Pros
There once existed an opportunity to be disruptive - Unfortunately it turned into a siloed organization with cliques. Work alongside some truly unique and talented individuals - Unfortunately they were forced to conform after being baited on false promises and opportunities. Senior management can get away with intentionally malicious behavior - Surprised this was never addressed given dramatically low retention rates and now being the only group with a stagnate '25 strategic initiative. Parking was free. Great proximity to restaurants. Every floor had a refrigerator stocked with sparkling water and soft drinks. Every so often we'd have a cookie party. We had a bi-weekly recurring call on Fridays where the host used metal ratchet noise makers to celebrate work anniversaries - yes, it was an org wide endeavor and yes, they were lit. Some of us had 27in monitors. Going to Texas Tech was plus!
Cons
If you want to succeed, you'll need to master the art of politics vs. actually being good at your job. There was so much wasted capital being spent on misguided initiatives and duplicate business units. Complete lack of accountability for senior management - There was a group that would relentlessly push out missed deadlines for useless, yet costly, salesforce enhancements ...not to mention the BI dashboards and pricing tools they couldn't even explain. Development program for incoming analysts was an absolute joke - Not because of the analyst talent, but because of how it was run (like a daycare with happy hours). Their strategy for developing new products/services wouldn't even be considered competitive when the baby boomer generation came into the workforce. Compensation is lackluster at best - It's a firm where leadership asks you to move heaven and earth without it translating monetarily. There wasn't always a gluten free option at the cookie parties.