Pros
~ largely young demographic, often new grads or early/mid 20s- very easy to make first new friends out of college who live in the city ~ great office location w/ included parking (even on non-business days) ~ quick development of soft skills like phone presence, persuasion, email writing, professionalism, organization, and drive ~ in-house barista and tea selection is nice, and happy hours are well catered ~ interesting work, lots of exposure to industries and economic topics ~ great opportunity to speak directly with high-level executives and industry professionals- networking can be easily achieved and you have very stimulating conversations
Cons
~ 8:30am-6:00pm with the expectation to “look out for, and respond if necessary, until 9pm and on weekends”- the burnout comes quickly ~ work is interesting at the surface, but since the admin support has been phased out and metrics/responsibilities have forever been increased, it feels more numbingly iterative, demanding, and tedious ~ middle managers are also young (26-29 in my experience) and usually have difficulty managing or coaching a right-out-of-college employee who may need hands-on-help or support with project work, especially given the volume of tasks we often are expected to handle ~ feedback is asked for, but rarely taken seriously ~ BU initiatives are well-intentioned, but like above, are rarely taken seriously by improving systems that contribute to those goals (i.g. more focus on personal client relationships, but we each have 10+ clients emailing us back and forth all day- and have experts, leads, managers, and mounting admin tasks to attend to as well… where does the time come from?)