Decent (not spectacular) pay, excellent benefits (i.e., insurance), reasonable working hours, and almost impossible to get fired.
Giant pyramid management structure where it takes forever to get anything done.
As an employee, you usually feel like a very tiny cog in a massive, complex machine.
The pace of progress is so slow that if you took every other week off and worked hard during your hours there, there would be no meaningful impact to performance.
If you want to join the management team, you should get something equivalent to an MBA. However, there are so many managers that working your way to upper management will take 20+ years.
If you want to be an executive, don't. It's a highly political game at the upper echelons, and it's very loosely based on performance.
You can remove around 50% of the managers and still get the same work output. The structure of the projects is unnecessarily complex, leading to hugely excessive overhead (e.g., unnecessary meetings, cost overruns for work that adds little value, constant decision flux that ends up wasting lots of time as people vacillate over decisions, etc.).
First, I had a phone interview. Based on this, I got a tour and a multi-group interview. Three groups asked me questions, none of which were very technical, and two of them offered me positions.
Structured interview with very few technical questions. All candidates will be asked the same questions. Each member of the interview board will rate your response. The interview will typically run for an hour or so and may not require a face-to-fa
A human resource representative set up a phone interview with two department managers. They asked questions about my work experience. Then they passed your resume around to the various groups throughout the department. If any groups thought you might
First, I had a phone interview. Based on this, I got a tour and a multi-group interview. Three groups asked me questions, none of which were very technical, and two of them offered me positions.
Structured interview with very few technical questions. All candidates will be asked the same questions. Each member of the interview board will rate your response. The interview will typically run for an hour or so and may not require a face-to-fa
A human resource representative set up a phone interview with two department managers. They asked questions about my work experience. Then they passed your resume around to the various groups throughout the department. If any groups thought you might