Pros
- Good work-life balance - Most low-level managers are trying their best
Cons
- Culture of fear: Regular reminders from management to the team that they need to make sure they are seen as high-performers otherwise everyone will lose their job. - Poor benefits: Health benefits have high-premiums with high deductibles. - Low meritocracy: It does not make much of a difference if you perform great, average or poorly. The pool for bonuses and salary increases in the team is so small that as a great performer you get little more than low performers. - Low energy and motivation: Most people don't seem to have the motivation or skills to perform. - Extreme bureaucracy: It matters more if you write "good" objectives than if you deliver them. - Pretending everything is good: Many teams congratulate themselves quarter after quarter about almost being done with the same objectives (Q1 objectives become Q2, Q2 become Q3, ...) - Back-stabbing: Seen multiple colleagues going to our manager's manager to complain about said manager performance without talking directly to the person.