Vantaggi
-Nice office, great location in Clarendon -Some great people -Reasonable stability within the federal planning practice -The work is not particularly challenging This is an interesting job to see how massive companies work, and what kinds of people tend to stay in them.
Svantaggi
Note--the "federal planning" planner position is actually a military planning position. Military planning is all you do, and you are discouraged or prevented from working on any other planning work that might be remotely interesting. -Very high employee turnover 4-5 people leave (a studio of around 30) within 1-2 years -Very little training, and no significant leadership/mentorship -Slow middle management (more regressive than progressive, not encouraging of professional development or anything other than business-as-usual) -Very few opportunities to move up or develop within the company (in the "federal" planning section) -Benefits are getting less attractive each year -No HR support (for benefits, workplace violations, assistance, even responding to emails...)