Secure and stable job, no innovation
Secure and stable job, no innovation
- Decent salary and benefits.
- You can cruise along without doing much in some business units.
You can cruise along without doing much in some business units; low performers are rarely fired.
There's no emphasis on innovation; you will pretty much be adding some incremental little features to existing systems or maintaining legacy systems.
This is not a place for young superstars. Even if you rank in the top performance bracket, you might not get a promotion because there are 15 other older folks in the promotion pipeline.
Lots of dead wood in middle management; get rid of it.
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