Pros: Pretty good benefits. The StayFit benefit was nice, where you could get a gym membership, a reimbursement plan, or a flat stipend. Healthcare wasn't bad either. Stable job environment. Retention is fairly high, and there are many seasoned coworkers. Company is stable, with many product areas to try. An obvious one, but the status that comes from working for an iconic company.

Cons: Not as much room for promotion or growth (at least on the team I was on). People were very competitive, but the vibe was that management expected people to work with both ends of the candle burning as the norm. While there are many product areas, my impression is that exploring other teams and trying to transfer to another is strongly discouraged. Transferring to a different division is even more of a challenge. Not much support by management to explore areas of interest in terms of new tools or technologies. This might have been a culture trait of my team. Lots of redundant menial work that should be automated, but no bandwidth given to work on tools for these. Also, a lot of the existing tools were slow or error-prone and needed to be improved or redone, but again, no bandwidth given for these. Not great at onboarding new employees on my team (I am not referring to the general NEO done by HR). Lack of training materials and outreach to integrate new FTEs.

Pros: If you want to have a decent place to work and just simply wait for your golden years, and retire peacefully, this is the place to be. You'll be in a cozy management position with no responsibilities and no accounting for your actions, or on an individual contributor role where you'll be only in meetings and bullshitting others. They have good benefits, a pretty safe environment, in a lot of ways similar to government jobs. In short, it's great for people that just want a steady 9 to 5, a relaxed environment, and job security with decent benefits added to the soup.

Cons: Highly political, full of incompetent low and middle managers. Some teams are better, some are worse.

Pros: Ability to manage my team effectively and without upper management blocking my efforts. Decent work/life balance, although overtime was always required to get product out the door.

Cons: Constant budget cuts. Projects often do not have enough resources to ensure that code review standards are met. Constant re-orgs. Unable to find and retain talented engineers. Senior management doesn't allow for bringing more people on-board to assist on getting product tested thoroughly.