Pros
- Good starting salary - Strong in analytics - Nice junior coworkers, who share the pain
Cons
- Management: A culture of consistently promoting self-serving, political climbing managers who are generally willing to trade-off their associates well-being for business results and a personal promotion. - Associates: A culture of being afraid to leave despite being depressed, because of tight-knit friendship circles at work, above-industry pay, and the impression that they are working with "the smartest people in Toronto" - Symptoms of depression I've seen in myself and many others: Emotional numbness, insomnia, hopelessness, overwhelming dread, zero self-worth, and a total inability to believe that things can be better. All of which feel normal in the moment, and insane in hindsight. Also being afraid to express these feelings, partially because I've experienced and seen other managers tell their associates off for “being negative”. This is despite all the mental health training for managers. There are also some truly great managers, but they are the minority and won't get promoted as quickly compared to the ones who optimize for self-gain.