Pros
- Lots of opportunities to learn new things. - No routine at all. - Fast paced projects (for the ones who enjoy things moving super fast). - Paternity Leave benefit (3 months). - Very comprehensive Intranet Platform. - Rich list of online courses in many areas, but you'll only have time for those in your rare and spare personal time... - Lots of travel (again...if you like that and/or have no family to come back to). Pre Covid, of course. - Lots of social activities (coffees, dinners, etc). - Good place to work about Project Management. - Possibility to relocate to other offices in other countries. - Diverse workforce, with most people from international backgrounds.
Cons
- Most projects are too fast paced with high levels of toxicity and stress. - Practically no work life balance, as the company implicitly encourages a culture of working overtime. 10-12 hrs/day is the norm during weekdays...and weekend work is very common as well. Forget about 9am-5pm work! - High level of competition between employees, as you're ranked and compared to your peers during performance review time. - Most projects have high levels of toxic people (from clients as well). - Too many status meetings. It's not rare to have 3 a day (morning, afternoon, evening). On top of that, dozens of other meetings, only leaving the evening or weekend hours to actually do some work. - Below the market salaries (at least up to Senior Manager level). - Control freak micro management culture. - Pressure to go into managerial roles. There's no technical career path. - Too much travel (pre Covid, of course).