Small Company Responsibilities w/ Big Company Resources / Bureaucracy - Programmer/Analyst MetLife Employee Review

4.0
Jan 24, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fast-paced, big company pockets / room for growth, management encouragement / support for training / career growth, work time flexibility, benefits.

Cons

High Security (Must use slooooow VM for almost everything, No Access to Local Drives from VM, approval needed even for free / trial software even if add-in for paid / installed software by vendor of same) Big / Financial Company Bureaucracy (change free periods ~6 mos / yr., change review boards prior to production DB / Exe changes and even one-off development tools) Low culture (i.e. in-house box lunch & weekly candy vs. x-mas party, qtrly awards / in-house luncheon, no group employee activities away from work)

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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