Pros
You know that movie Office Space? How it's hilarious? I guess my experience was a little like that...hilarious.
Cons
My experience may have been uniquely bad--I didn't stay long enough to find out (after 8 months the government reabsorbed our contract). Essentially my boss had just read that book "Who Stole My Cheese" and was doing his best to use all of us new hires as his very own stepping stones upon which to tread all over. While working there I was subject to daily bullying, I was mocked openly and put down regularly for my appearance and personality (and I'm not someone who has ever had issues with either in the work place...) He literally called me a "monkey" and made jesters at me like we all would have done as children if impersonating chimpanzees... His main problem with me? The actual scientist that oversaw our department on the government side pegged me as one of the smarter folks on our staff and complimented me regularly at meetings. Ooooh how he hated that. As for HR? Well you can imagine how that went. When the government took over our contract I pocketed the severance check and bowed out--it's never felt better to walk away from a company. Ah, corporate greed ;]
