Vantaggi
The pay is within industry Norms, opportunities to learn. The company is currently growing at a double digit rate which is great for a 1 Bil + sized company. Growth is being achieved by both organic and through acquisitions. This growth brings does bring about job opportunities. There is so much potential for this to be a great company.
Svantaggi
Once hired into a position, you are expected not to leave that position. People within the company, once they have a perception of what you can offer, expect nothing else and want nothing else out of you. To achieve executive level here you must be French. The executive level world wide has less than 5% non French born executives. At Essilor of America the prevalent thought is to not be proactive about issues. Why pay today when you can pay tomorrow with penalties. You probably will not be there to deal with it anyway.