Pros
I learned a lot about the business working there, and my direct manager was great. I also had great coworkers whom I am still friends with
Cons
The internal audit department as a whole was completely dysfunctional when I was there. The head at the time said in team meetings more than once that all of the people who left the department for better opportunities were losers. I have news for her, almost all of the people who left have now gone on to much more successful jobs, no credit to her. She also made up reasons to give poor ratings, even when our own managers disagreed. They had a forced ratings distribution, and if you are new to the job or newly promoted, would give you a poor rating. That is really demotivating. When I brought proof of my performance, she didn't want to hear it. She was determined to give me a particular rating, and created a narrative to support it. My life was a living h3ll under her and when I tried to move internally and worked night and day to help them transition and document my work for an entire month, decided they wanted to keep me yet another month. I had to threaten to quit to be allowed to move on. And this is a person who made it very clear that she thought I was useless. Why try to keep me then? there was also a lack of trust on her part, and people weren't allowed to work from home or get certification if they didn't have a high rating. But it is impossible to break out of this box, if she has decided that you deserve a poor rating. She would also overturn my audit results, saying that it was more important to keep the client relationship. I agree, partnership with the business is very important, but that doesn't mean that we should just give a good rating if there's a weakness, does it? I will never forget the way she treated one of my hardest working coworkers, either. Turnover was really high, and I don't think that hard work will be appreciated there. Get your experience and move on.