Pros
Flexible and diverse team Manager to manager differs in team online expectations but generally understanding Great PTO and additional benefits Pay is good for the job- it's not fully research nor fully education. For DC, it's a little low so don't stress too much about the sometimes crazy workload
Cons
Big stress on unnecessary team bonding- upper management seems to expect you to live and breath work via tons of in-days and meetings that typically don't add value to the workday (please just write better emails). While the handbook states there's some flexibility in creating your own schedule, there actually isn't. You are expected to be online from 8:30 EST to around 6PM EST- people like to hand in reports around 4:30PM EST. Asynchronous work is not typical. There's a tendency to miscommunication despite multiple leaders saying clear communication is best. Likely due to the company-wide slogan of "assume the best"; truthfully, we work with partners who do not know what the data means. A more accurate slogan would be "assume people make mistakes, clarify how we made those mistakes, avoid repeating mistakes." Workload fluctuates- occasionally days will go by with approximately one-two tasks, other times there's no way to fit everything into one work week. This isn't really something the company can fix but is a con of the field (education research- workload varies depending on the activity of the institution (more work in the late winter, less in the late spring)) Cant stress enough how bad the initial interviewing process was (before internal)- you'll need to nag and nag HR to even get one update about next steps