Pros
Overall people are good to work with and open to sharing, it's not a sink or swim culture. Working for the world's largest fund manager looks good on the CV and there are overseas opportunities.
Cons
Very US centric with head office increasingly tightening their grip on overseas offices. Very bureaucratic so it is difficult to implement any innovative ideas and you increasingly feel like your talents are wasted. There's a lot of talk about being a high performance culture but in reality many mediocre people work there thanks to the 'boys network' where it's not what you know but who you know especially in the senior ranks. The Australian offices are being downsized, reducing the local presence and it will be increasingly difficult to get anything done without the ok of the head offices.