Pros
- interesting, stimulating work with high impact on regulations and industries.
- people are mentorship focused and willing to teach and foster growth. Strong analyst community that is unique compared to many jobs right out of undegrad.
- great way to break into data, econometrics, and finance work.
- high pay and stable growth structure over time.
Cons
- hours can get crazy (60+ hour weeks, working til 4 AM) and with very limited flexibility towards a personal life unless you have children (and even then, the flexibility is not always there).
- not very diverse. It varies office to office but overall it is still a mostly straight, white, male-dominated company. The company also silently gutted the internal DEI structures due to the new administration.
- unclear if HR takes issues of harassment or poor behavior from upper management seriously. Many higher ups seem to not face any consequences.
- often times you will have to work on unsavory projects (supporting harmful companies or practices).
- limited mobility upwards from the analyst level (some offices will sponsor graduate school or direct promotion to the senior level, some do not).
- slow to change regarding company policies and practices (e.g., slow on the AI adoption).
- can be a very unstructured environment. People can have the same role but vastly different experiences.