Pros
- Coworkers are friendly and competent at their jobs, including managers - No mandatory overtime and very minimal crunch or putting out fires - Can easily use time off with very little judgment or argument - Managers allow devs to self-direct and do not try to micromanage - Room to get your feet wet with languages/technologies you're not already familiar with - Open to remote work
Cons
- Corporate refuses to give any raises or promotions at all. The only way you might get a raise is by getting an offer from another company and fishing for a counter-offer, and you aren't getting a promotion ever. - No bonuses or stock options or anything besides your base salary - Health insurance options are so bad it's arguably better to just opt out and pay for your doctors out-of-pocket - Company VPN is horrifically slow and authentication changes can come with no warning and kick you out for a day or more - Chronically understaffed technical help desk takes ages to resolve things like firewall issues and account problems