Pros
A foot in the door in politics in DC The office itself is quite nice The people that work here are, for the most part, really amazing people who care about what they're doing.
Cons
When someone starts at Mothership, they quickly realize that they've had their last free weekend. Over the last year, the company has exploded in profits, and almost none of this has found its way past the three founders. People regularly find themselves working 60+ hour weeks for very little pay. If you should choose to say something is wrong at this company, you should expect to be pulled into a private meeting by one of senior management. One time, someone mentioned how it was strange that we had absolutely no chance of a raise. They got brought into a meeting with a partner where they were sternly told to shape up and be grateful for what they have, despite this person being much more qualified than many other people at their same pay scale. Another time, they threatened to fire four people because they made some jokes about how the office was out of Red Bull. There is very little incentive to stay with this company for over a year, and most people don't. The people that do are often so overworked that even though they desperately want to leave, they cannot find a spare second to apply or actually interview elsewhere. The partners base their business around getting people fresh out of college who are eager to prove themselves and don't realize that working conditions are better pretty much anywhere else. I have told friends not to work here.
