Vantaggi
The amount of time off is very liberal and increases as you continue to remain at JCPenney. There are good flexible work arrangement policies as well.
Svantaggi
It is a very top-heavy organization. There are a lot of politics and red-tape. Using the latest technology or techniques is not encouraged and oftentimes is discouraged through a focus on tight deadlines and right to left planning. There is not as much concern for "how" something is done since it is not considered as important. There are exceptions to this, but those groups are the minority and face heavy politics fighting against their attempts. JCPenney does not care about its employees, although they will adamantly state that they do. In 2011 before I left there were 70 technology employees that left for one reason or another. Management called it "attrition" however I do not think that all of those employees left voluntarily. Many long-term employees found themselves faced with either early retirement or all of the sudden their performance was brought in to question and they were facing "Performance Improvement Plans" and possible termination. In their place, college interns were being brought in or external companies (both offshore and onshore) were being used.