Pros
- They have excellent benefits. They provide an excellent retirement package. - They have options to telework. - They have an excellent work/life balance.
Cons
- Low salary. - The managers micromanage. - Everything seems like a huge deal all the time from the font used on emails to the wording. - Managers (at least in my unit) want to do what they can to catch someone doing something wrong. The mangers can be demeaning and petty and they make you feel like you are always doing something wrong. - Managers could care less about career advancement. - You receive no praise. For example, you are asked to produce a data report. You work on it, send it to the manager with a draft email, and then he/she will send it to whomever requested the data without mentioning you had any part of it and w/o evening acknowledging that you send it to them. No "Thanks" or "Good job". But if the font is not right or the spacing is off by a millimeter then you will most definitely get a response back.