The company's world revolves around Chicago (and Austin to a lesser extent). If you're not in Chicago (or Austin) your office probably won't get mentioned unless you're being shamed for doing something wrong.
Given the company's core focus, information security is of the utmost concern. For most day-to-day employees this is no big deal, but if you're a software engineer InfoSec will quickly become the bane of your existence.
By default, developers do not have local admin rights to their PCs/laptops. Instead you are given elevated privs on an app-by-app basis through clunky, obtrusive middleware.
InfoSec also routinely brings your PC to its knees by pushing 15-20 windows updates to it all at once - usually when you're trying to get crap done.
Need software installed? Get ahead of the curve. The process is cumbersome and time-consuming, and if the software isn't on the "approved list" you may be outta luck. Wanna install it yourself? Good luck. You don't have admin privs.
