Pros
- The starting pay out of college is great. - Meaningful work (helping modernize state's outdated systems) - Yearly annual trip that covers you and your family (long-time girlfriend or spouse, children) and you can bring a nanny at a low cost. In 2024, they went to Cancun, and in 2023, they went to Las Vegas. - Probably the best health insurance in the industry and it is completely employer-paid, meaning 100% free for you and your family.
Cons
There's a lot... - WLB is pretty rough (especially during rollouts), I worked ~70-80 hours a week at times. - Culture is just plain horrible - big drinking culture and HQ is in their own world compared to state sites - Site dependent experiences (some sites are way better than others) - The team that handles your move is pretty bad/not reliable - No remote opportunities (HQ is hybrid as well as other sites, dependent on PM) - Annual bonuses are VERY low compared to the industry (~1% per yr) - Low-code/no-code environment so little to 0 growth for your career. All code is in C# and horrible code practices (ggSmd) - They will move you where the business needs, not where you want/would like to go - Low PTO (10 days accrue, you can get 5 days more with OT) - Very boring work.. would dread going in everyday. I would avoid this company at all costs. I used it simply as a stepping stone to get into another job. However, my lead was horrible to work with (super rude) and got away with it due to their tenure/title here. WLB was horrible and I would be on-call 24/7 with no compensation, compared to ICs that are not on-call and we receive the same salary.