Pros
1. Good PTO and holidays. 2. Generally supports WFH or hybrid environments. 3. 401K match 4. Good work-life balance if you work in a Center of Excellence (CoE)
Cons
1. Very politically correct culture. 2. Analytics technology (and technology in general) is 5+ years behind. SAS is by far the most common software. Little support for open source tools like Python and R. Machine learning and models are not really used here, and the ones that are tend to be vendor models. Reports with shallow insights are the norm. Do not work here if you want to do Data Science! 3. Leadership and organization challenges in analytics and technology functions. High turnover of employees; leadership comes from business backgrounds and does not really appreciate data science or what is required. 4. Work life balance problems if on a client team. 5. Senior leadership does not seem to know what to do with the business. It lost Walmart and many of its remaining clients were struggling retailers even before the pandemic. There is a very high risk of stagnation, especially as competitors beat Synchrony in technology. 6. Few career opportunities in analytics at Synchrony.