A decline of a company that was star employer for those with STEM backgrounds and willing to have international careers
Pros
Highly intelligent colleagues Benefits and pension scheme and flexible working options International and diverse workforce (at the individual contributor level) Opportunity to have a diverse range of career experiences if you spend significant networking
Cons
Autocratic, bureaucratic & antiquated management style is prevalent in leadership team Unethical behavior incongruent with company values exhibited by leadership is tolerated and covered-up Wide-spread culture of cloak-and-dagger behaviors at multiple-layers in the organization Culture of rewarding style over substance Over-rewarded old-guard which act not in the best interests of the company and are overly self-oriented Career progression is overly reliant on line-manager without taking other points of view and requires excessive time spent networking to obtain Career potential is no-longer assessed formally until Job Grade 2+ in the company Employee engagement widely superficial and there was evidence of people engagement surveys are back-solved to "work out" who reported feedback HR is offshored and also too far removed from the reality of activities "at the coal-face" often invisible and often acts incongruently to company values
