Pros
- Frontiers has a young, dynamic and engaged work force despite the constant company changes - Friendly company culture though this does vary by department - Not a traditional publisher though it is becoming much more corporate
Cons
- Pay is very low by Swiss standards - Serious lack of transparency about how targets especially for 2020 are decided upon and the proposed plan for 2020 lacks grounded strategies - Some managers don't seem to know what they're doing and are happy to approve large email campaigns without much consideration of strategic input or forward planning from sister departments Eg. I have seen presentations by a head of department that do not make scientific sense and the style of delivery is far too casual and gung-ho - Job roles constantly change and little to no input is sought from those who are the most effected - Several internal promotions over the last few years and these have lowered the standards in some teams and created an unrealistic idea that a promotion is guaranteed if you stay for more than a year - Some upper management have very little experience and have only ever progressed within Frontiers and don't bring much from the wider publishing industry - Huge focus on proving your self worth and a number of managers have very little actual management experience - Frontiers fails to retain people and this is a sign that career development is not a priority for them Eg. They do not have a retention strategy - Reactive hiring processes and some departments over hire and end up moving people - with very little warning - to portfolios that they have no connection with - Communication strategies lag behind company change when it should be the other way around - Mixed experience with the HR department; some are not very experienced and I have heard feedback from some on other people's interviews which I should not have been privy to