See how your taxes spent(spoiler alert; it goes to drain)
Pros
Free time Some colleagues are good You can do anything in your free time since nobody cares
Cons
Many completely incompetent people and totally useless managers. Useless in a sense that they are unemployable somewhere else so they stick here like a super glue. Many useless people(almost 1/3 of the all employees) work here for a long time since nobody cares. No proper salary increase over the years(since budget goes for useless people). Almost no benefits matching the industry standard(except selected few). Managers and some selected people waste millions of euros for useless travels, their salaries and bonuses. Away from city. Everything delays since nobody cares while they try to look like they are world class research center(they are not). Low quality research while they try to reflect it is good(publishing in q2-q3 journals or conferance papers with 50+ coauthors while spending millions of euros)