Pros
Some of the best analysts anywhere. Some truly smart, delightful people. They do interesting work, have fascinating ideas, and care about quality. The analysts want you to succeed, too.
Cons
Politics rules. Editorial folks beware: Some research managers are looking for scapegoats and there's little you can do. They will invent metrics that make no actual sense, and if you push back you'll only be gaslighted, and marked. You are there at the pleasure of management, and if they have a problem that can be covered up by bringing you down, they will not hesitate. Managers don't manage. My manager was a very young but established employee promoted -- but not trained -- into a supervisory position. All that mattered was the politics. She lied with astonishing ease, set actual traps for her reports to assert her authority, and never had our backs. If it can't be tracked on a spreadsheet, it didn't happen. You'll be assigned analysts. You'll help them. You'll work extraordinary hours for them. Everyone's numbers will improve. Except for the invented metrics, which suddenly become the key ones. All your work meant nothing, because you gave the analysts what they needed, but not by the method your manager invented.
