Pros

Wonderful people to work with, great deal of talent. Good life/work balance programs, flex time. Great opportunity to merge two companies/product sets.

Cons

Surprising that so many of the legacy Bank of New York employees are so negative towards the legacy Mellon employees, especially those who have been there for a long time. "Lifers" have a lot of talent and dedication to bring to the company and not all are complacent. It seems that from many of the New York comments, they seem to be less willing to work as a team with the legacy Mellon employees. The legacy Mellon employees are making an effort to work with the New York employees as a team.

Advice to Senior Management

Take advantage of the talent you have between the two organizations.