Vantaggi
The other ICs are amazing people. "External" hires get decent pay and benefits are good. If you can get into a small isolated team, you can create a subculture.
Svantaggi
Leadership is completely lost. Walmart hired a buncha guys that launched the Apple card and then they hired all their friends, laying off the people that built the original companies. Those who didn't get laid off quickly started leaving. Middle management (directors and under) are inexperienced, but often think they are doing a great job. Watched as new teams were built, exclusively for referrals. Voicing concerns are pointless. Usually one on ones are just "ones" as you speak into the void as the management texts on their phone or responds to slack. There's just so little respect for individual contributors up until they submit notice - then there's a scramble to appease. Culture is gone. Mission driven culture shifted from helping people, to helping Walmart. Most new hires are exclusively offshore to exploit cheaper labor. Zero growth opportunities. Management is quick to praise and offer token titles that never culminate in anything.