Pros
The checks clear. This is a decent IT department to hide in, if your skills are sub-par or you do not want to learn anything new at your job. The work/life balance is the only real benefit to working here.
Cons
They offer essentially 0 health benefits. Legally, they should not be allowed to be their own health insurance provider, but thru PAC donations they've managed to find a loophole. Wages are well below average. Raises are comically lower than inflation. Promotions are lateral, or non-existent. It does not matter what you know; It only matters who you know and if they like you. Pucker up, and maybe receive a $30 gift card someday. This IT department above all else follows this rule "give me something new, but make it work exactly like the old thing". The tail wags the dog. Customers design their own software seemingly on a whim. Weak-willed and ineffective management never reigns them in or tries to hold them to any kind of requirements or scope. Eventually, the customer will complain that the project is not completed or late (how can it be when the customer will never sign off on it being complete?), and then employees are punished for something they cannot control. Above all, if you work in this IT department, you will be set up to fail, again and again. If you love to be marketed to by your own organization, you will find a lot of that here, too.
