Pros
It's hard to name a good reason to work in HISD right now. In all sincerity, I would stay away until the state returns the district to local control. TEA and Dept. of Ed. are destroying it at present.
Cons
Too many to list, but I have seen with my own eyes dozens of teachers being told their signed contracts would not be honored. The big salaries promised at job fairs were bait and switch. When paychecks went out for the first time after the school year started, teachers across the district were shocked to find the $10,000 bonuses that had been written into their contracts was gone. They were told to lawyer up if they didn't like their new rate of pay. The union couldn't keep up and the contracts were ultimately not honored. It's so very bad.