Pros
-Competitive discount -Ability to move within the company -Flexible daily start/end times -Self driven learning, individual growth -Occasionally work from home
Cons
-Lack of company/department goals and accomplishments -No formal training or process documentation -Very little support for change or newness -No direction or setting of personal expectations -No weekly or daily touch bases, handle work as it comes -Very significant periods of downtime,unbelievably slow paced environment -Work was always split up and not delegated to capable or available members of the team -Extremely immature, unprofessional environment (within certain departments) where talking smack and snickering within earshot of targets is an hourly occurrence -Lack of available productive conflict resolution -Constantly being reminded of "having the right people in the right places" helps create anxiety about job stability mixed frequent small rounds of lay offs is not productive for high morale -Exclusive lunches and happy hours -Overpaid for the job description/experience which makes it difficult to remain in the same salary bracket when searching for another job -Changing job descriptions and company reorganization also contributes to a variance between actual job and job description