Pros
Good benefits, great people who are very nice and friendly. Really detail oriented - patience required, but you will learn a lot. Pays well for a UK Part 1.
Cons
All in all a very hierarchical office, David is rarely around and as a part 1 you will be doing a lot of menial work. There is an unspoken rule that the part 1 is in charge of the physical model for each project and you really sort of have to fight to get past that. People are not generally very skilled in software - the firm is very old school and uses micro station. Barely anyone uses/knows rhino well and there is a bit of unnecessary prejudice against those who they consider are reliant on 3D. There was lots of overtime but in the past year DCA seems to have been very diligent at trying to improve that.