Pros
Pleasant people at first, nice campus, free movie screenings, dept games and functions, events outside of the office; adding TBS to your resume, great location, severance package
Cons
It's a secret cult and you have to be invited into their cliques. They are pleasant at first to feel you out and see if you make the cut. If you don't, no more good mornings from people, you'll be blocked from advancing and they don't like new ideas or processes because it rocks their boat and they like being complacent. Most people there that have been there any length of time are bored and unhappy but too unmotivated to look for other employment so the atmosphere is filled with resentment and unhappiness. Management is the worse because they undercut people and hold a gripe against employees for no real reason and HR will do nothing to back it's employees, only management. Management is also clueless, unqualified, lazy and get upset if you ask them for anything which also leads to a very delayed response from them about anything. There's an unspoken language there that "culture" is the only thing that matters and you are automatically outcasted if you have ambition to advance, learn other jobs, or present more efficient processes. Everyone is required to do their job only and nothing more. During the massive layoff, they laid off 1500 people only to hire new people to replace them with smaller salaries or contractors.Working at TBS too long will stifle your skills and make you unqualified for other jobs. Work there for a while, make connections and move on.