For anyone who's put up with the perma-grim commercial climate of the rest of the world for the past few years, I would say it's definitely worth it - though it's always a gamble and I admit the landscape isn't for everybody. Still, sunshine every morning does wonders for your morale.
A lot of the posts I've seen that are far less positive (on other threads re EK) seem to come from people who have been here for some time and, dare I say it (standby for incoming), have forgotten how cutthroat the rest of the industry - particularly HR - has become whilst they've been enjoying the good life.
At the end of the day, I believe you could do much worse than give EK an audition.
Yu pays yur money and yu takes yur chances!