Pros
You meet some good colleagues.
Cons
They are moving towards a more in-person culture, which means people joining now have much less flexibility than those who joined before and that the talent pool is by default reduced significantly. Senior leadership don't trust nor believe staff when these say they are stretched and at capacity. There is a lot of tokenism around wellbeing, with wellbeing officers and mindfulness sessions being promoted as the fix. Working overtime is normalised, and done systematically across roles and teams, however senior leadership do not want to staff to say this is the case because it would reflect badly on them. There is a lot of time and energy spent on blaming staff for being stretched and stressed (eg they cannot prioritise well enough, or their managers cannot direct them well enough) which adds to low morale. There is no appreciation for the time that is required to support, coach and lead teams and managerial responsibilities are treated as a taken from granted and never accounted for in the work. There is no cultural diversity and the organisation is very White British. This impacts anything from what is seen as professional, desirable, and acceptable.
