Pros
-Variety of interesting work (answering calls/emails from congressional staff, writing long reports, analyzing draft legislation) -Met some great colleagues -Room for growth not dependent on people on your team leaving (though promotion process is tedious) -Good salary, & transparent salaries since nearly every employee is paid based on the federal GS scale -Generally 40 hour work week & not expected to work outside of that -Great employee union!
Cons
-Org was going through some major growing pains due to hiring more diverse staff but existing staff being mostly older, white, and male -Some senior staff are dismissive of new/younger staff -A lot of your job satisfaction may depend on your direct manager & division manager, so experiences vary widely -Leadership was very old fashioned, anti-telework, anti-union (this may change with the upcoming leadership change, but the culture is pretty ingrained across upper management) -During the few years I was there morale was generally very low and turnover high