Burnout for decent pay and a great 401k
Pros
-You will never be bored. -The pay is/was good for the company HQ location while I was employed. -You will probably learn alot, it's pretty fast paced -If you like changing your desk alot, they move people around every 6 months/year -The progressive 401k match is probably the only one I've seen that's reasonable IF it's still there and IF you can get off contract. You can definitely retire on this match.
Cons
-Pay is bad compared to East coast or West coast (that's pretty obvious though) -Lots of micromanaging (though some managers are better than others) -They block massive amounts of websites on the VPN and in house making it difficult to search google for anything. This also means you can't do anything on break. -Per the new CEO, when asked "our workers are leaving for places with more remote flexibility" he responded "let them leave, we dont want them" -They have a tendency to hire exclusively through long term renewable contracts to avoid paying benefits and have the ability to fire people at any time (This is something google was fined for recently). -There is no time for creating good work, just fast work. Get it done fast. -The CIO is also the CTO so you have a guy who doesn't have deep knowledge of technology making it hard to understand what he is asking for -Workers who exceeded expectations were expected to keep doing so with no reward. They WILL grind you to burnout without you realizing if allowed. This is for real: If you are caught having any sort of fun, you will be reported to other managers. I'm not joking.
