Pros: Great company, led by an upper management that has a great vision and strives to create a rational workplace.

Cons: Some teams lack leadership. Such small pockets of irrational workplace behavior don't get visibility.

Pros: Great pay for the Boston area. Great software processes that lend themselves to very high quality. Amazing in-house build system that automatically builds your code across many different platforms. Outstanding release management system and team. Excellent automated test framework that distributes testing across the company servers. Super-star engineers throughout the company. Great culture. Good chance of getting your own office. Insanely amazing benefits, including 100% up to 6% 401k match! Great bonus program. Good vacations.

Cons: Private company, so no stocks. Health insurance co-pay could be lower. Extremely limited tele-commuting policy. Can feel bureaucratic at times. Traditionally hired only engineers and only recently started hiring computer science grads, which means that some of the older code is not coded up as well as it could have been.

Pros: Coming from my two previous jobs at large multinational Fortune 500 companies, I was blown away by the difference in working for an established private company. Great salary, unheard-of benefits and perks, and a highly rational workplace. They really care about doing things the right way, for their employees, customers, and community.

Cons: This isn't a con so much as an observation. I spend my time with software folks. I don't know how people in non-engineering positions feel about working here.