Pros
They pay well and you find small groups of good people to commiserate with.
Cons
The branding may have changed but the culture remains the same. The executive team, including PE ownership, and the company itself are misaligned. The focus from above is to continue to bolt on acquisitions and inflate the revenue numbers at all costs. M and A can be a strategy, but it has to be done with thought and care rather than jumping at each and every deal. The focus on this growth strategy has caused severe deficits in the back office systems and processes. You need to give people the time to build out and mature the company rather than expecting everything to be done overnight. Instead, the M and A strategy continues to bolt on additional workload to teams with no respect or care for daily functional operations or lack of existing process frameworks. As long as the acquired company or asset is "integrated" everyone celebrates. This is in spite of ongoing work to actually complete the integration that spans months and sometimes years after they've thrown their celebration for a successful integration. This company is growing but not thoughtfully. Leadership should take a step back and develop a sustainable growth strategy rather than focusing on their own payout from a future sale by the PE firm. The employees are burnt out and unhappy. Good people will leave if things do not change, that is if they are not laid off first.