Pros
State benefits as well as University perks are wonderful. The university will match retirement up to 14%.
Cons
The CTO has been interim for +3 years with no replacement coming soon. The Director of OARnet is an extremely good engineer, but lacks proper management and direction -From this the entire networking team suffers from bad decisions and permanent band aids to ongoing problems. There is also a high level of toxic culture here, where toxic employees are never confronted about their behavior, only moved from shifts. There is a high level of arrogance around this office. If learning networking, one needs to take a large block of salt with supposed explanations/advice. Sadly with this being a state job, everyone is making about 15-20% less than private. About 80% of the staff only stay due to retirement, with this overall motivation is somewhat stagnant.