Pros
Things have become so ridiculous that you're guaranteed to have a good laugh every day (when you're not crying).
Cons
Working at REI has started to feel like I'm in the backseat of a clown car surrounded by clowns being driven against my will to a circus that's on fire. What was once a company with an unparalleled culture and exemplary leadership has devolved into a rudderless, toothless organization led by self-serving adolescents who care more about their own personal narratives than making the co-op successful. Behavior that was once unfathomable is now commonplace. Manipulation, dishonesty, blame-shifting-- you name, REI has it. Here's just a taste of what I've witnessed in the past year: *Collapse of internal systems and processes after multiple people with 15+ years experience were fired with no one available to replace them or pick up their work *Someone urging their team to "get over" the loss of long-term colleagues over a weekend *2+ incoherent reorganizations of team structures that demonstrated that leaders had/ continue to have no idea what their teams do *A leader publicly responding to concerns about further layoffs with a monologue about how she keeps her resume and professional network updated and patronizingly urging her employees to do the same If you were thinking about joining this company, please don't. That job opening is there for a reason...