Pros
People outside of my immediate department were great to work with. I felt more included by them and sought opportunities to connect with them whenever possible. There are often fun activities to participate in internally and outside in the community, but it can be challenging to find time given one's workload. The organization is also considerate about diversity, equity, and inclusion. They also have a strong 401k plan, though that may have changed recently. Health care benefits rank among the lowest compared to other places I've worked.
Cons
Total bait & switch from Day 1 with the job description. Department was poorly run with little to no communication from top to bottom. Fun projects were gate-kept by middle management. Extremely catty backstabbers. Timely feedback was needed on a major project. Assets were submitted by me more than one month in advance for review. Revisions weren't provided to me until the Friday evening before they were expected to be published the following Tuesday, a launch date that had already been pushed back several times at this point. This Tuesday launch was scheduled after the annual gala which fell on a Saturday. The organization had been planning it for months and it required a physically-intensive 12-hour shift. I was then left with only one day (Monday) to revise everything I had worked on and have it ready for the next day. I was upset and non-communicative so I could focus on getting it done. The constant messaging from my managers were distracting me, and it became clear at that point how 1. unfit they were to manage 3+ people, and 2. how lacking in self-reflection they were at creating a needlessly stressful situation when they were given ample time to prevent this from happening. I was then fired as a result for not communicating with them while I was trying to edit everything on no notice. Yes, I absolutely could have sent a message, but they also share platforms with me so they would've seen me working on the assets in real-time. Supervisor who ultimately fired me/did not review the material in time routinely goes long stretches without communicating, so it's a horrible double-standard. I had already been excluded from all interdepartmental meetings so I never had any idea what was going on until I was told...IF I was told. That arrangement makes sense in large companies. It doesn't make sense when you're relegating a competent new hire to third-wheel status (literally, it was a team of three...) if the alternative would make them feel more included and aware of other departments' objectives at the cost of one additional seat at the table. It also fosters better company culture and saves you from having to play the messenger which ended up being the case anyway. It was such a strange exclusionary protocol that I didn't see happening in any other department. I informed HR about my concerns before I was let go and was brushed off. Good riddance. I was overqualified for the position and despite being told I'd have opportunities to grow in areas that were important to me, I was constantly deferred . The hilarious cherry on top: When HR sent me my exit papers, the files were saved under someone else's name. When I looked that person up on LinkedIn, I discovered they held they exact same position as me. The have a history of treating people within role as if they're disposable, and HR serves to protect the organization. They couldn't care less about oppressed employees; in fact, those are liabilities. Just please beware of working here.