Pros
The company is very performance driven, and rewards accordingly. They are accomplishing some great things, and continue to make progress in the industry. There are some really great and talented people that work for this company. I enjoyed my interactions with many of them. Jim Monkmeyer is a stand-up guy, and brings a lot to the company. They have some pretty cool events and shwag that get much of the company involved and getting to know each other. They exhibit a lot of fun ideas to build the culture. The industry is fast moving with a lot of opportunity. EL has the ability to make some things happen, and it will be exciting to see what they can accomplish.
Kontras
There really is not much training and development being done for the employees and managers. There are a lot of new managers/directors there, and they do not get an ample opportunity to learn leadership skills. I saw this happen with the Directors I worked with, and I was also not given a day of training before taking on the management of 2 teams. I think that they are really missing the mark with this, and lose a lot of talent out the doors of people that this new leadership is supposed to be managing. Investing in this would more than pay for itself. From a Lean standpoint, this is probably a lot more costly than they realize. From the first day I was there I noticed, and was told time and time again from each team I managed that they were scared on a daily basis of losing their job. I think that there is a common theme in the reviews you read here, and they coincide with a reality of the culture of fear that exists. EL is doing a lot to work on this, but this is a large obstacle to overcome.