Pros
If anything, it teaches you patience and how to spot terrible leadership early.
Kontras
This job was exhausting and stressful, mostly because upper management has no clue what they're doing. Leadership is all over the place, nothing is planned, and everyone seems scared of making a decision. The goals they set are ridiculous, and everything they promised during hiring turned out to be empty words. I lost count of how many times I had meetings scheduled with C-level folks who just didn't show up, no message, no apology, nothing. Gaslighting and favoritism were everywhere, and if you didn't play along with office politics, raises never happened. Departments barely talk to each other, layoffs happen constantly, and trying to get anything done feels impossible. By the end, I was completely wiped and just done with the nonsense.