Pros: The culture is work-hard, play-hard, with much thought put toward philanthropy and the environment. These altruistic goals really come from the top-down. There are great snacks and a great office/environment. A lot of smart people are present all across the board. The location is convenient. Great connections throughout the city are due to the CEO being a former mayor. There are lots of educational opportunities outside of the field, such as financial training for R&D folks and technical training for business folks. Payment is offered for further education. Sports teams are available to play on. Great healthcare and a great 50% match on 401k are provided, along with generous pay raises and bonuses. An awesome training program exists for fresh-out-of-college hires. It is 12 weeks long and has fantastic instructors for advanced C++ and JavaScript, plus a lot more. Great networking opportunities are also included. It is really well run. The whole company works like clockwork, from facilities to help desk to sales to software to the data warehouse. Quite impressive.

Cons: A lot of proprietary software development tools. A lot of customers don't like change. Customers are paying a steep price, and thus often have a stronger say than they should.

Pros: Mostly great colleges. Good managers who care about their employees. Transparency (anyone can find out what other employees are working on). Opportunity to get training on the job. Employees are encouraged to move around, and there are programs specifically set up for employees to find the right team. Management is becoming more concerned about the needs of developers (everyone getting new computers and much bigger monitors). Some good technical work is done depending on the team.

Cons: A lot of what you experience can vary drastically depending on your team. Unfortunately, some teams may have to maintain applications written using outdated technology, but I think that is slowly changing for the better. Some internal politics to deal with, but I think this is inevitable in a company of this size.

Pros: Good benefits, good work-life balance.

Cons: Too many in-house technologies. No stocks.