Pros
Exceptional benefits (6% matching 401k contributions, pension, all vested at 5 years). Some really great people work in the company. Opportunities to travel. If you start as a client-servicing engineer, you have virtually unlimited opportunities for movement in the company. Protecting clients' businesses is an admirable goal for a company in this day and age. Lots of employees truly believe in the company's mission.
Cons
Management: while some managers are amazing, more managers micromanage, disrespect employees' professional skills, change your job roles and responsibilities without communicating this with employees in advance and some are not exactly honest. Some employees even seem to be "promoted up" to get them out of their current roles. The company's foray into diversity awareness seems to be just a check box to make them appear modernized and much more work is needed to decrease the effects of the "good ol' boys'" club. And while Agile has merit when done right, trying to implement it in a company that is knowledge-based and still stuck in this "good ol' boys'" club AND lacks enough employees to do it right is punching holes in the ship's hull. All of the changes and lack of increased head count have dropped morale to record low levels. If you don't start as a client-servicing engineer, your career path may be limited as promotions can be scarce due to the archaic grade system. Prospective employees may want to wait a few years to see how all these changes and issues shake out before committing to a job here.
