Pros
- Good people, supportive and friendly, across a wide network of global locations - Interesting work if you take initiative - management generally open to new ideas but unlikely to come up with them. - Plenty of opportunity for travel - Great work/life balance - zero pressure to work long hours/weekends and time off in lieu when you absolutely have to - Good non-salary benefits - annual leave, pension etc, though healthcare is limited.
Cons
- Quite typically of a public sector org, hierarchical and rigid organisation, frustrating if you're based in field offices outside of Scotland in terms of progression or getting things done. - Middle/senior management often there for literally decades and more interested in their own longevity, entrenched views and big pensions than in the wellbeing of younger staff and the work culture. - Plenty of dead wood which is never moved on, while brighter people leave. - Lots of navel gazing