Pros
Work from home as a manager or educator. These roles are cushy for the most part and very autonomous. Still get a decent salary & nice bonus if your team performs or the company does well overall for the year. Travel has been cut significantly so more time is spent on a computer or phone but it's paid for and time is more flexible if you have a family or friends. As long as your team performs, clinics stay open and you keep your head down you can function independently.
Cons
The executive team cannot figure out the best way to run the company. Over the past 5 years managers have had to re-apply and re-interview for their positions. This is a nice way for the executives to "restructure" and "reorganize" avoiding any HR complaints as they put their friends or those that brown nose them into management roles. Positions are pre-determined and the reapplying and interviewing is for show only. If you don't "drink the cool aide" or you question anyone or anything or if you directly question a person in a director position or higher, you will be out. Even if your points are valid. They value those that completely support their mission with blind eyes and no thoughts of their own. As long as you look good, have the corporate talk down and schmooze the right executives you are in. If not start looking for a new role because the reorganization happens every 2-3 years as they try to figure it out. The benefits have also changed dramatically. CME reimbursement and time off to attend decreased and insurance options changed to even worse with high deductibles. If you work for MinuteClinic long term be prepared to start over as a FNP. Many employers are either not familiar with MinuteClinic or if they are feel that it is a joke and basically do not even consider it experience.
