Pros
Lots of great clients and exposure to high-profile work. Teams are generally full of nice, hard working people.
Cons
The merger happened several years ago and there is still obviously a divergent culture and a lack of direction about promotions, raises and how you can actually move up at the company. Legacy promotion cycles are still very much a thing, so some people with the same amount of experience as you, working on the same clients for the same amount of time at the firm, will get promoted because their legacy firm has a different promotion cycle. They still have yet to really outline what it takes to move up. Also the bonuses this year were much lower and they have not really raised salaries, because there is some sort of obvious underlying financial issue despite telling staff that the net profit is up. The 401k match is a bit crazy because it is supposed to post in March and it’s nearly June and it still hasn’t matched yet. There’s a lot of positive publicity about the firm but I sense a lot of unhappiness and low morale because of the above reasons. Lots of people have departed in the last few months which is why they’re on a hiring spree.