Super flexible with work hours, they provide transportation to/from the office, lots of opportunities to work in different areas, attend talks, see the work of other project managers, ect. Overall you learn a lot & are exposed to a lot.
Cons
Bus schedules that take you to/from the office are far apart so you're kinda stuck there for longer than you're supposed to be
- Very interesting and engaging work/projects
- Challenging and the opportunity to push the envelope
- Great building
- Good people
- Good benefits
- Many things (ie. HR, work hours, style, conduct) conforms to University rules
- Great IT department
Cons
- Short-term contracts; low job security; project/funding dependent
- Top heavy management style (ratio ranges from 1:5 to 1:1, and sometimes even 3:2)
- No over-time
- No room for growth
- Many things (ie. HR, work hours, style, conduct) conforms to University rules
- Many office bureaucracies
- Facilities department hinders management's flexibility in space usage as well as cripples employees' work space freedom
- Work pace fluctuates dramatically