Vantaggi
- Most knowledgeable engineers, lawyers, finance experts, and developers in the business. SunEdison is a supportive learning environment where every week I learn how to do my job better - Meritocratic organization where responsibilities (if not promotions and salary increases) fell to the most capable and proactive employees - Benefits such as commuter reimbursement, outside education reimbursement, mobile phone contract discounts, and catered Thursday happy hours showed the company strived to meet more than just the basic needs of its' employees
Svantaggi
- Tedious tiers of management and approvals, exacerbated by the bankruptcy event in April. Little autonomy given to rank-and-file employees to manage project budget and procurement systems - Emphasis on speed and aggressive goals over well-functioning systems and logical processes. Heavy email and Excel culture even where better systems for information management and communication exist within the company. Leads to a disorganized, start-up type atmosphere even when resources exist to rectify basic challenges - Lack of transparent communication at all levels. Employees are often the last to know about major changes taking place at the company; news about our own teams sometimes came to us via public articles - Major leadership changes every 6-12 months increased management's tendency to focus on short-term goals versus long-term growth, caused employees to largely tune out of large strategic decisions where opinions of those working on the ground may have been useful