Pros
For an entry level employee, an opportunity to develop experience that could be used to obtain another position.
Cons
There is still limited integration between the BONY and Mellon businesses, both in the people and systems, even now 8 years after the merger. Culture supports employees that actively avoid assisting other employees understand the complex systems across the Bank leading to no efficiency or communications within the Bank. Bank employees have no interest in the long term success of the Bank due to this "culture" and are either actively looking to move to other opportunities or hoping to reach full pension (at least until the ongoing plan for grandfathered employees was recently frozen). Not much to recommend this place. The only employees who seem to enjoy the work are those who have found a niche where they do not have to communicate with other departments of the Bank. Even then, compensation is low in relation to the industry.