Vantaggi
Some friendly people, some free food, comes with benefits, there's an office dog
Svantaggi
Low pay, no support for lower level research associates, do the same thing every day, no management training= poor management, high expectations but little to no mentorship or leadership, higher level positions are protected and excused for poor behavior and conduct, HR is not supportive of medium to low level employees, extremely high turnover, age discrimination to younger employees, little to no growth opportunities in both moving up titles and learning within your own position, bad leadership, inconsistent lunch and breaks if work does not demand you to skip both, insane hierarchy, no feedback, gaslighting, condescending, ill-mannered and manipulative higherups, toxic work environment.