Pros
Remarkably good at adopting new technologies if you can avoid some of the worst parts of the legacy code base. Good personal ownership of the projects you work on. 50% of the people in the department are the greatest people you could ever work with. Will hire folks out of school and it's a good place to learn. Solid company, good job security. Good pay for the local area. Employee discount is a lot of fun, good for some products, negligible for others, though probably wouldn't be worth all that much $$$ compared to some other job that paid $1,000 more or less. Company ownership puts their money where their mouth is, dedicating extraordinary amounts of money to supporting the industry. Mixed pros and cons: Knowing that some of the other people can be so backbiting about one's work output can drive one to develop his or her skills rather quickly. There is an amount of genuine interest in making the company a really good place to work. Some of it is ostensible, some of it is disingenuous, some of it is misguided, and then some of it is truly genuine. There are a lot of great folks working for the company. Really great folks, and highly intelligent and competent. The shooting sports industry is fun to be involved and to work with.
Cons
The other 50% of the people in the department make for a considerably frustrating experience, either by being condescending, backbiting, obstinate, or untrusting. Sadly this is enough to really sour the experience entire experience of working in the department in spite of the 50% of the people I mentioned in the "Pros" section. There is a culture of finger pointing whenever something goes wrong, and criticizing other people's (or, everyone else's) code years after it was written, bad enough that most people grow accustomed to working with their dukes permanently put up and their hackles permanently raised. Be prepared to spend some regular time on the phone in the call center taking orders from customers if you're salaried. Not just any customers, but the subset of customers who can't use the website to place their orders. It is an experience that is detested by everyone who undergoes it (most will agree that it's actually a lot worse than it sounds), but the company ownership stubbornly will not let it go. You will be called upon to work in the call center even more hours if business ever surges for whatever reason, and every year or two management manages to seriously muck up one of the hourly staffing processes, in which case you will likely get to work in the warehouse too. There is a remarkably bad culture of sycophantism throughout the company. It starts at the top and causes some pretty substantial organizational problems that ripple throughout the company. Fear, uncertainty, and doubt often motivate the technical decisions that wind up being made by non-technical people. Very traditional attitude toward your butt keeping the seat warm for 40 hours a week. Your seat at work, not at home. Company leadership can't stand the thought of working remotely, even any small amount of time. Company is getting better at flexing your rigid schedule to a slightly different rigid schedule (1 hr earlier/later) if you provide a decent enough justification. With a few exceptions, almost exactly the wrong people are selected for advancement. As another reviewer noted, the company is largely about process, process, process. Standardize your strategic planning. Make all decisions systematically. Until the guy who owns the place gets a whim and just upends all your planning.