Great work life balance but your career progression in very very slow
Pros
1. Not many deadlines that are hard 2. Flexible time - you can come in and leave when you want. But this really depends on your manager 3. Almost nobody gets fired. You have to screw up in a big way for a long time (at least in my area)
Cons
I am an immigrant and here are cons list: 1. Many entry level employees join through EDG which is a really bad place to start at. They do not apply for a green card until you move out of EDG. 2. EDG is very inflexible and does not have immigrant friendly policies. You do not even get to take your vacation days when you want. Once you are out of EDG it gets a little better - flexibility wise but the following are still big flags for me: 3. No work from home whatsoever for new employees, new parents. You need to have a good manager who will allow work from home and this policy is very inconsistently interpreted through the company and at different levels of seniority 4. This is a private company. The upper management is treated much differently than anybody with less than 10 years of experience. 5. Hardly anyone junior employee gets promoted based on merit. The company is run like an oligarchy 6. Processes - there are long and arduous process for everything and even a simple project takes years to complete. 7. Design review feedback - You will be made to present your technical designs using Power Point to a room full of stakeholders (senior managers). This is usually followed by useless feedback. Every little thing is micromanaged by the senior management. Even a small feature can take multiple design review meetings. There are processes around getting meeting slots and inviting participants. There are dry runs for the presentations (sometimes more than one). All in all, it is a lot of effort for some feedback that is not worth much. It is quite frustrating.