Pros

Bertelsmann with it's over 600 daughter companies offers a great variety of job opportunaties worldwide. You're working for one of the largest media companies.

Cons

Bertelsmann is big. Really big. Often times it takes weeks for a decission to be made because there's so many people involved (whether their involvement makes sense or not).

Advice to Senior Management

If you offer good job positions to your buddies, don't make it too obvious! It will piss off your other employees which is unhealthy for all of us.