Pros
I would say working from home but the issue is they change their policy so many times from which days you work from home to the number of days (it was 2 and then reduced to 1) that it doesn't feel like a benefit.
Cons
Honestly EVERYTHING! Management, Heads of Departments and the Senior Management team are so focused on looking out for each other and keeping everything within their "inner circle" that nothing is ever communicated or explained until last minute. This just creates an extremely toxic environment that needs everything last minute for no reason. What is the work environment and culture like at the company? Oh Jesus where to start... The environment is toxic, like you take a bottle of milk in and it would turn sour. The management, heads of department and senior management team just don't care about you, your mental or physical health. Everything is last minute because they want to keep everything to themselves and when you question anything you are instantly pulled into a HR meeting. Management just expect you to be a yes person and work like a robot. Can't go into the kitchen to have a conversation with your colleagues, can't talk at your desk without anyone complaining or sighing because you are making too much noise. No matter how loyal you are to the business or the amount of work you put in there is never a moment of recognition or a simple thank you. It's just a take take take environment and that will just work you to the bone for nothing. There are no individual review meetings or a chance for a pay rise. This is done to avoid actually developing and growing anyone within the team. I mean that is unless you become best friends and clicky with management then that is how you get a promoted. The culture, WHAT CULTURE! Walking into that place is like having your soul drained from you every.single.day. No fun no joy, no pleasure to actually be there. Management will always take credit for your work but when someone doesn't go right they just pass the blame onto you. There is nobody to talk to because the whole business is to clicky that you can't trust anyone even the management you are meant to report to. To sum it up in a two words what a typical day is like it would be"SOUL DESTROYING!" The typical day normally is walk in at 8:30am and before even sitting down 50 questions have been fired at you along with 20 urgent requests that all need resolving by 9am. Everything is urgent and even when you go above and beyond no body cares and there is never a thank you. Usually that urgent request never gets spoken about again so work is created for the sake of being created. There is no structure or strategy apart from pure chaos. Nobody ever just sits in a room to discuss the challenges and how the business wants to overcome them. It's just fire random requests and campaigns and hope something just sticks. In all honestly by the time you leave at 5pm you are completely drained and the thought of going in the next day is unbearable. There is no pay structure, no rewards, no bonuses and not even a Christmas party. Well unless you class a last minute fishy buffet order which was 90% fish based a Christmas party. After 12 loooooon months you may get a £50 Tesco voucher if the business feels it's deserving while the senior management get to go on Premier Club 5* all paid holiday trips, countless paid for meals, company cars that are 4 times your salary and never are in the office. You are told senior management are not happy that there are nobody in the office and make it required for people to be in and then they do the opposite and are NEVER IN THE OFFICE.