Pros
- pay is on time - free fruit in the office, but you can't use it for 2 years since we are still in lockdown - learning opportunities - dealing with negative people will make you stronger - you are on your own, so you will quickly learn the ropes - work/life balance is ok, rare overtimes, weekend/evening working only around deadlines
Cons
I would not recommend joining Woodmac to my friends or family. - the negative reviews from 3 years ago are still true - often changes in the vision of company direction - often changes in CEOs - management will throw you under the train to save themselves - evergrowing number of management and decreasing number of doers - bad decisions made by management are pushed onto you so they can blame somebody else (we couldn't deliver x because of person y) - inability to hire talent and lately too many talented people leaving (they currently hide it by saying that they are hiring diverse people rather than quality people) - technical debt that is not prioritized - too many leaders with their own vision and duplicated work streams (there is a high chance that work you do for 2 years will go to the bin just because other leaders won politics) - you don't set your personal OKRs, management push their OKRs onto you (so basically they will get their bonuses) - too much politics - pay rise in average is in the region of 0.5%, not mentioning the below the market rates - bonus in average is in the region of £500-£1000 per year for a good achiever - promotions are based on the political side you join (if your party is in power) - you will realize there is no culture or values after a few All Hands meetings - too much micromanagement from all the product owners, management, and scrum masters.