Vantaggi
By far the most sane environment I have experienced in Silicon Valley. The product works, the company functions efficiently and we are profitable, not thrashing around trying to meet some VC deadline for the next round of funding. The bottom line is that we work ~40 hours a week and the stress level is low (by Valley standards). Everyone is really smart/competent and the atmosphere is very collegial; there are no egomaniacs, no office politics and no back-biting. Roughly half the employees and over half the executives are women, which is refreshing. All in all, it is "mature" in a good way. The average age is about 30 and we do not have beer bashes, but we do have wine and cheese tastings; we do not have millions of dollars in VC funding, but we do have repeat customers. Above all, we get to leave work at 5pm.
Svantaggi
There is no restaurant in the office complex, or even within walking distance. We are growing pretty quickly and everyone is busy so there is not much time for hanging out and chatting with people.