Pros

1) Great, great Benefits.
2) The wellness program is great.
3) The HQ campus is really cool and nice. The cubes,conference rooms, etc. I really miss my sit/stand desk.
4) Most of the people I worked with at Sabre were really bright and really cool.
5) There is a great employee feedback system in place that everyone follows. It allows employees and managers to communicate openly about performance, career goals, etc.

Cons

1) It's in the travel industry which has been sucking as of late. Management got really tight once numbers starting going down.

2) The HQ campus, while cool, is so far from anything. All the "green-ness" they put into the campus is probably negated by the amount of commute that most of the employees have to endure. Southlake is 27 miles and about 35-40 minutes from Dallas proper. I hated my commute.

3) (In the finance dept) There were so many "fire-drills" caused by the executive management freaking out about what seemed to be very minor things. I felt like a lot of our ad hoc work was just kinda pointless

4) (finance dept) Really, really long hours during budget season. 18 hour days not out of the question.

Advice to Senior Management

Loosen the wallet a bit to allow the team to have the happy hours/parties that used to go on. It will dramatically boost morale. Stop freaking out about every single number you see.