Pros
Salaries for new hires are competitive Lots of job openings in a tough economy
Cons
Salaries for long term employees will fall way behind market - they do not take care of their current employees -- get what you can coming in - you won't see much after that. Staff has been cut back way to far - lots of people in foul moods - way too much work to do, not enough people to do it - lots of people are just pissed and it is showing up in meetings, emails etc. Many people have had it (be prepared for lots of swearing). Senior Management is very much out of touch - their current initiative to deal with the problems is to require all managers to have more staff meetings. Senior management seems oblivious to how bad things have gotten and have no clue as to how to fix it.