Pros
They pay for some of your benefits. Every pro I thought of, immediately turned into a con. I guess 100% medical coverage and the idea of working from home sounded nice.
Cons
I thought working from home sounded like a great idea, until I realized that they get upset if I don't show up on IM before 7 AM and when I leave before 7 PM. This wasn't an exception as it happens many times in the development field to meet deadlines. This was a day-to-day culture. Pure slavery. Many of the discussions we had were about church. I'm not against religion, but there's a place and time for it. I don't bring in my laptop to church. When trying to make a joke to lighten mood, as I've always done with past companies, instead of a chuckles or smiles, I was faced with heads turning away. Zombies. Developers were not eager to jump in, or communicate, and help someone who struggles learning new technologies. No sense of teamwork. Mob mentality was more like it. Instead of ramp up time with newer technologies, it felt like I was being tested on something I didn't know, constantly. They use a mangled up version of Zend 2. Considering that Zend 2 is fairly new and full of bugs, they added other layers of abstraction on top, making it really difficult to find my way around the code, and with no one jumping in to help, I felt helpless. When I first started, I had a ton of work. Lots of bugs to fix. After i fixed those bugs (that no one else wanted to fix), I was let go. They used me. They should have just hired me as a contractor. Very deceiving. One last thing. Their entire business is based on a series of self help books that they push onto you like crazy. They really push this mentality onto their employees, almost like a religion. If you have any common sense, you probably won't need these books as they are clearly made for people who have none. If you like working for stuck up, deceiving people, or are one, you might do well. They expect one to give their all and feel like family, but when it's time to let you go, you're out with the trash. PS. The recruiter who landed me this job was as deceiving as the people working there. He also liked talking about God, and how he enjoys helping people, even though, he never explained to me from the beginning the culture that existed in this company. He only went over the "benefits" of working from home and having 3 week paid vacation.