Pros
Premium product and a passionate sales team. Active in the many communities it serves. Highly patient work force that carries a bloated executive team. Hybrid schedule is nice.
Cons
I've had a number of stops in my career, but the blatant favoritism here at Grande takes the cake. There's a good-olde-boys club here and they have no problem letting you know if you're in or not - typically revolves around tabled events and bird hunting trips. Many dedicated high potential Associates are shuffled around for years in development roles while others who talk and operate in superficialities - and make nice with the right people - are aggressively promoted. It can actually be quite shameless, and sometimes a little gross given some of the toxic men running the show. The real shame based on what I've been told in my few years here is how special of an organization it was under past leaders. It's been nothing but turmoil and turnover since. I was warned before I came about the state of affairs, but for some reason, the online reviews paint a totally different picture than the reality today. Given how they paint everything rosy, and spin everything (lie), it wouldn't surprise me if Senior Leadership was asking subordinates to submit positive reviews to tip the scales. The real kicker is that they stress mission and culture all the time, constantly using it as a crutch to make decisions, provided it is convenient for some of the senior executives. The brand is highly recognizable, and the company maintains itself basically through that - and almost nothing Senior Leaders do at the Home Office. If you work here and you're reading this, you know exactly what I'm talking about, and I would encourage more accurate reviews to be written in the hopes it brings change.