Pros
A fairly laid back work environment, decent work/life balance, unlimited PTO policy and every office in the country closes each year from December 24 through January 1 for the Holiday Season.
Cons
In recruiting there is a lack of true leadership and no one that employees will actually learn anything from...at all. There is also no room for real advancement. No one within "leadership" has an advanced degree or a professional certification. There is also a total lack of stability and support is not given to employees in a timely manner or even at all. Over the last three years there have been three heads of recruiting. Two leaders ago they had someone who was intelligent and was very effective as head of recruiting but was moved to a different role within the firm. Her replacement was ineffective and as a result half the recruiting team resigned. He was eventually demoted and replaced with yet another ineffective and incompetent individual. Managers and leadership do not bring original ideas to the table or any true value. Rather they regurgitate company jargon like "bring your whole self to work" or "be here now" or "your 20 square feet." If you are comparing leadership at GT to that of the Big 4 it's not much of a comparison. Leadership at GT would probably not make it above the manager level at Deloitte, KPMG, PWC or EY.