Pros
Lots of smart and friendly people, interesting work, and flexible hybrid working policy. Very good benefits but the writing's on the wall, these will get worse very soon - already in mid December they cut parental leave benefit by a third.
Cons
"Circling the drain" is really the best way to put it. Stephen Bird has no interest in running an investment business so he's winding it down and stuffing it with costs to make a sale more appealing (we know from recent news reports that he tried that sale and it wasn't approved by the Board). It seems like chairman Douglas Flint can't bear to admit he brought the wrong guy in as CEO. The only way abrdn has any hope at this point is if both of them go and someone comes in who (a) knows how the investment business works, since Bird clearly doesn't. (b) Is willing to be objective about the problems. No more superficial "improvements" that lead nowhere please. This used to be a great place to work. Now it feels very much like a dead end. Everyone sees that and talent will continue to leave when there's an opportunity to do that.