Pros
I am new to Merrill. This is not the Merrill from 2 years ago. From an IT perspective this is as exciting an environment to work in as one can find outside a Unicorn in Silcon Valley. There are challenges and aging technology and old-world IT thinking still in effect, but the transition to cloud providers, and the various AAS solutions is intensely fun to witness and take part in. I do not know how this impacts other employees, but as an IT/tech person, this may be the most fun position I've ever had. Again, I still have the new employee smell on me, but this is exactly the job most of us in IT want to be doing in my short time here and our path is to improve and break through remaining barriers the old-way blocks. This is the transformation phase from Waterfall to Agile but it's really fun.
Kontras
The building does not have a work out facility or even shower. I'd ride the bike in if I could shower, but, it's stinky or drive so I drive, but I will eventually go with stinky in hopes leadership renovates in a workout room :). There is also no cafeteria. It promotes bringing your food from home if you're an at your desker, or going out. This may be a benefit to some, but I prefer to have a cafeteria.