Pros
This is a good company to work for if you want to break in to the Retirement Industry. It is a fantastic place to work if you want to gain experience and transfer that into a higher paying job elsewhere. They are willing to hire people with no experience and due to the isolated, rural Brainerd, MN location, are often in short supply of well qualified candidates (read, if you impress in the interview and don't demand a lot of money, you will probably be hired). A hungry person can work here and use it as a stepping stone to the next level elsewhere, bottomline.
Cons
1. In certain departments management can appear to be either uncaring or inept, or both. 2. Like any company, if you want to advance, brush up on your brown nosing skills. 3. Pay absolutely sucks. It is way below market value rates, and in the Brainerd location they can get away with it because of a rural location. It often means unqualified people are hired because nobody else applies for a position. 4. Raises here are a joke. There aren't any. Superior performers get 3-4% raises. Remember, the starting pay here absolutely sucks. So you can bust your butt for an entire year, add tremendous value to the company and their reward to you will be a 3-4% pay increase. Lets be clear, according to govt figures, the inflation rate in the past several years is around 3%. You are, in essence, being rewarded for superior work performance by being given a cost of living adjustment. In addition, the benefits aren't anything to brag about. One or two local places accept the vision insurance, and the 401k plan is kind of a joke, considering its a 401k company.