Pros
The location made commuting reasonable. Some teammates were straightforward to work with.
Cons
The entire time I was there, decisions from above would just come down with zero explanation about what they meant or how we were supposed to implement them. People in charge kept information compartmentalized — things would change, and I would only learn about it when it directly affected my work, and even then barely. I had to ask colleagues to figure out strategy or context because no one in leadership would lay it out clearly. There was this constant vagueness around priorities and direction, like they were intentionally being cryptic for some reason, and it made everything harder. After a few months I just stopped asking questions because the answers never came. The lack of transparency did not just make my job frustrating — it made everyone around me frustrated too.
