Pros
Great people to work with; very diligent Get to work with the latest technology in the world Very intelligent people; best engineers in the world Good pay - on a national scale Average benefits (unfortunately getting worse) "Golden Handcuffs" comes to mind
Cons
Corporate culture is wandering (running?) from their HP roots; do they still value employees as key to their success? I think not in most cases. They have so much emphasis on the bottom line and trying to be "in vogue" with the latest management & business strategies that they don't really know what their business i any more. There is a big emphasis on centralization and consolidation - what made HP great was their decentralized & autonomous structure and decision making. This has lead to Agilent feeling bloated, bureaucratic and slow to decision making. Unfortunate that most of the senior managers I know are too risk averse and non-strategic in their thinking to take advantage of the growth opportunities in front of them.