Vantaggi
Nationwide had a great atmosphere. Nice people, benefits; 401 K, PTO. There was a sense of comradery. The atmosphere was happier when I started. Once you meet your metrics there are opportunities to work from home twice a week. There was no outlook to extend it at the time but the building was pretty empty so, they may be going that route.
Svantaggi
After the layoffs, I think that it just got scary at Nationwide and the atmosphere just began to feel gloomy. Many employees were leaving or were laid off. The employees that stayed, felt overworked and under appreciated and the atmosphere became robotic. I believe that these feelings can happen anywhere because the company was obviously going through major changes. You can look around nationwide and get a feel for who will succeed. It's some part work ethic and part who you know. (Can happen anywhere) I got sick of feeling like I was in preschool. I believe that they were trying to establish some positive reinforcement but I really felt like my intelligence was being tampered with as we were coerced with prize boxes and ice cream days. I just didn't want to pretend that I didn't have work to do and as if I wasn't stressed with layoffs and people leaving, more work was piled on our desks (which happens anywhere.