Pros
A paycheck. Work/Life Balance is great (because there is no work to take priority). Superficial awards and recognitions called "Benny's" and "A.C.E.". Usually, a glass thing that can be used as a coaster or doorstop and a gift card to Best Buy.
Cons
Everything else. There's no work, or no new work. Blast is viewed within the advertising community as a joke and a shining example of how to mismanage a company, clients, and projects. New clients are sold on the idea of "connected brands" and "working within a network". Then Blast realizes that they actually need to produce work that they are contracted to deliver. The work is 99% copied dev code from the internet and mediocre strategy based on 1990's internet thinking and rational. All new ideas are squashed and the person who spoke up is taken aside and told "just do what you're told." There is no career development whatsoever. Most supervisors are blissfully unaware of their underlings skills or capabilities. This directly impacts compensation, work loads, and on the rare occasion "annual reviews" (which usually don't happen because management has better things to do). No possibility of promotion No support internally from HR No ability to negotiate anything No 401k No hope I wish Glassdoor didn't make me give Blast a star rating.... there should be an option of zero stars.