Pros
If you work "Very Hard" you can be monetarily rewarded. Learned a whole bunch over my career. I had great colleagues and mentors.
Kontras
Managers were unqualified to manage personnel, many were morally and ethically corrupt. Too many lies over the years. CEO was out of touch with the reality of day-to-day operations, he had forgotten where he came from. Corporate overheads kept going up, putting more pressure on low-ranking employees to "perform better"