Pros
1. Response to BLM has been energetic from the CEO through management. After years of platitudes from our diversity HR looks like something is being done about racial inequality. 2. Equally, FINRA's care for its employees during the COVID period has been outstanding. The teleworking technology has worked seamlessly. Executive management has been proactive about ensuring staff have time for child care, elder care, grocery shopping; we even had a surprise day off from the CEO! We are in no hurry to return to the office, and it seems there will be many additional WFH options as we phase back. 3. We're getting raises to bring our base salaries in line with our industry. 4. FINRA remains a warm, safe, friendly place. The rearrangement of staff assignments and reporting lines that resulted from an internal reorganization have forced former "frenemies" to learn to work together, and surprise! it's been a great success.
Cons
1. 2019-2020 promotions were given based on "who you knew". There remains endemic stubbornness to look outside one's comfort zone. Perhaps as we start putting some meat into our diversity program this will be successfully challenged. 2. Little interest from new management to learn how successful programs worked before tossing them (but that's typical in management changes). 3. Not really a place for an ambitious person 4. Some fear/risk of embracing and promoting diversity improvement opportunities