Pros
Good benefits, such as in-house food options, physical therapist, convenience store, Caribou Coffee, shuttle service for the enormous parking lot and ability to work remotely. If you are a female technologist, you will have a distinct advantage over males, because of the effort to provide equality in this area and because there is a shortage of females in technology. Diverse workforce. Enjoy working with people from many backgrounds and ethnicities.
Cons
Fear of getting laid off every October. The company hires a bunch of people throughout the year, only to layoff a bunch at the end of the year. This cycle has gone on for at least 10 years and it brings uncertainty and fear to employees. This is not good for the culture and promotes negativity and poor company reviews (like this one). And no, I did not get laid off recently. Bonuses are a joke, unless you are a new employee, or move around in the company. I had employees reporting to me who were given a bonus that was 4x what I received in 2018, despite receiving the same level of performance rating that I was given. No changes were made this year, even after I complained. Loyalty to the company means nothing to management. Employees are not important, they are just numbers. Reviews are purely subjective and hopefully your manager likes you enough to get a good review. No clear path for getting promoted, and moving to different departments is difficult. The only reason I stuck around was for the Pension Plan, but they managed to cut me off by moving me over to the new company that was formed.
