Pros
Social aspects were commendable, great set of colleagues.
Cons
* The turnover is phenomenal, every week there's someone leaving for something better * New talent is brought in, but sometimes they end up leaving really quickly. * Good people who are just doing their job are quickly dismissed within their probation period * Promises are made of career growth and development, but then set the bar waaaay to high in order for people to achieve this despite the hard work they put in * Management to a considerable extent are not willing to step in and prevent their colleagues from being bullied. I saw one fellow developer get chewed out by a client who was explaining the technical difficulties of their project (all valid points) only to be reprimanded and put on a Performance Improvement Plan. They were moved on from that project, only to find that the client later had taken all the advice that same developer had given and implemented every single suggestion. * A recent set of redundancies has put the entire team at an all time low and worrying about job security, only to find that measures could have been taken to prevent these redundancies. One developer who was with us had over two decades of experience and it's going to be hard to see them leave. * Merkle seem to do a lot of mergers and acquisitions every six to nine months to obtain new staff, but then seem to make cutbacks to retain that staff. * Too many "CEOs"... Do they even know how much this affects the staff? But all but one former CEO seemed to have the company's employees' best interests at heart... * Upper Management seems to "answer" questions, but when you break it down there's a lot of bullet dodging and word salad being used without any actual substance...