Pros: 1. The culture is very good.

Cons: 1. Less salary range per year.

Pros: Lots of smart, capable, empathetic people at the contributor level. Good pay generally.

Cons: In the past few years, the culture has changed for the worse. Longer hours, more decisions that prioritize short-term gain over long-term growth or sustainability. Shortsighted managerial decisions and laying off quality engineers for political or cost-saving reasons. Inflexibility around remote work for really no good reason. Potentially very long hours during tax season and risk of burnout. "What have you done for me lately" attitude by management. You can be put on a poor-performing team through no fault of your own and be fired when that team isn't set up for success (this didn't happen to me, but it happened to co-workers of mine). From a technical perspective, sometimes the problems you end up working on are boring. There isn't a lot of room for innovation unless you're a staff engineer or higher. Even as a high-performing contractor, they won't try to get you to convert.

Pros: Money is decent in a big company.

Cons: They live by the word of golden handcuffs.