Pros
-Exposure to world class clients - Will learn a lot - Breadth of research tools/data is unique to the industry -Work at home opportunities
Cons
Following several years of being owned by private equity and now actively being traded on Wall Street, it's not the same company as it was when I joined many years ago. - Depending on the position, hours can be long and work life balance challenged - Job Security - many organizational changes and layoffs that have not yielded desired results - Stagnant raises - most people will only see a raise every 2 years and it's meager when you get it. - Un realistic financial goals leading to ever shrinking or non existent bonuses - Aggressive financial goals placing pressure on senior management by Wall Street leading to a lot of pressure for client facing associates to focus more on sales than solving client needs -Too much focus on Quarterly results leading to short term vision and decision making and negative long term outcomes - Paid vacation eliminated and converted to "me time"; meaning that when you leave the company you are no longer paid for unused vacation