Little Room for Growth (Aon Benfield)
Pros
I could get my work done in a couple of hours and then spend the rest of the day relaxing while pretending to look busy (though this is kind of a con because I'm not lazy and would have loved to do more but you're not allowed to have any real responsibility until you have "grey hair"... yes, they actually discuss the amount of grey hair when constructing deal teams). I got to play a decent amount of golf on the company dime.
Cons
Reinsurance facing headwinds due to insurer consolidation and alternative capital. Property reinsurance doing ok but casualty getting crushed and cedents pushing back on brokerage so it's a struggle to maintain existing revenue... negative industry outlook and not an industry I'd want to be in if I'm relatively young. Little opportunity for a young broker to make an impact. If you get put in a growing office or strong team you can ride the senior brokers' coattails. If you're really lucky, the senior broker on your team leaves the company and you get bumped up that way. But really it's the luck of the draw and has little to do with you as an individual. Told me "you're doing great, stick around another 10 years and when the baby boomers retire..." LMFAO. 10 years?!? GTFO. Also, market conditions will have a bigger influence on any raise / bonus than your individual contribution - I remember years when before the year had even begun we were told there would be no raises or bonuses the coming year because of the soft market.