Pros
This was my first job in the landscape architecture field coming out of a graduate program in landscape architecture. Everyone in the office was friendly, organized, respectful, and served as great mentors. Communication and direction given on how to complete a task was crystal clear. I rarely worked overtime and when I did, I was respectfully asked if I would be willing to work overtime and if I was, then I would get paid overtime as it should be. Because it was a small office, I was able to work on all parts of projects from schematic design to materials research and was not just stuck doing AutoCAD all day every day.
Cons
SLLA projects are 99% high-end residential. This is not necessarily a con, but if you prefer being in the public sphere of design, this obviously will not be the place for you as you rarely will be dealing with public projects. Other than that, the Principal has his occasional 'bad days' where nothing is right and he seems to be frustrated over little things and stomps around a bit, but it doesn't last long and he has actually apologized and does recognizes when he is being unfair or unreasonable. If you are taking a job as an entry landscape designer you will mostly be doing CAD work, but like I said in the Pros, you will get to work on all aspects of projects and will have the opportunity to go to client and team meetings and site visits.