Pros
Working from the Bath office, you might have a nice view of Bath Abbey and the surrounding hills.
Cons
If you are looking for a career and a company that is intellectually rewarding, that treats employees with respect and offers serious career opportunities, then look elsewhere immediately. The workforce has been gutted by a relentless drive to reduce every bit of analysis to a set of numbers; even carried out by the most conscientious analysts, this is at best an exercise of fumbling in the dark. Just look at the data provided to Bloomberg the other week, which suggest there is a 70-80% chance of a militarised dispute between the US and India this year. The mind boggles! There is absolutely no interest in providing nuanced, well-informed content for clients - this would require actual investment in analysts and employing senior people with some genuine political/security/economic experience (something done at all our competitors, by the way). Instead, it is much better to be in a position where anyone, no matter their background or expertise, can just turn the cogs on the random number generator. Making matters worse, all this vacuous number crunching is accompanied by the most atrocious corporate babble; the only use for which might be to obfuscate and hide the methodological gaps in the 'data'. It also seems to be a good way for those of little discernible talent to appear knowledgeable and bamboozle the CEO into thinking that their ideas are worthy of any merit. Unfortunately, this describes most of the senior managers who have remained from the old regime. Despite their manifest failings - which have included numerous complaints to HR - these people remain firmly ensconced and are showered with praise by the CEO. It isn't too much of a stretch to see that voicing opinions contrary to those of the CEO's lauded lieutenants results in being labelled a dissenter, and "not on the bus". Criticise too much and you will find yourself on the receiving end of a campaign by a bullying manager, who will do everything just within the rules to make your work life as unpleasant as possible. Unthinking loyalty is, then, the main criteria for success as an analyst, which is why many of the most talented individuals - with bona fide experience and knowledge of their subject matter - have departed. Those left are typically under-qualified sycophants who wouldn't have a cat in hell's chance of reaching a similar level at a competitor. Indeed, a chasm has opened up between the haves and have-nots in the company. The senior managers and those analysts deemed loyal enough are given opportunities to travel and meet with clients, while junior analysts or those "not on the bus" have to beg and scrape for a mere train ticket to London.