Pros
I had the opportunity to work on projects (such as Superfund cleanups) that I would not have had a chance to work on if I had remained in the laboratory.
Cons
Company culture went downhill fast after my former company (CRA) merged with GHD in 2015. I was also expected to be available 24/7 electronically, so work/life balance was horrible. There were also few opportunities to move up, having a Principle/Associate/Worker management structure. The company is also heavily slanted towards the engineering disciplines, so chemists were always seen as a necessary evil at best. There was also a quantity over quality bias towards work, so it was necessary to clock a minimum of total hours of which a significant portion needed to be billable to a client project.