Pros
Great city to work/live albeit expensive. Quite a few opportunities to try new positions within the Controller's organization at different divisions in the greater Bellevue area. I'm in my 4th position in 5 years. It helps keep you distracted a bit from all of the cons below...
Cons
-Sr Management are detached fear mongrels surrounded by a bunch of yes-men. -Very political management hierarchy. It is all about perception and who you know, not reality or qualifications regarding who moves up and who doesn't. You better be part of the good ol' boys club or forget about it. -Very poor systems. Our Accounting system is DOS-based, implemented in the 70's, and has been in end-of-life stage for 10 years (meaning there is no support if it should break). Even though we're supposed to be a "technology company", it only applies to our trucks and dealers, not to our administrative infrastructure. -Undercompensated and underappreciated. No profit sharing or incentives until you're at a director level making $120k+. -Definitely short-term focused which often sacrifices long term benefits. The Chairman has a "72 years of profitablity" monkey on his back. He doesn't want to be the one who breaks the streak, so he will do everything in his power to get in the black by year-end, which means cut now and pay for it later. He's very adept at the "borrow from Peter to pay Paul" concept. A lot of our projects and products have suffered because of it.