Pros: Good to grow after graduation

Cons: Lots of red tape and waiting.

Pros: Great Benefits - 10% 401K match, affordable health insurance, lots of additional perks and benefits. The whole company shuts down from Christmas to New Year's, so you get 5 extra paid days off during holidays. Salaried employees are paid extra for working overtime.

Cons: Very bureaucratic. Software has three vertical lines of management (Software Managers, Chief Engineers, and Project Management), which each has 4-5 levels. This means there are 12-15 different all-hands meetings every quarter, where different and sometimes conflicting information is presented. Lots of red tape to get anything done. There are so many sources of information in various locations on shared drives and intranets. Much of it is outdated, but some of it is kept up to date. There's no real way to distinguish what the current policies or best practices are, as even management doesn't know where the latest information is coming from. Very little opportunity for growth and development. Positions end up being very specialized due to the size of the organization. You can easily wind up doing the same exact job for a decade.

Pros: - Great benefits. - Great tuition assistance if you want to continue expanding your education. - Easy to move around to different positions. - A great place to be if you're in the right role and like what you're doing.

Cons: There are always money issues. Management is constantly finding ways to reduce/cut overhead costs to keep a competitive advantage (which sometimes means job cuts). Not the best place for real software engineering (hardly any in-house development, mainly COTS).