Pros
- Office in a prime Manhattan location - Free snacks and lots of catered meals - Lots of happy hours and alcohol (provided that's your thing) - Unlimited PTO (but see below) - A lot of autonomy, very little micromanaging, mainly because managers are too busy to worry about what you are doing anyway.
Cons
- People have a "live to work" vs a "work to live" mentality. A lot of overworked people who work long hours. I have seen plenty of people working until 8 PM and on vacation. Speaking of vacation, the unlimited vacation time is a sham, because when you try to take it you are looked at like you're lazy. - A lot of "forced fun". If you just want to sit an do your work vs going to the useless toasts, happy hours and forced social events, you are looked at like a social pariah who hates the company and your coworkers, when you really just want to do what you were hired to do. - A lot of egotistical senior management. People have been talked to like kids and yelled at, and since it is an open plan office everyone sees it. - Political landmine - again, if you just want to do your job vs kissing butt, it works against you. - Speaking of open office, the layout sucks. Loud, and you hear people's phone calls and music being played in the office. Very distracting.