Pros
Lovely new building in great location; industry-standard benefits package (health, 401k); generous vacation policy (3 weeks); financially stable; great training opportunities; generally are given the tools needed to do your job. Exceptional college internship program and credit training program.
Cons
Woefully understaffed back office functions result in long hours and rely heavily on the dedicated work ethic of many. Headcount is obsessively controlled - trying to get additional staffing is like getting a bill through Congress. But contractors are hired at the drop of a hat. Very silo'd organization structure with a significant lack of accountability - when something goes wrong, fingers start pointing all over the place. Major projects are initiated without proper prioritization or resources, driven by arbitrary deadlines, which ultimately results in a poor quality end product covered up by cumbersome manual processes and workarounds that eventually fail. Incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to advance from supervisory to management role, or from mid-level management to anything above. Senior management positions are almost always hired from outside the company, not within. Excessive reliance on expensive external consultants while ignoring knowledgeable, intelligent employees.