Pros
- Good exposure to EU projects. - Generally speaking, you can get involved in a wide variety of tasks that are transferrable e.g. report writing, client management, event coordination.
Cons
- Management frequently behave in a Dickensian way (e.g. misleading staff about reimbursement procedures in order to save money, refusing to pay for overtime). - Bizarrely, the company refers to its employees as 'Consultants' but this only serves to remove basic entitlements such as paid holiday, sick leave and health insurance. - There is an office culture of working VERY long hours, which is surprising because almost every task the company needs you to do is easy and simply requires basic common sense. - No training or feedback, and although the 'Project Manager' are line managers, they provide no support or mentoring for younger staff.