Pros
- good colleagues, smart and nice and hard workers. - paid healthcare - nice offices with your own space and privacy, no cubicles. - you have independence. usually no one hounding you. teams are small and you trust each other. - free soda and coffee.
Cons
- no opportunity for career advancement. - people work alone, no collaboration. no socializing - a lot of times it feels like the company isn't looking forwards, just reusing things its produced in the past - low moral. you couldn't go through a week without hearing "oh, that's why so-and-so resigned", or placing blame on a former employee. - on the above point, a lot of times its management that's spreading the bad vibe by blaming former employees - Any verbal promises you get, ask for them in writing before you sign on. - management is disorganized