Pros
Ability to work remotely. Business Partners who want to work with you, and try to make the place better.
Cons
Tribalism: there are circles you need to be in in IT if you want to grow. If you're not in that circle, you won't get the opportunities. Finding a way into the circle is impossible unless you're 'invited' in. IT is insanely understaffed, under funded, and over worked. The company will partner with least cost vendors, and then make up for schedule slippages with nights and weekends. For example, S4. The idea to grow IT is to hire recently graduated interns. They are great as a pair of hands to help manage a project. But rarely, if ever, do they hire experienced technical folks who can come in and make a difference. All of those roles they farm out in offshore AMS contracts. The technical resources, after a year or so, move on and their replacements need to be trained. If there is a strategy, it's not communicated effectively.