As a mid-career professional, I joined this company after being heavily recruited. I had worked for some fantastic international companies and thought a job at an upper Midwest based company would have a decent work life balance and culture. Wow, what a mistake. The culture of this organization is straight out of the '50's - command and control, micromanagement to an incredible degree. There is more than enough work to go around, but very little internal support or resources to assist you. The company is long on policy and procedure and short on action. The people local to the HQ will probably never leave - there are very few options in that market, so little new blood gets in -- and certainly no new ideas or attitudes. Very much behind the times compared to their contemporaries. Keep looking unless you need a paycheck now to tide you over.
