Pros
Still offers a pension and access to group health in retirement. Technology job with just a 10 minute commute. Decent "work-life" balance. Peers are many first line managers are easy tio work with.
Cons
Average pay. Advancement opportunities (pay and position) limited. Internal JOP (Job Opportunity Program) currently frozen because of frenetic reaction to large IT intitiaitve that has set unrealistic goals and resource challenges. Largest employer in Bloomington-Normal so it has a captive hold on employees as there are very few (read only one-- CAT) IT employers of similar size within a reasonable driving distance. Bloomington-Normal is stuck in the cornfields and therefore is flat, windy and humid in the summer and bone-chillingly cold int he winter. BN has few natural attractions and is politically/socially fairly conservative and is situated at least 2.5 hours away from big-metro areas.