Pros
Nice, at least on this surface, coworkers at the staff level Team building exercises like pot luck lunches Coworkers frequently bring in treats like doughnuts Coworkers are quick to help each other out, like if someone's car breaks down Family friendly work place, for Halloween everyone brings their kids into the office for trick or treating Food vendors cater lunch everday at a very reasonable cost Nice, newly renovated office space Free daily parking in the nearby garage
Cons
Lots of old software systems that desperately in need of replacement, and have excessive downtime Too much emphasis on slick marketing and too little emphasis placed on uptime and reliability of software systems Excessive night and weekend work on changes and updates Middle of the night calls on a daily basis Frequent night and weekend on call work No extra compensation for off hours work Terrible middle and upper management in Information Technology department Complete lack of documentation Ineffective communication Expectations from management are never communicated, they expect you to be a mind reader Ineffective change control, changes and upgrades are rushed into production full of bugs, with even very basic things like share permissions not provisioned Constant outages and downtime Basic work tools like a company provided cell phone are not provided, they expect you to use the phone and resources YOU pay for in order to do your job No time for personal life, your life is Synovus Complete lack of professionalism at all levels of the Information Technology department Too few staff that are qualified for their jobs Promotions based purely on who you know, Synovus has a long and troubled history of this