Pros: Very stable. Interesting place in the Internet. Reasonable compensation. Good travel opportunities. Best life cycle management in the business. Some smart people.

Cons: But there are much smarter people. And this is the problem. Really smart people have the confidence to be innovative. VeriSign and its staff are a company terrified of failure. VeriSign is, rightly so, risk-averse, so there is little space for innovation. People are rewarded for not being disruptive, which means the only way of making progress is through cliques. It's a very cliquey place. Many employees want to be seen to be the vanguard without taking the risks of the vanguard. This is, of course, a paradox. Everyone wants the place to be like a startup with the scale of Google/Facebook etc. It's just not on that scale, and growth is not that dramatic. Very DC-focused, not really international, despite best efforts. Associations with quasi-governmental organizations. Ultimately quite uncool.

Pros: Easy work schedule Great benefits Technical Roles have mobility

Cons: Can be political at times. Slow movement in technology teams.

Pros: Rigorous company with some great employees. Everyone I've worked alongside has been very good at their jobs and worked well with others. As an engineer, you get exposed to a variety of technologies. Being the company they are, the rigorousness in the development process is very strict, which may or may not suit your style, but is certainly a learning experience!

Cons: Regular reorganizations. Management above a certain level seems largely concerned with looking impressive to those above them, far more than actually managing those below them. Having said that, this does affect many large corporates, and I'm sure it's no worse than many other companies of a similar size. Still potentially irritating though!