Pros
The AIG international demographics and environment is invigorating. Personal, career development, in the form of both on the job, and through training opportunities are fair to above fair. Profit sharing as well as paid benefits and the availability of additional supplemental benefits at excellent group rates are available to AIG employees. Sensitivity to all cultures in terms of interacting with other team members is needed; likewise one can not always assume that the geographic location renders preference in how business is conducted or how they may be treated. Many options in how AIG may choose to staff a project. Business is innovative, high ingenuity; technical is standard to high cutting edge. Many different types of technology in play, not limited to only one platform or type; additionally hardware and software used. Working on a global front has advantage in terms of scope. AIG is a very good company, has a very strong legacy and should not be judged in terms of recent hardships.
Kontras
Regarding previous point that one can not always assume that the geographic location renders preference in how business is conducted or how they may be treated. First point is that this is realistic for a global company and that AIG needs to operate in a collaborative way globally. Still sometimes this is limiting to the interaction one may be accustom too. For example in a US professional environment one may be more straight forward and to the point if the point is understood to be valid and not improper in any way. In the US when done of course in the right professional manner, those accustom to this style find that it can be more productive, empowering of the individuals or team involved because there is immediate execution of an assessment, or idea being shared. In an international environment there are more shades of grey, variations in culture that may effect understanding for example of equality, gender issues, and not always being able to be straight forward when one is accustom to such, needs to be consciously considered. Other means may be more acceptable in this multi-culture environment and therefore more productive in such. One can identify a breakdown in understanding differences in culture to be more than just country. Culture can be more of a breakdown like country, territory, religion, language and how that culture interprets, represents, views different things.