Pros
You're fairly autonomous as local manager.
Cons
That autonomy will be used against you, repeatedly. You'll won't have anywhere close the resources that you need. Once you start making a good margin, the company will ask for more in fees and then breathe down your neck on why you're short on cash locally. You will pay high fees for off-site services (like bookkeeping) that are of poor quality and wind up having to hire someone locally to do it, thus duplicating a salary. You will pay IT fees but be barred from asking them for help. You'll have to determine the absolute minimum of employees you need and then find a way to make due with way less than that. Your advice and input will not be sought on decisions made for your operation. And when they don't work, it's your fault. The gossip mill at the corporate level is world class. Constant turmoil for everyone.