Pros
They spent a lot of money on parties and drinks so if you got invited it was great. Top flight food and drinks and cars home. We sometimes got pizza or donuts for the reviewers.
Cons
The was little coordination between the departments. When projects would start it was as if IT was only informed about it 2 hours after it started and they had never started a project before. PC's were not ready. Then the managers would discover that no one printed materials. The managers would complain that the binders weren't put together properly rather than getting them to the team. There was pushback if you suggested that we get materials ready ahead of time. The first day was usually 8 hours of wasted time. Then the "4 week project" would end in two days. Rather than a company it was more like each department (IT, HR, etc) was a subcontractor they just hired and they had to explain how to do their job that they (supposedly) done a hundred times before. Management seems more concerned with their sharing their personal problems with each other and their therapist appointments rather than preparing for these projects. It's noticeable that one gender is hired for management more than another.