Pros
- job security - compassionate mid-level and upper-level management - pays up to 9% into an RRSP/NRSP (3% default, 6% matched) - good insurance package - free coffee - new offices in some locations - company appears to love diversity & equal opportunity - lots of competent, talented people
Cons
- catty Mean Girls/frat boy atmosphere depending on the team you're in - some silent acceptance of racist comments from certain individuals; company as a whole, however, does not espouse this kind of philosophy - unspoken pact among team members that you work over the allotted 7.5 hours/day (or else they will complain) - subtle encouragement to eat at your desk & work through lunch - many rude entry-level workers and self-serving middle managers - many cuts recently due to transition from GE to Wells Fargo - projects take forever to get executed because there will be 700 calls about them, which makes work very unrewarding sometimes - basically nonexistent work-life balance, expected to be at the office at all times unless you're in sales, in which case you're expected to be on the road at all times - double standard on policies about working from home - limited vacation windows; you'll never be able to take holiday during Christmas/New Year's or during any other end-of-quarter month - virtually no training. Learning is done almost entirely through trial and error - limited communication and harmonization between and among teams; one question will solicit 6 different answers from 6 different people - no sense from upper-mid-management about deadlines for projects and sideline administrative tasks; all work seems to come due end-of-year when everyone is already exhausted with normal work & holiday preparations. Work always ebbs and flows and is never constant; in the down periods you are expected to twiddle your thumbs & stare at your email inbox