Pros: Super smart and intelligent people and a great culture.

Cons: Hierarchy driven. Efforts and good work need to be appreciated.

Pros: Work-life balance. Diversity. Company trusts its employees.

Cons: Slow growth. Low possibility of influencing decision-making.

Pros: Lots of flexibility in job requirements. Over the dozen or so years I have been here, I have pretty much written my own job description. Small side projects became larger projects and then job requirements. I have not had a manager give me 'an assignment' in the last 8-9 years. It is a very self-directed environment. All the creature comforts are here: * Free drinks * Breakfasts * Summer Outings * Anniversary cruises etc... All the benefits that matter are here: * 401k match * Insurance plans * Profit sharing Respectable salary. Being a worker-bee with no eye towards management, I am quite happy to do the 9-5 and not think about work at all when I am gone.

Cons: There are not a lot of promotions here. That said, I think people come in with weird expectations: It is not high school; you do not get a promotion every year. Realistically, every position I have held here had the possibility of being a lifelong career position. If there are only five levels to each job, and I could be here for 40 years (a real possibility!), exactly how fast do you expect to move through the ranks?