PricewaterhouseCoopers – “Some pros, some cons, and a lot of red tape”

Pros

- 22 vacation days a year
- Talented employees and team members
- Excellent parental leave policy (3 weeks fully paid for new fathers, 6 weeks fully paid for adoptive parents, doesn't come out of vaction balance).
- Great brand recognition/resume builder

Cons

-Low pay.
-Leadership don't seem to be on the same page as one another, which causes a lot of confusion and chaos downstream.
-Process, Process, Process. Congress has less red tape.
-IFS are second class citizens - not unusual for professional services companies but still a con.
-or teams with bonuses, lunch, gift cards,etc
-Very politcally correct environment.

Prior to the reorg, this was a fantastic place to work with career opportunities, strong teams, and great morale. Since then, it has become just a job.

Advice to Senior Management

-Get rid of some of the red tape and push management decisions further down the org chart (say to someone lower than Sr. Director level). We have very smart, very talented people here. Let them use their smarts and talent to help make us more competitve in the market place.
-Pay bonuses and annual raises. There's no better way for a company to say "we don't value you" than by eliminating bonuses and raises. Good employees are leaving and eventually you will be stuck with nothing but poor performers who couldn't leave for another job even if they wanted to.