Pros
Many managers are still good, many of the workers are helpful.
When I started here base pay was good for this area of the GTA, now comparing to other companies, it's lacking.
The President is awesome but he's too busy now to see how certain areas are declining and pulling everyone else down.
Cons
Ever since the Brinks buy out, the company has been in a downward spiral, everything is about the budget. The budget's not being met, we're not making any money, except we are. Raises are basically rounding errors. Worker performance bonuses of old are extinct. Since the Operations re-org certain areas of that division are managing to avoid doing anything outside of their little box and they're even sneaking work into the IS departments and the managers that are aware can't do anything about it because this behaviour is supported at the executive level. People are starting to leave because it's been too many years of this. Internal advancement doesn't exist unless you're one of the master work avoiders in Operations.
Work/life balance for certain sections of the IS department doesn't exist, the unspoken rule is come in, don't take lunch, do everything assigned, go home and dial in and continue working and the only way to get a real vacation is to go on vacation outside the country. Otherwise you're expected to take your company cell with you. Certain managers need to stop using shame and guilt to get people to go above and beyond. This wasn't a problem until the money dried up.