Pros
Full time staff are offered the best benefits. Some teams, especially on the science side, are AMAZING. Amenities are cool, especially pre-Covid. Goes extra lengths to keep outstanding talent (where it behooves politics and bottom line goals).
Cons
Contractor co workers are often very subtly alienated or differentiated from FT even though you are told you’re treated “equally”. If you’re not someone who can trade in your personal ethos to make very robotic/brown nose connections, it will eventually catch up with you. D&I is a joke even though they “try” so hard. Open Door policy is a joke, could never speak directly to HR. Soul sucking if you’re using this a stepping place, position or tool. Creativity is limited to certain corners of the business even though you’re told “your ideas will be taken seriously and you should speak up if you notice something can be done better”. Very political (again if you can do this or it’s your thing, it’ll be utopia for you). Bureaucratic so be prepared to be patient to get some projects actually accomplished. Get ready to fight tooth and nail in some departments.