Pros
Pride in working in an environment where great things are achieved and interesting people are involved. Access to decent benefits.
Cons
Archaic management styles and working arrangements. No ability to rate, grade or review your supervisor(s) or offer them any kind of feedback in a formal way. Divisive, reactive culture with ongoing issues between different functional areas of the department and constant last-minute planning/execution. Non-traditional work arrangements are rare and frowned upon even though this is touted as a major benefit of working at NU. Very uneven organizational structure with little opportunity for advancement. No focus on hiring from within and developing internal talent. Interview process is too long, drawn out and does not allow for candidates to do more than answer the same outdated questions multiple times and to different groups of people. Distant, unapproachable HR and recruiting team. Very little incentive to perform well aside from fear of poor performance evaluation ratings and reduction in annual pay-increase which is already laughably low. Long-term planning does not involve lower-level staff who are ultimately affected most by departmental change. This is not a fun or rewarding job. I feel that I have to conform to outdated standards in order to fit in and receive no appreciation for my work.