Vantaggi
Generous leave benefits, generous paternal leave, good health insurance at a low price, generous 401k.
Svantaggi
CTA has changed a lot. Now it seems unless you are with the “in-crowd”, meaning tight with the top leadership, you are unlikely to go very far. CTA touts all their fantastic benefits and while some are great, some are not applicable to a wide range of employees. It has really become a toxic place for so many. If you work hard, they reward you by giving you more work until the load becomes unmanageable and then they refuse to give you any help. There is also disparity between departments – certain departments are empty by 5 PM, if not earlier, and others have staff that routinely work late to keep up. It is probably still a good place for those starting out to get in the door and start off their careers but it is not the place that people stick around for long. Over the last few years that has been a lot of exits by good people because they were fed up with the way things were going while the mediocre ones stay behind. Leadership is really out of touch and isn't in the office that much as many have secondary homes elsewhere.