A lot of potential hampered by leadership and technology issues
Pros
A global company, with all the pros and cons that come with that. If you like interacting with people from different countries and cultures on a daily basis, this is a place for you. There are many young, enthusiastic and talented people who are fun to work with. There is definitely potential waiting for competent leaders to grab and put to good use. The compensation and benefits are decent, and I'm told they go beyond what's common or average in some of the locations.
Cons
In recent years, the company lacked focus. There have been a lot of seemingly arbitrary initiatives that didn't have clear leadership or accountability. As a result, many of them were later scrapped or just fizzled out. There have been some improvements in this regard more recently (2018). Until recently, there wasn't enough emphasis on employee development and knowledge sharing. You are merely expected to know whatever you need to do your job, there isn't much incentive for employees to strive for excellence, or to go beyond the scope of their everyday duties. The company has a problem with technology. They use a large number of poorly integrated tools, which leads to a lot of manual work, frustration and overheads. Some of the tools are clearly inadequate and/or outdated. There seem to be initiatives in place addressing at this now. It remains to be seen how successful they are.
