Pros
● Environment: relaxed, not toxic, in general people are nice and friendly, specially the technical support people and engineers. ● Benefits: Std pay increase every year, bonus, profit share and stock purchase option on discounted rate. ● Learning: If you are lucky to join a good team, you can work on interesting things and have opportunities. ● Multinational company with a strong legacy and solid financial background. ● Potential for learning and exposure to global projects. ● Some teams maintain positive culture.
Cons
● Small regional office, with limited growth opportunity. ● Salary: scaling is not objective; difference of 20-40% within the same job and grade, despite similar experience and age. ● Salary depends on how you negotiate at the time of joining (no objective measure by HR). French are preferred candidates and receive better packages. Your nationality weigh in. ● A few ineffective managers hurt morale. Senior level are managers and not leaders. No real leaderships skills, lack of soft and communication skills, poor English. ● Development: The career development system favours for extroverts and solely depends on your networking skills. ● Flexibility: Does not provide much working flexibility (1 day work from home subject manager approval) . ● Ethical standard is falling behind the French main entity. Discrimination in regional offices. ● High-performing employees often feel undervalued or disengaged. ● Human Resources is weak and consists of young professionals without real life experience. ● Internal politics can overshadow performance. ● Enterprise tools, automation is poor and inefficient. Any technical advancement is slow.
