Pros
Intuit Plano has great benefits, a cafeteria, gym, and parking garage. Although the base pay for most hourly jobs is below market, there is opportunity for extreme overtime, which increases the annual pay to a livable amount. The typical annual pay raise for hourly employees is 1-4%, keeping the pay level with inflation in most years, this translates to an annual increase of pennies per hour, keeping your income tax low. The physical location is in a growing and affluent part of the Dallas Metroplex, easy to access, and convenient to all types of goods and services. The building is secure and in a very safe community.
Cons
The single largest downside is in the front line/middle management incompetency. Many front line managers are immature, with limited to no experience outside this Intuit facility. Their leadership style is "Do what I say, not what I do". They promote a culture of cronyism, actively practicing exclusionary policies to retain their authority. Unfettered teasing, ridicule, and embarrassment are common, everyday occurrences. Small and open cubicles provide no privacy. A walk down any aisle reveals numerous bare behinds and fat bellies squeezing out of tight clothing. Shorts, pants hanging almost to the knees, muscle shirts, flip flops or bare feet are accepted as "business casual". Cleavage, bare midriffs, tatoos and body piercings abound. People spend their break time hanging around with arms crossed over cubicle walls, pestering others and interfering with their work load, unencumbered by work ethic or values, and ignored by floor managers. The software tools necessary to do your work are constantly breaking down, unavailable, and often ineffective. It is typical during the busiest tax season to have no working copier available on the floor, with many printers out of commission entirely, or with no toner or paper readily available. Until a month ago, even a pencil and paper required permission and a key from a manager to obtain, so most people just brought their own supplies.