If you need and value stability, especially in the Government side, ethics, or advancement due to merit, this isn't the place for you. There were no opportunities to shift within the organization, regardless of the efforts you made as an individual. It is also not a place you want to bring or leverage your network with, as they will be used and burned as other people see fit. The value was always the short, cash-grabbing win, regardless of the cost in reputation, relationships within the community, or professional ethics. After leaving, I and a number of colleagues have had to work against this negative reputation, and I have personally been called out on it in interviews for positions with their former USG clients. And yes, some of the high level leadership (C-suite) has now changed since I left, but that reputation has held true years later within the community.
