Pros
Benefits (PTO, family leave, tuition reimbursement) People - some of my best friends work are people I met at Vanguard If you are motivated and favored, you have the ability to advance and attend seminars, webinars, events designed around career development. Great internal resources for learning if you take advantage of them (although this often has to be on your own time)
Cons
Favoritism runs rampant and they focus too heavily on interviews vs actual performance. Someone who is more polished with no experience is often going to get the job over a top performer. The job security and commitment to crew (employees) that used to exist is gone. Tim Buckley is slowly selling off business groups to vendors that do not deliver. Strictly focused on the bottom line and not the quality of service. Advice might be Engine One, but when growth stops you're not going to be left with enough people to run the business