Pros
good computer equipment. office is just OK. open space, no worse or better than in other companies in the area
Cons
-ridiculous corporate bureaucracy -constant non-paid overtimes (you can choose extra vacation time to compensate, but not extra money) -no freedom in choosing PTO time due to tight release cycle -boring work, very old or outdated technologies used in projects, and this will not change in the nearest future due to conservationism of the whole investment banking business -very restricting corporate policies prevent quality of technical support. for example, to release a critical fix in the software, you need to get approval of 10 managers and people you barely know at all, and explain each of them why this is needed. this is very time-consuming, and customers (end-users) are very unhappy and blame to software engineers