They reel you in with promise of work-life balance but its a scam
Pros
When you first start, wlb seems good, normal hours and workload Generous PTO (in theory) Collaborative environment
Cons
Research by consensus means that every major decision in the process has several stakeholders and sometimes all they want to do is argue with each other. WLB quickly evaporated under the AER process, where I worked 60+ hour weeks for months and was not permitted to take more than an afternoon off at a time. Pay is low compared to similar orgs and raises are minimal. There is no career development because everyone in a people manager role has taken it as a promotion and not been given training or tools to understand hos to do the job effectively. So what ends up happening is you have a lot of people who only know how to project manage trying to people manage. They will willingly promote poor performers if they have been there long enough.
