Pros
What I like about FICO 1. Variety of work that regularly presents interesting problems to solve 2. Mostly smart, motivated, friendly people 3. Flexible hours and home office options 4. People respect each other and trust each other, regardless of rank 5. Was once a cool company 6. Nice office space
Kontras
1. Lack of high level leadership or direction 2. Middle level managers who speak in vague buzzwords and don’t contribute, but still get credit (although I’ve heard this exists at every company) 3. Promotion and salary uncorrelated with performance; more correlated with who likes you or who makes an arbitrary call about whether your work is worthwhile 4. Senseless lay-offs and re-orgs followed by hiring) 5. Lack of focus on research or real innovation 6. Sometimes exploits analyst level workers