Pros
Salary and incentives if you negotiate well upon getting hired. Recognized brand. Products better than most in the industry. Smart but Ruthless Sr. Managers. Well financed, privately held and profitable . Over the years, many very capable and outstanding people.
Cons
Too Many to list. Here are a few: Products not as superior as they were 15 year's ago. Managers manage the HR process of corrective action/replacement of 10% of staff each year and they don't really manage the business. No regard for customers or employees. Managers create issues to put staff in corrective action process; or they end up in the process. Close to becoming number 2 manufacturer in an industry they dominated forever. A better atmosphere at the morgue than in their Tucson or Azusa offices. All employees over 10+ years of service on "the clock" to being targeted for expulsion. HR means keeping the company out of litigation. Most of the outstanding people have left or have been pushed out. Only 25% from their list of the Company Values are actually followed. Not the "Top of Class" anymore. Sr. Mangers speak and live in the world of "Symantec's" and they are OK with it.