The company is very strong financially so management incentive to improve, take risks, and adapt is lower: even without doing much the company can thrive for another couple years. Some senior management can get a bit too comfortable
The company is not data-driven and empowerment is limited (many things are set by top management), which means it is difficult to have a measurable individual or team impact. We say we work in agile but we don't (yet)
There is a culture of consensus which has the advantage of increasing buy in but the disadvantage of making every decision so much longer
Top management attitude towards compensation in France is rather stingy given the company's financial health: the strategy is to pay you at market when you are hired out of school, and then lock you because you have settled in the South of France (and then the salary becomes sub-par compared to salaries in Paris and pretty much in any similar company for a similar role)
Top performers are differentiated from average performers because they often get the most interesting projects, but the salary difference is marginal, unless you manage to become a director (which is rare and feasible today only if you become a people manager)
You can feel depressed if you are not in a sales or executive role and try to estimate the contribution you had to the bottom-line of the company
