Pros
As long as you work 40 hours in a week, you can leave early or come in late if you need to. The pay is good for the area, but that is because the federal government sets the wages.
Cons
Hurricane Florence was an eye opener. Office was shut down for over a week. During that time you were forced to use accrued paid time off. I suspect this has to do with how they bill the government. The lack of empathy from corporate was a little jarring, if you didn’t have enough paid time off to use you just didn’t get paid. In an act of mercy, the office was opened on Saturday to make up hours. Then, we lost power at 1pm as Hurricane Michael came into the area. At 1:30 management informed the employees that we wouldn’t be paid until the power came back on. Many employees are able to work “offline,” such as making edits to rough copies of publications they’re working on, this didn’t matter. We were welcome to wait around until power came back but that was on our dime. Make no mistake, you’re just a cog in a machine and they don’t really care about you. Upward movement is next to impossible, many employees have been stuck in the same position for a decade. There just aren’t many positions to ascend to and the structure is pretty static. This is pretty demoralizing because the work is extremely boring and presents basically zero challenge. If you’re ambitious, this place will cure that. Different rules apply to different employees, especially when it comes to the “business casual” dress code. I missed the memo that stated tank tops from local Harley Davidson dealers was acceptable attire. The recent treatment of employees during the hurricanes has made it obvious this is but a temporary place. If you lack ambition and enjoy being treated like a tool, you’ll love it.