Make sure you have a prenup for when the honeymoon ends
Pros
- Interesting & challenging work - Work from home flexibility and good PTO policies -There are some GREAT individuals. Really smart and hardworking while often overlooked -Learn ALOT because you are on your own. Adding this to both pros and cons because I was able to add IT work, project management, regulatory reporting and several other skills to my resume that normally I wouldn't get in this role. I mean I literally built data dictionaries and source files for new software programs. No I have literally no experience in IT.
Cons
If you are regulated to worker role, you will be overloaded with work. Imagine being the literal analyst, IT project manager, program manager with direct reports, marketing and operations all at once. Not managing tasks involved in the process, but actually having to do the work of each for triple the number of programs for which you were hired. Now add-in you still get paid what you were offered, but the workload is at 60-70 hours. Promotions often go to favorites and not the best qualified. Sexism and racism are a clear issue. You will find both working there and also a subculture of exclusiveness where they only like and promote very specific types of males. Although you may speak, no one will actually listen unless the client vocalizes an issue. Reactionary vs. Proactive. Extremely hard place to remain in a healthy happy mental space depending on your immediate coworkers and whether you fit the "mold" for the people most promoted. You will eventually burnout. So even though there can, depending on the role and program, be a good work-life balance you won't enjoy it.
