Pros
Flexible work environment and very pro work/life balance and family. Working from home/remotely is generally acceptable. Health benefits are comprehensive but the costs have been increasing significantly every year. It’s a culturally diverse staff. The company is very committed (in theory) to helping advance STM. It’s a great place if you aren’t the ambitious type, like to fly under the radar, and want to put your career on cruise control.
Cons
Pay isn’t competitive and it is a very matrixed organization so things move a glacier pace and rumors and re-orgs happen all the time. The systems we rely on to get things done are legacy, band-aided and don’t talk to each other. On top of having to spend all day working on “stone tablets” and reports no one knows what to do with, many departments are under resourced and forced to use tools and rely on processes that do not work for their specific customer needs (e.g., what works for researchers doesn’t work for clinicians). Finally, you will be expected to work on a laptop that is older than you.