Pros
Benefits are good -- and cheap.
Cons
Leadership doesn't care about you if you're not faculty. I worked in four departments over nearly a decade with FSU. Only one of those departments was not an absolute nightmare, and that's only because my direct supervisor insulated her reports from leadership's nonsense. Staff is chronically overworked and underpaid and if you have a Dean who has an axe to grind about something, no matter how minimal, your time will be miserable. If you're not a faculty member bringing in grant money you might as well be dirt -- they'll treat you like it. Oh, and don't expect pay raises. Ever. Don't even expect union representation if you're an Academic Program Specialist, which you probably will be, because they use that title as a catch-all for 100 different things -- even though every person I met with this title has done a different thing.
