Pros: - Incredible work-life balance. - Strong job security. - Easy to change organizations. - Lots of fringe perks, like small work events and similar activities. - Working hard to stay relevant.

Cons: - Very hard to get promoted. Every manager in my department is an outside hire, for example, as well as every tech lead. I've almost never seen people get promoted. - Lots of discrimination of various kinds. DEI metrics rule. Many tech departments are ruled by ethnic nepotism. I worked for over [years] with a department head who was Indian and openly would only hire Indians, would only interview Indians, etc. - Good performance is simply not rewarded. - Tech stack is wildly out of date. - Org structure is very behind the times. They have a whole huge org of just scrum masters that do no coding; they just run stand-ups and manage Jira. - Compensation is uncompetitive. - In-office requirement is weird. - They do drug testing if you're curious. - Not succeeding at staying relevant.

Pros: Great culture, and you gave a whole day dedicated to learning.

Cons: The base salary is comparatively low and not competitive when you consider the same grade level in other organizations.

Pros: Latest tech stack, growth opportunities, good benefits, employee friendly, learning culture.

Cons: Nothing as such. So far, it looks good to me.