Pros
Collaborative and talented colleagues- everyone genuinely wants to help each other out. Have not felt intimidated bringing up issues to upper-level management or team leads. Growth opportunities are there/have increased since I began and managers generally want everyone to be successful in their roles. Lots of cross-collaboration between teams. The company has listened to major pain points around internal and external-facing processes not been well-documented, and all teams and management roles have made demonstrated efforts to make things better for teams and those carrying out day-to-day tasks.
Cons
Compensation is below market value for most major metro areas- makes it difficult to keep up with how expensive food, housing, etc. has become in the past 3 years. Internal culture has taken a bit of a hit with the acquisition- more responsibilities and more ambitious goals have been added to teams' plates, but not enough compensation, time, or resources to make it all happen, leading to employee exhaustion/burnout. It would be nice to shake off the "start-up" mentality in favor of more stability and balance to employees' well-being and work towards sustainability for goals and employees.