Pros
The public interest mission (whatever one you find for yourself) makes the work important. Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts are positive. Handling of the pandemic was good. Benefits are still good but…
Cons
Handling of the recent reduction in bankable vacation hours was horrible. Barely a month of notice to use it or lose it and their face-saver statement was “you aren’t losing it, you just stop accruing it”. Talk about Ministry of Truth. When a smaller reduction in bankable hours was made many years ago, we had 16 months to get below the new cap. Now we have to choose between losing vacation or failing to meet sponsor expectations/deadlines if we use weeks of vacation with zero notice. Modernization of financial tools was rushed and poorly planned by management. The financial worker bees busted their butts but were shoveling against the tide. The contractors were scared at how fast they were pushed to get their software working for MITRE. And the recent RIF of FAA supporting employees was done with one day notice by auto-gen email when those same skills are needed on the defense side which is hiring! No opportunity for them to find a new position on the defense side. Leadership at the top is making decisions that have made me lose confidence in their ability to lead.