Pros
Really there are none, go to Conde Nast they will treat you better and pay far more. There really isn't much upside at all. The only plus was the $100 that went towards health benefits such as sneakers ect. The gym that is in the building is not even free to all employees and even if you pay to get in and are treated worse than upper management. The caffeteria is OK but they will serve the same leftovers at the salad bar until it is all gone. The only positive is the international station but even then they aren't very original.
Cons
Everything, they don't treat you like people. While the publisher goes on lavish lunches in the middle of this economy, we get the coffee machine taken away and no overtime. There is a large disconnect between the management and the employees. They believe that by cutting out the basic benefits for the assistants they can keep up their lavish spending. I have done expense reports and no, they are not cutting back in the least. The publishers still get a clothing allowance that is over half my entire salary. They will have to learn the hard way that they can't keep this up.