Pros
-Diversity in the work -Freedom with how you approach some projects -Some very talented, great people on staff -The CEO is genuinely a nice, thoughtful guy, though this works against him in some ways -Allows you to pad your resume before starting a real career
Cons
-The pay is low compared to competing businesses -No opportunity to move up or receive benefits--they have no intentions of working with anyone but contractors moving forward -Management will never admit their shortcomings -A few very worthless employees -Work is completed in programs that are nearly a decade old using computers that are just as old -If you want a full 40 hour week as a contractor, be prepared to spend much of your day waiting on others to deliver work to you (or waiting a half hour to download a document from the server) -Rather than firing people, management simply gives employees less and less responsibility and work until they're forced to move on