Pros
I enjoyed working with my direct team. Wellness days (one Friday off/month) were great (but Feb was the last one due to the merger). I do feel like I learned a lot in my role & was presented with various learning opportunities.
Cons
Pay. I had a team of 7 that quickly fell to 3. My raise was ~1% this year even though we are all working over double what we were. Silver lining - good motivation to get a new job. Promotions. In my experience, the earliest promotion I saw was after 3 years. Hiring freeze. I guess this is why the team fell to 3 with no hiring but it really hurt my team and several others I know of. Layoffs. We did have one round in my two years. Typical of energy industry but surprising we lost someone when turnover on the team is typically high (to be fair this was the first of the team size falling but definitely the start of the collapse). Pay. I helped interview some backfills and their offers were $10k less than what I was making which was already below industry average.