, then to 15.5. Company offers better and less expensive health insurance coverage to non-employees. Very high out of pocket medical care maximum; almost $7000 for an individual. In- or out- patient mental health requires pre-auth; out-patient office visits, etc., do not require pre-auth. Bereavement leave is limited to TWO days. Annual 401k special distributions when company has done well in the previous year are not vested for two years. Think about that: any distribution you get in the 2 years prior to your resignation / retirement / termination are not yours. In most cases, you will use your 30-minute lunch period or make up the time you spend attending any holiday / dept / company "events." If you're WAH, you'll make up that time, too. Did I mention that employees may be invited to provide the food (potluck)? Unstable working platform (Citrix); constant adjustment and changes that mess up ability to work along smoothly but production goals must still be met. Employees are expendable & be replaced, and have been told as much. OTOH, giving to their chosen charities is of paramount importance. +/- 10 emails in one day from mgmt encouraging participation; "encouragement" included incentives and heartbreaking stories.