Pros
You get a chance to work on really interesting projects that can affect millions of UK citizens Flexible working is part of the culture - unusually, a lot of men work part-time/work around the school run, as well as women
Kontras
Nepotistic recruitment; middle-aged white men are favoured by being given roles before they are advertised, all others need to apply by tortuous route. Women paid less then men for doing the same job and they don't correct it even when there is proof of the difference. A lot of talk about diversity (for example great series of events for Black History Month) but the work on that is all done by the Black and Ethnic Minority network; meanwhile management do nothing to actually improve diversity and is entirely white and mostly men.