Unfortunately, there are many decisions that impact employees that our directors/vps (the people who actually know us) have no input or insight into, let alone control over.
Changes that effect employees are largely negative - in the last year and a half, not one change that's happened has given employees anything. Every change has been taking something away, or making something worse. Granted, PlattForm is now offering benefits very similar to other companies - but vastly different than what people who've put years into this place have known. Negative after negative after negative makes it tough to see the bright side.
No room to improve compensation - compensation is set. No matter how hard you work, you really only have an annual review to look forward to, and it's significantly worse than they used to be. No performance based compensation, no bonuses. You can get almost a perfect score on your performance review, and your raise is the same as the guy next to you.
Sugar coating - cannot STAND trying to spin a negative change into something positive when it clearly isn't. We are all intelligent adults. The opportunity to enroll for pet insurance (when it wasn't actually even offered) is not a win for our crappy healthcare. It was mentioned as a benefit every time healthcare changes were discussed.
No communication - expect to have life altering changes rolled out a week before they happen.