Pros
Health/Dental/Optical benefits are good. If you need to take time off to handle medical visits or family issues, it is acceptable.
Cons
The power structure is not set up to do great work. It is set up to just do "okay" and get through another day. Mostly, this is because there is a contingent of the population who believe they can never get fired for anything. They are typically proven correct and their work is shifted to everyone else. The compensation is nowhere near the corporate world but that is to be expected in a state job. There is an undercurrent of racism at all levels. Because it is a university, most employed seem to view themselves as holding liberal values. But essentially it is like having conversations with the characters in Get Out ("I would have voted for Obama 3 times!"). They don't see that their refusal to actively cultivate/hire/promote people of color in meaningful roles is perpetuating the same racism they claim to disavow. The culture needs serious work.