Pros
If you enjoy being micro-managed to death by a bunch of "leaders" who have no idea what the hell they are doing, then you will love this cauldron of disaster. I've worked with many talented folks during my career, but other agencies clearly sucked up the talent and left the slop to be scooped up by Mindstream Interactive headquarters. If you like to be told to have an opinion and have the courage to express it, but then get completely ignored, choose Mindstream Interactive. If you are a glutton for punishment and you enjoy being bullied by people with fake smiles and bad intentions, you'll LOVE Mindstream Interactive. If you like to sit in endless meetings, recap recaps, have pre-meetings for meetings, have 1:1s where being waterboarded would be better, join the Mindstream party! And most importantly, if you are naive enough to believe that someone on the leadership team at Mindstream Interactive didn't write the only favorable review on Glassdoor, then you are exactly the person this company wants to hire! In all seriousness, if you just want to a place to collect a paycheck this will do. Just be prepared for more dramatics than even the Kardashians can serve up.
Cons
I'm not sure I can appropriately express my distaste given the word count restriction. Doing a great job at Mindstream means not questioning just doing. While the leadership preaches "collaboration", "courage" and "creativity" they don't practice what they preach. The thought process for the Mindstream leaders is present, but the execution is non-existent (all that is important is that the holding company is happy - who cares about the employees). I encourage you to browse through the LinkedIn profiles of the "leadership team". You'll note that almost every person in a management role was handed the title for show. They also like to promote/hire people within the inner circle (this is prominent in our Columbus office - not sure what goes on in San Diego). I watched a VERY talented gent get demoted and replaced with a person who just happens to be besties with someone else on the leadership team. The bond is tight, and its evident when people like my friend get fired for no reason other than his boss can't accept the competition. In my professional career I have never exposed so much inappropriate behavior from a team of professionals.