Pros
They did give me appropriate work: which was reviewing others' designs.
They worked hard to make their learning materials inclusive--and I think they succeeded.
And I think the graphic designers were talented and effective.
Cons
They had no ability to control how much work was due when. It was as if they had no schedule. You would go days with nothing to do, and then suddenly you had 12 hours of work due 8 hours later.
Some "instructional designers" seemed to have absolutely no experience and no idea what ID was. They couldn't write a quiz question or design a learning activity that met a learning objective.
The reward for designers who were late getting their work done was that instead of having to fix their mistakes, someone else did it for them. That's not how the incentives should work.
Eventually, I found that almost everyone I worked with had been let go, including some very high-level people. There had been some kind of purge, and no one could tell me why. I doubt if the people purged even knew.