Pros
great location. 3 metro stops within a block from the office. great restaurants in the area. They have excellent healthcare benefits.
Cons
it's worse than high school. If you are in the "cool" clique, you are golden. If you question what is tasked of you because you want to learn more, watch out. They don't like it when people want to ask and learn. HR needs to well, be an HR department and look out for their employees. I had a situation where a boss was asking me to some personal tasks. I'm not talking getting coffee, either. How about sending his underwear back to Ralph Lauren or go to his condo and let contractors in. When this came up in a meeting w/HR, I asked HR who was liable if I was in a car accident, since I was technically not doing Carlyle group. It turned out Carlyle would NOT be liable. When I pointed out that should probably not being doing these tasks, I was given a severance package and asked to leave. There other VP's that treated their assistants worse and it's all swept under the rug. I watched these VPs, burn out associates in a matter of 6 months, fire them and bring new one's on. They have no concept of work-life balance unless it pertains specifically to them or if you are a member of the cool kids clique.
