Lawson Software – “Many folks leave the company and then come back...sometimes multiple times. This speaks well of the company culture.”

Pros

Most of the employees and management are great to work with and for, and are well deserving of respect.
Lawson is a place that allows people to make mistakes without being crucified or fired.

Cons

Sometimes, the decisions made by senior management seem somewhat short sighted.
Resouce levels are often cut to the point where there is no one remaining that knows how to do the work that must be done.
Lawson tends to 'reorganize' frequently, which always results in layoffs.

Advice to Senior Management

Get the story straight before you go to employees with changes. In trying to calm fears of impending offshore iniatives, employees were told that certain functions or types of work would NOT go off shore, but they did indeed go off shore. The result is foreign employees are asked to be subject matter experts on sensitive US regulatory issues.