Pros
Field based work and flexibility, Training, Government projects
Cons
Your autonomy is strictly dictated to when you can work and how you go about planning your day no matter how well your doing. Supervisors are constantly on a government contract ego trip, many of them are not hired due to experience but because of who they knew. IF you want to keep your job, at the very least you better be brown nosing. Recognition for hard work is recognized but because supervisor's are so flippant don't expect them to see you as a valued employee. Pay is far below from any of the competitive research companies, and don't expect a decent raise no matter how hard you work. If you work in data collection, be mindful that you will most likely not meet with your supervisor because they are for the more interested in your production and it is much easier to fire employees this way
