Vantaggi
Pros are hard to think of. I suppose the onsite gym is nice, tuition reimbursement is good. I guess it helped build my resume.
Svantaggi
I can only speak to my personal experiences. Yes, the work atmosphere is toxic, the fear of being fired is prevalent. I witnessed the Family Feud exercise, it was possibly the most awkward thing I ever saw at work. I saw so much backstabbing and unprofessional behavior at WHQ that I decided to leave before I did something to get on the blacklist. Any time there was an event or a special function everyone was on eggshells. There where some posts on this site that referenced a "disgruntled former employee", they even referred to this person by name. The person referenced was a good friend of mine. This person got on the Queens bad side, until then this person was in the inner circle, after running afoul of her holiness this person was cast aside like a piece of trash. From personal experience I can tell you if you take a job with this company, do not make eye contact with the Queen, do not apply for internal job postings, UNLESS your direct supervisor tells you to. Do NOT use the health insurance for minor issues and under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you EVER apply for FMLA, if you do you will have a HUGE target on your back. I personally witnessed people "leaving to pursue other interests" (that's company code for being fired) just before the yearly bonus was paid. You have to be employed on the day the bonus is paid to get it, it doesn't matter if you were there the whole year, if you get fired the day before the payout, you get nothing. Also, keep in mind that any money in your ESOP, will take a LONG time to get when you leave. I knew an employee that was a few cubes over from me, when he left he thought he had access to a fairly substantial amount of stock money, in reality it took him months to get a partial payout. I can't recommend this company to anyone. In fact I would encourage you to seek employment elsewhere.