Vantaggi
- Good salary & Benefits - Fair working environment - Very good work life balance - Lots of structure, so its fairly easy to succeed here (meaning success can be methodically achieved rather then politically). - Exceptional at providing training for their core domain areas and for safety training
Svantaggi
Now you must take into consideration that I was in the software development group in a wood products company so lots of the cons are because of the legacy of a massive 100+ year old company. - Lots of bureaucracy... to the point of comedy - Surprisingly few passionate people - Not especially entrepreneurial - Extremely risk averse - Not willing to be tactical - Doesn't seem to interface enough/be concerned with the consumer of the products they make - Hard to "move the needle" so lots of frustration if you have big ideas for improvement - Cyclical business so unilateral layoffs are pretty common (e.g. 20% of every department gets cut no matter what they are working on). - Not enough transparency into the corporate health even though Sr. Management is very communicative with the line employees. - Company doesn't celebrate its successes enough