Pros
- Benefits are actually pretty good for US employees - Slow enough pace that the influx of former government employees aren't overwhelmed
Cons
- Your starting pay locks in how much money you are going to make. There are no cost of living raises and promotions are only 6-10%. Safe to assume anyone hired more than 6 months after you at the same pay has a higher base. - Technology stack is a mixture of ancient, kinda ancient and irrelevant. Most of it is running on in-house designed and built platforms that have to be cycled out every 2 years as the devs who built them leave. - Posturing, politics and presentation skills are the pathway to success in technology, not technical capability. - Between lunch & learns, tech experience talks, affinity groups, employee connection programs and the regular meeting load you can get paid for talking and sitting on meetings for half the week