Vantaggi
I did not have a micro manager. Time off was good. Enjoyed the clients of the projects I worked on.
Svantaggi
You are just a number in a seat and ultimately you MUST be billable or you get laid off. I have been billable for over 2 years solid. No bonus, 1% raise, not even the cost of living and attempting to have a career path is a joke. Telling staff in email - sorry, no raises this year we are advertising in the US Open and getting an Indy Race Car is unacceptable. Office Culture is terrible. Telling someone you can withhold the processing of their Visa unless they run errands for you; Telling a person: Me, as a manager - I make 50$ / hr; you - you make 30$/hr - you just wasted *$80 of the clients time by bringing this issue to me (open door,,, really?!?!?!) No structure or pre planning to project work - you show up, nothing is ready for you (badge, computer, logins, etc) no onboarding process for the 3 projects I worked on. I tolerated it because I enjoyed the 50% travel. Now they are seeking 80 - not what I signed up for. It's abuse and no life work balance with that amount of travel.