Pros
They give you ESOP options which are less volatile than the market
Cons
IMEG will talk you into purchasing stock and then lay you off. I was granted shares by the previous owner. Money came from the owner to IMEG and all i had to do was match the amount to buy into the associate principal level. I was assured that if I proceeded with this, i would not be laid off. However, a couple months later, they laid me off and kept the money from the CEO It seems like extremely shady business practices. Not only did they lie, but then they wouldn't give me the shares. So basically they stole money. Also, when they acquire a company, they assure them that they will have autonomy. That is a flat out lie. They change your entire work culture, lay a ton of people off with no respect or consideration for all the years of hard work, they put into that firm before they acquired them.