Pros: Very flat organization and thus a nimble organization, so leadership can effect firm-wide changes in a matter of months. For example, a firm-wide engineering firm going agile, a firm-wide push to GitLab CI/CD, or Kubernetes. Very thorough feedback: gives employees confidence that they get accurately rewarded for their work.

Cons: Many parts of the organization focus on niche internally facing products that aren't exciting to the typical software engineer (there are, of course, exceptions such as Marcus).

Pros: Very knowledgeable, professional, and respectful employees and management, in a very positive environment. Ability to work from home when necessary and workplace flexibility – a must if you have a family. Good pay, in line with the market rate for similar roles. However, the media reports about several hundred thousand of compensation per employee are bloated. The numbers are severely skewed by taking into account a few higher-paying executives. Technologies used are more up-to-date than in other large financial firms/investment banks (but I'm speaking about my department only). Ability to propose/share your own ideas (to a certain extent, since I was a consultant). The company *does* care about its reputation. I did not have any full-time perks as I was a consultant, and still, I was very, very happy with the job. In general, it was a very, very positive experience, and I'd love to go back there either as a consultant or full-time if the company starts hiring back.

Cons: One word: layoffs. There is good communication between management and employees about the possibility of upcoming layoffs, but this is still stressful for everyone, both employees and management. I guess it is stressful for the company itself since they need to show the investors that they are cutting costs and cannot keep the good employees they would have otherwise tried to keep.

Pros: Nothing really; just avoid like the plague.

Cons: Tech is a third-class citizen.