Pros
Carbonite has a great location, right in the heart of Boston and accessible by many train lines. There are a lot of opportunities to get your feet wet in different areas of the business and get executive exposure. Lots of free food! Pretty good pay. And some really nice and talented people in the trenches. The recruitment, HR and EA teams are the backbone of the company and are wonderful.
Cons
No structure. No one is steering the ship. The leadership team puts tremendous pressure on the underlings to make critical decisions, and there is wishy-washiness at the top-- not to mention-- politics, in-fighting, and cliques that are only perpetuated by department leaders. Layoffs. People would just disappear into the abyss, Stranger Things style. Layoffs were sometimes driven by performance (fair enough), sometimes driven by politics (shady), and sometimes part of a bigger company shift. But the common denominator was that they were poorly executed, they were constant, and they all came without warning to the people who got axed, and the teams that they were on. There are two types of people who get ahead at Carbonite: those who perpetuate gossip, politics, and exclusion, and those who hang around long enough to deal with it and get promoted. As you can imagine, these makes for some pretty crummy interactions. If you can stomach the politics, or you just want a stopgap to live and work in the city, Carbonite should STILL not be your best option. But it's an option. That said, I certainly don't recommend building your career there.