Pros
- They got hiring (mostly) right: Still the smartest, friendliest, funnest people I've ever encountered in my career - Majority of people were extremely approachable: You could send an email to anyone, anywhere in the business and get a resounding yes to a coffee just to ask them what they did - Interesting work and problems: It's a product with a LOT of very engaged, regular users - Lot of investment in training - Good social stuff: Definitely the best craic of any company I worked in
Cons
- The above pros have been decimated since the merger *cough* takeover - when I talk about the things I miss, they're not there any more - Long history of 'jobs for the boys' - people getting promoted to newly created job titles/roles which were never advertised internally or externally - Very top-down and hierarchical - the proof of this is the continued success and promotion of Yes Men... total compliance is rewarded and hence encouraged in senior management - Terrible communication - department-by-department trickling of info fuels a very active rumour mill - Non-stop shake ups and re-orgs
