Pros
For women engineers it’s a pretty solid place to work in entry level positions. Learn a lot in 2-3 years then move on to a better company. Men can work there forever and stay relatively happy with plenty of growth opportunities especially if you are overconfident.
Cons
DEKA is a “boy’s club” is something I was told my first year there by another female engineer. At first, I didn’t really get what that meant but after working there for years I have over 10 examples of female engineers in management positions who were moved out of their roles and replaced by men. A couple of the men in upper management are unable to work with intelligent females who have a backbone and say no to them. These are untouchable men at DEKA and if you feel harassed or disrespected by them, HR will just tell you to leave the company as their number 1 priority is making sure the men on top are happy.