Pros
Despite several round of RIFs, they are able to keep hiring away at the same time. While the RIFs are challenging for some as the process is opaque with no accountable reasoning, it's remarkable that almost no managers were impacted. There is quite a bit of office space available.
Cons
Platitudes and group think are favored over realism, pragmatism, and operational experience. Junior management frequently have no substantive work history for the topics and people they manage, Severance falls well short of OPM guidelines, extended service and performance is not considered. It was awkward to justify (high) costs to government leaders as compared to national labs while at the same time being expected to grow work. PTOB time accrual is calculated down to two decimal places, presumably to avoid the same rounding effects that are ok for reporting work hours.