Pros
Can't think of any in hindsight. Apparently, at one point they used to have a decent cafeteria but the supplier was changed following complaints about overpriced peas.
Cons
My bully was a deeply insecure, petty, jealous, childish, mean-spirited, two-faced yet very full of herself person who is unhappy with every aspect of her life. For this, she has a mountain of excuses for herself but even more blame for others. She can't see a log in her own eyes but looks for a splinter in others with a magnifying glass and if she can't find it she'll just make one up. My big fault was that I was nice enough for her to feel comfortable with, unfortunately, she took this for weakness. She felt comfortable enough to talk to me about her real life and thoughts, something she heavily sugar coats for others in the office cause she likes to be all smiles in their faces and all talk behind their backs. That was the first red flag. It all really started going downhill when I began a new fitness challenge. I was already sporty, had a healthy diet and I was very excited about my new routine. She, very insecure about her own looks, tried everything to talk me out of it, discourage me, she even tried to put in my head that I'm only doing this cause I have weight issues (I'm 5'3'' and 45kgs). She was also looking at what I'm eating and would say and made 'complementary' comments with a disdain in her tone, hate in her eyes and a very painful smile. When she wasn't speaking, she was staring at me. From the side of my eyes, I could see her measure me up and down every time she walked through our office door. I was patient for a while but then I had enough, tried to speak to her twice, she wouldn't even look me in the face, just stared at the floor and when I was finished she'd turn to her screen in silence. All of our exchanges become about her trying to get any detail about my life, putting words in my mouth then giving me unsolicited advice. She was obsessed. If I mentioned my friends, her face was boiling. When she got too jealous she tried a desperate one up or somehow brag about her life which not too long ago she only complained about. I could not believe I have to put up with this at a workplace. As I couldn't achieve improvement I asked for advice from HR. They said be factual and don't give her any emotional responses so she has nothing to leach on. I did that and it visibility angered her. From then on she picked on any sound I made, desperately tried to find fault in my work and belittled me in front of others. I didn't even want to make a sound anymore. She also ran from person to person to throw hersef a pity party and to make me look bad, then tried to suck up to me so I'd be her friend. The people she ran her mouth to was a crowd I already didn't really care for as they always talk behind each others back, I knew they didn't care about truth or reason, only about who's not in the room. In training sessions, she would smirk and laugh while I talked and again, later tried to approach me as nothing happened and was genuinely shocked when I didn't want to be her friend. At one point a trainer was talking about conflicts, she leaned forward on the table with her face one inch close to her paper and pen and started smirking and low key laughing. Yes, she is immune to irony and she is that childish and creepy. That's the level I had to deal with. After many months of putting up with it, I finally told my manager. I didn't do it sooner because 1, I didn't think he'd believe me as she mostly behaved in front of him 2, I didn't think he'd care because if something is not against him, he cannot see the problem 3, he is oblivious to when she treats him like he is less than smart. Though he claims he is very sensitive and should be treated like porcelain. He tried the good old 'it's all in your head' dismiss but ultimately agreed that at a workplace we need boundaries and promised to speak to her. A few weeks later, after I come back from holiday, he called me into a room with HR where they told me I'm fired. The reason was that they are trying to build a 'team' and I just don't fit in because I had problems with both of them in my time there. Now the problem my boss referred to was something he admitted that it was his fault and have apologized for. But they needed an excuse so why not use that against me too. Now if the 'team' here means two people using the third as a doormat everytime they feel bad about themselves then indeed I do not want to be part of it. The bottom line is, my boss knew I was right but didn't want to deal with it, hence why they made sure I don't even get a fair chance at fighting my case. Later I realized that most people in the department and others I have worked with already knew about my firing before I did. Just putting that out there to emphasize the lack of professionalism and gossipy nature of the place. I must admit, two days after leaving I realized a ton of weight was missing from my shoulders and I regretted not leaving much earlier. There were so many red flags from the gossiping, the complaining, the toddler level behavior by grown men to the 12 year old mean girl stuck in a 35 year old's insecure body. After all, this ended up being a blessing in disguise for me and my boss is now left with a colleague who hates her job, loves blaming it on him and is constantly annoyed with him. At the same time she has to fake that smile harder than ever.