Pros
- Awesome benefits (especially for the US-based teams) - Large focus and investments in Learning &Development. Yes, there is room for improvement, but conversations are happening and incremental change is occurring. - Strong client base. - Global company that provides you the opportunity to work with colleagues and clients in other countries/regions than your own. I loved learning about other cultures. - Kind people. The vast majority of people I worked with day-to-day were engaged, supportive and kind. They made tough situations fun and rewarding. - Current CEO is a strong, confident and emotionally intelligent leader.
Cons
- Below-average pay, especially if you're looking to stay and move up through the ranks. Promotion increases are minimal. - Turmoil in the industry/world has made the past ~2 years really turbulent. There is constant change and uncertainty about the future of the company. It's hard to get a clear answer from senior leadership on the vision and direction and how that translates to the functioning of individual teams. - Outside of the CEO, there are many senior leaders (Marketing included) who lack the expertise and skill set to successfully navigate teams through the ongoing transformation. Employees continually give detailed, actionable feedback on how to improve retention, but leadership seems to not really internalize or "get it." No quantifiable action has been taken and each time another employee quits, they act surprised. - Lack of focus in Marketing from the CMO down. There is a constant "everything is a priority" mindset/expectation, which just isn't realistic. It prevents teams for doing work that has an actual impact on the business. - Senior Marketing leadership lacks relevant marketing experience. This means that the team is asked to prioritize purely on what they know will make them look good to non-marketers as opposed to what will drive actual marketing success. - There is a lot of in-fighting within Marketing. Leadership makes up their minds on who they like or don't like in any given period of time based on their mood. They treat their employees poorly on their way out.
