No, I don't like them so far.
Mainly because they take friggin' 18(!!) hours.
With retainers, I can at least pay them more to interact with them once per hour. With the squad, it's mostly once per day (except for a bit of training).
I also dislike that I can only send 4 people and the other 4 have to stay at home. Why can't I send them out, too?

I thought they'd at least say funny little tidbits when you talk to them in the quarters, but nope, just their information pops back up.

Recruitment is kind of fun, I'll give you that. But even that is limited since you can't switch out members the way you like when they are out on a mission - which, again, takes a whopping 18 hours!


(Is it obvious yet that I hate it that there are no expensive but short-time missions?!)