Pros
Interesting, inspiring people. Opportunities to travel. Downtown DC
Cons
Lip service paid to work/life balance--make no mistake: everything is about winning USAID bids and with the new RBU structure, it's getting more and more intense. People are stressed and the wrong people are being put into new business roles. The company claims a high retention rate, but I don't know how they calculate it. Good people are leaving in droves. Competitors have poached some real superstars. People who are well-connected get put on key NB roles on bids we're highly likely to win--and then when we do, they get the massive bonuses, while someone who got stuck with a sure-loser gets nothing but grey hairs. It's expanded hugely in the past few years, largely because of Afghanistan projects. This will not continue.