Pros
Outstanding benefits (for now), unbelievably talented and intelligent co-workers, great potential to do good things, definitely opportunity to work on all kinds of different projects. Fairly good job security when compared to other places (exception currently is NSGB/NSD market sector). Defined by a co-worker as "The best place to do post-graduate work in Chemical Engineering." This place has a lot of potential... But...
Cons
Extremely "top-heavy" management. Military management style (hierarchy, authoritarianism) was prevalent in the section I was in. Needs to do a better job of finding and retaining good younger staff. A lot of the time, opportunity to advance was defined as waiting for someone else to leave. I had no fewer than 8 managers between myself and the CEO. The business development staff (i.e. Relationship Managers) did not seem to be held to any kind of real sales goals, while even younger research staff at times were... Constantly changing expectations, excelling on the job was a moving target. Lots of required administrative overhead activities with the impression that the results of those exercises (e.g. defining goals) were not for the development of the individual, and probably would never be looked at by anybody with any real seriousness.