Avantages
Before you apply here, you need to understand the layout of the company structure. There is development , marketing and finance in the Bay area offices. Then there is Medicare engineering in Boston and China. Then there is a huge office in China that can only take orders but can not think on their own. So China office efficiency is about a 1/10th of US counterparts. Leadership is intelligent , as people at the bottom, can not imagine what leaders have to go through managing business based on Congresses mood of the day. Yes Obamacare, No Obamacare, Obmacare good, Obmacare bad, try to find leaders who can operate on daily changing business and regulatory environment. So I have to give that leadership A++.
Inconvénients
The company has fiefdoms that operate differently from each other. There is nepotism. People are hired from the companies execs have worked before. If you worked at Yahoo! or eBay or Walmart.com, that will always be a plus. There are VPs who are not qualified to be more than a senior Analyst at best at other medium sized companies. There are VPs under VPs, feels like you are working at a retail bank.