Pros
1. Get to learn ESG from a market leader that is respected and embedded within the private equity universe 2. Smart coworkers 3. Fun culture 4. Better work life balance than some places 5. Can expense a couple of meals a week. Spend a bit of time here (feels like it's ahead of the curve on ESG) and then exit for a lot more money.
Cons
1.Below-market pay. Demand for ESG talent is blowing up; people who leave enjoy 20-70%+ increases in total compensation 2. Hours can easily get and remain crazy depending on demand. Firm does try to promote work life balance and cites it as a reason for lower pay but doesn't consistently live up to it. Also, WLB gets much worse the more you advance (unlike peer firms where it generally improves better over time) 3. Bad tech. Employees are given "the opportunity" to use personal cell phones for work - without reimbursement! This is ILLEGAL and out of line with practices at peer firms. Cost has been management's excuse, yet the Company has enough cash for management to go on retreats in Mexico. So you are forced to pay for your own cell phone (a cell phone is necessary to complete basic tasks that are part of your job) while management enjoys tanning in Mexico on the Company dime! 4. Poor advancement: You can move up faster and more fairly at faster-paced firms. This is no longer a start-up where you can move up fast based on performance. You have to put in years. 5. Weird coffee rationing (rules like no more than one Company-provided coffee pod a day, making people pay for in-office coffee). Completely out of step with peer firms and discouraging.