Pros
MISO employees some fantastic people doing interesting work. They also have great benefits, including an onsite health clinic.
Cons
Wow. Where to start...…. 1. Executive Management: So far removed from the work people are doing on a daily basis that they are unable to appropriately prioritize or offer support to the divisions they are responsible for. They are quick to latch onto the latest buzz phrase, but do not have the foresight or the ability to actually implement anything. Instead, they dream up one initiative after the other that never comes to fruition. Finally, with sadly few exceptions, executives are unapproachable and completely egotistical. 2. HR: HR is anything and everything BUT a resource for employees. Want the latest gossip? Befriend someone in HR. Want a promotion but don't want to work for it? Befriend someone in HR. Want to stall your career? Be above the office politics and do your work - there is no time for that at MISO. You better be prepared to schmooze. Most hilarious (read - pitiful, pathetic, and sad) is that HR leadership will not even speak to you if you are not in management or have been placed on the management track. WOW. 3. Middle Management: There are actually a few gems in this group. Sadly, they are overworked, understaffed, and their leadership likely does not understand how to support them. Far too many people are in management at MISO because they managed to befriend the right people, not ask any uncomfortable questions, and learned how to parrot the latest buzz phrase being espoused by executive management even if they have no idea how to implement it or what it means. Few of these folks will actually go to bat for their teams - those who do are quickly shown the door. 4. Compliance: Oh, compliance, my friend. MISO does not really care about it - it is something MISO carefully sculpts and crafts a perception around. They do not want to know how big the problems are or how they should be fixed. What is the MINIMUM we can do and get away with? And on top of the already monumental issues this company has with compliance, they decided to put a leadership team in place that is more concerned with making sure that they are surrounded with "yes people" and those who will never question, identify issues, or (gasp) be more effective than they are (which, truly, is not that hard.)