5.0
Oct 7, 2008
Former employee
Pasadena, CA
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Pros
The work itself is extremely interesting. I worked on the percussive drill for Mars Science Laboratory, a flight project. Every day, some new challenge arose, keeping things fresh. Everyone there is also extremely smart, so its easy to learn a lot.
Cons
There tends to be a culture of over achievement. For flight projects especially, people will work absurd hours to get the job done. This may not be a bad thing depending on your point of view I guess. The pay level, however is not commensurate with the amount of time put in by some people there. My organization had no management issues, but some others had clueless, politics-playing managers, making their jobs pretty difficult.