Vantaggi
You get TiVo at a discounted rate. There are few parties over the course of the year, and a blue moon holiday. If you can follow whatever your boss says with no questions asked, you may grow. IT department offers challenges such as tough work environment, and open ended problems to solve. This department doesn't command a whole lot of respect though
Svantaggi
Having worked for a very long time in the IT department (not the product engineering), this department clearly is clueless and doesn't have its act together. Employees in this department are overworked and are not respected enough. Managers have "my way or the high way attitude", and brown nose their way up. Talented people get wasted or get fired Budgets are constantly evaluated and people are fired at constant intervals. Not the best place to be if you have other offers in hand