Pros
The network of people you work with inside and outside your facility is countless. Working in a small department such as dietary lets you have a closer connection with your staff and lets you manage them better. Your paid time off accrual rate increases with the number of years working for UPMC. For myself, it will be 12 years in 8/09.
Cons
Working in long term care is difficult because processes move very slow around here. It can take weeks to months and even years to get something completed within a department. We waited 3 years to have part of our dietary kitchen that is over 20yrs old remodeled and it still isn't efficient enough. Also, the yearly perfomance review only gets you a very SMALL raise and you don't get any other kind of raise but that small percent once a year! HARDLY even worth it!