Vantaggi
Like most places, there are decent people and those who provide value and know their job. I think the senior folks at corporate are, in fact, very knowledgeable and hard working. The newer regime is more data oriented and less relationship oriented than prior leadership. This works well to maximize margins and keep owners happy. The company managed to survive fairly well during the down turn and is now healthier than many of its peers. It's likely to make Goldman a lot of money when it's sold. Since there is lots of turnover, there are always openings.
Svantaggi
There has been such an emphasis on cost cutting that most employees are not well paid and have not received a raise or bonus in years. There is a lot of employee turnover. Not all senior management are suited to the job. Very few employees have equity or long term prospects. The markets that USI sells into are stagnant so it's very difficult to grow sales. Despite being privately held, USI tends to be a short term focused company. Changing ownership every few years makes it hard to build employee trust.