Pros
Very unique culture not seen in most companies. Benefits are impeccable. I worked for OT for...let's just say a LONG TIME. Most people don’t get anywhere near my tenure. I was a very proud employee and had no desire to leave. I wasn't super popular there but I had no arguments, enemies, got along with and knew almost everyone and my time there and relationships were positive including with HR who's apparently getting hammered in some Glassdoor reviews. The only trouble I had was with one person who left the company 5 years earlier and they ended up looking like the jerk. My culture score was average even though I hated the idea. I did try to be positive about it by participating in discussions with the CEO on how to improve it. I would have stayed there indefinitely. So, how does a proud OT Manager get the boot?
Cons
Simply by hiring new management (directors/ VPs) and empire building. I'm not going to go into details here. I could do so by describing specific activities and quotes and the names would be known and it wouldn't surprise anyone. But we were let go and the newly promoted person brought in some friend(s). The sexists and insulting things this person told me in 1 on 1 situations were just wrong and they couldn't get me to laugh or agree. I think this insecure person just couldn't relate to, bully or control some of their newly inherited direct reports, all of who were long timers and just decided to cut off the heads of chickens to becomes the most tenured leader. So, get rid of the longest tenured and make it mine kind of attitude. We were the stronger personalities of the department. You can't have that when you need to own it all. It was painful to see these people let go because they just didn't deserve it. They were proud OT employees and always got better than average performance reviews with all of their managers (not just 1) and even had high culture scores. The lack of questioning and intervention by HR over these moves hurt the most especially considering my relationship with them. Any areas of improvement for any of us are completely workable by any leader worth a damn. But in the end, they didn't give a crap. So, when some folks get shamed on these reviews, I do feel a sense of selfish schadenfreude. I can be man enough and say I could have been more positive about some changes that were taking places. The problem is when new people come in and say how much of what we do and have done over years is crap and how everyone is wrong and how they are going to fix it, that doesn't give someone like me a positive feeling and desire to present their ideas positively or even more importantly come up with great ideas myself to make them look good. We did things the way we did as sanctioned by previous executives and budget. I didn't go around dumping on all of their new ideas after they arrived but carrying a rah-rah attitude about them was a bubble they burst for me earlier after their repeated negative verbal vomit. Good luck to those friendlies that are still there with whom I worked with. I think of you often and hope the best for you. I am now at peace...