Pros
Free lunches, friendly coworkers, easy promotions if you play the game, and some positive changes to equity distribution.
Cons
This is particular to marketing. If you're interested in joining clear marketing, in your interviews I'd ask about turnover. See what they say. Because turnover in marketing is unreal. Good people leave, quickly. Other people get fired or laid off. In my time, there has been maybe 80% turnover. Most of those who are still around are searching for work. Some issues you may encounter: - Top heavy to the point that you may have 2-3 people above you giving you different directions. - Uninspired marketing. Everything is designed to please the CEO, so gets boiled down to a flavorless mush. - Poor leadership at the top. Everyone kowtows to the CEO so there is a TON of wasted work because "leadership" is too petrified to lead. What's the point of hiring good people when nobody trusts them. - Some of the few who last, are the ones who are good at operating in an unhealthy environment and seem to only care about promotion.