Pros
Solid benefits for a vanilla life - great work life 9-to-6 balance for those who are mid to senior level in their career and want to see their kids actually grow up. Summer days off. The company offers inspiring speakers, parties and events throughout the beautiful spacious office. Dogs are your co-workers. Enough candy, free food and snacks to sustain any millennial on a budget. Nearby gym, good standard medical coverage, FSA and 401k.
Cons
Nothing new under the advertising sun - if you want to try really hard to devolve into career mediocrity, this is the place to be. Outdated production/delivery practices coupled with people who've never grown from advertising in the 90s live at this office, and any innovation is hard to come by against the "process, process, process" that's in place and their main conservative automotive client. Office politics can be backstabbing, recognitions are with the in-crowd at best, and frustrations mount over delivery issues that can be solved with this nice little tool called JIRA, which most people tragically find 'new'. There are some rock stars in the crowd (around~5) who innovate and try to push the envelope, mostly in tech and UX. Alas, 90% of the time that fails, and most people devolve into pushing the cart along the rails. Having moved on to the client side, it's sad to see an agency - which is supposed to be the source of creativity and innovation, carry out such outdated practices, and be so out of touch with reality that they give their client everything but what they actually asked for. Team One needs to poke its head out and get outside of itself to witness the world is evolving a lot faster than they can keep up. But who cares when you're comfortable. Unfortunately, they are too distracted by their summer parties and keeping the veneer of "awesomeness" on the store front to bright-eyed millennials. When the idea of free food in the kitchen gets old, it's time to move on.