Ventajas
ETB - Eaned Time Benefit - Vacation and Sick Time are combined, so you can take off when you need it, also if a normally paid holiday is on weekend, you get more ETB for the which is portioned to you at each pay period. You earn time off and potentially could take after your first pay check. Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vison - the premuim rates are so low compared to other companies. We pay a small portion of the premium, unless other companies where I had to 100% of the premium plus an administration fee to my employer. Internal Job Opportunities - These are more scarce now, but they do still exist. I have been able to move around the company and retain my tenure and benefits. Some of my positions have been completely different at different physicial location, but I had the consistency of retaining my benefits, while exploring new opportunities.
Desventajas
Internal Job Opportunities - They are wonderful when you can find them, but they are more scarce now in these economic times. Also, you have to convince recruiting that you worthy. Getting through the recruiting barrier almsot seems like an insurrmountable a task. It is only slightly easier, if you are already an employee. Choose your workgroup carefully - depending on what group you are hired into or transfer into, you may be stuck there for 6 mos to a year before you can bail. Not all workgroups are equal. You can survive them, but it is so much better to get into the good ones.