Pros
Job security, State benefits, holidays, leave/vacation time.
Cons
Low pay, slow to no real advancement, increasingly expected to perform new duties in addition to current job role responsibilities without additional compensation. Staff constantly inform leadership/management that they are overworked, underpaid, and has voiced the same concerns for years--if lucky, concerns will take months to be officially recognized yet nothing is ever done to alleviate them. There is currently a mass exodus of very qualified, dedicated, and eager staff leaving the University after years of no or very minimal (1-3% every other year) cost of living adjustments that do not keep pace with increased costs in the area. The problem is compounded further by having remaining staff perform additional duties to maintain institutional stability with little or no increase in compensation--causing those staff to burn out even faster and seek employment elsewhere themselves.