Entry into the industry
Make great connections
Learn how the business operates from the best in the business
Creates career opportunities in other nearly all industries
Cons
Low Pay
Long hours doing tedious manual labor tasks or nothing at all
Highly competitive environment with colleagues consistently competing for the same role
Will learn a lot
Amazing networks
Really a community environment
Lots of opportunities to get involved(clubs, communities screening)
Cons
It can be difficult to move up seems like the time spent being an assistant increases and acts about 3-4 yrs depending on the department. So if you are in this for the money might be very hard on you, as assistant wages are low will take years before you are making above poverty wages.
Like a lot of places older workforce isn’t retiring anytime soon so moving up doesn’t move as fast as it used to