Amgen – “Great Benefits. No growth.”

Pros

Great benefits. Best I've ever had in the IT industry.

Cons

Jobs are stagnant positions. To move up, you MUST move laterally. Many of current leaders were staff in earlier days. Ideas from "outside" employees are not well received. Administrative politics often outweigh sound industry best practices. With the new IBM / EDS outsourcing, many jobs are being eliminated.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to you staff. At last staff meeting, it was mentioned by CIO, that Executive Management has a hard time communicating downward.