Avantages
The position I had gave me a lot of flexibility and autonomy in what I did. I drove my own schedule and felt that the group I worked with collaborated very well. The team I was on accomplished some pretty great things despite the lack of support from the leadership.
Inconvénients
I did not feel valued by the company. I felt very valued by my team and my manager, but that's about where it stopped. I wasn't compensated properly, paid 40% below where I should have been. We were told to win opportunities at all costs, so we innovated and created software solutions. It was quickly shot down because my group wasn't suppose to "make products". Because we were suppose to "win opportunities at all cost" and what we needed to do to win wasn't supported by the company, we were very successful in getting in the door, but shortly kicked out. In short, no repeat business and every customer left on bad terms. All the while the leadership was trying to create a software application that mimicked what we had already done, but wouldn't be ready for 3 years. Way too late in the game. In other words, they wasted a lot of money on my team because what we were doing wasn't "adding value" to the company. Fast forward, now RnD is supporting our software solution and the one leadership wanted is getting killed. At least a move in the right direction, but too little too late.