Pros
It's easy to bamboozle people! I managed to get a promotion within 6 months of joining! I got a nice $30k a year salary uplift doing that. However, little did I know but noone else really wanted the job. The more experienced people in the company realised how terrible the environment was the higher up you go. Senior level roles are setup to not be able to improve the lives of clients or staff, its purely internally focussed. You're in meetings with sales reviewing excel files a LOT. At a vice president level at gartner you're given a lot of responsibility with very little autonomy on the product, processes, or pricing. So all you can really do is tell the people that report to you to work harder! how good is that!? I found that very motivating!
Cons
Can't effect change in any way shape or form