Vantaggi
Nasdaq is the ideal workplace to park yourself if you've hit your mid-40s and are tired of it all, and want to work at your own pace. Your managers will not push you because they are in the same mode - drifting towards their own sunset. Nobody will try to rock the boat or push the envelope as everyone tries to secure their next (last) 10 years. It's a mostly harmonious and laissez-faire environment for the ones that seek it. The benefits are very good - why else would you join a country club?
Svantaggi
If you are used to picking up the ball, and running as fast as you can; then, this is not the workplace for you. The pace of execution is excruciatingly slow. Upward mobility is extremely static as managers hold on to their jobs with iron grips. Rarely are people promoted, demoted, or fired. The average age in the company qualifies it for a old-age home. Through my tenure, I couldn't help but think that I was always working with the B-team. As they say, if you pay peanuts, you will get monkeys.