Good business with strong prospects; some organizational management challenges
Pros
Growth-oriented company in good markets - strong long-term prospects Culture focused on innovation and doing big things, helping people Opportunity for impact and career growth Lots of flow to commercial and R&D organizations
Cons
Not a ton of appreciation or value for operations and support functions -- can lead to sense of different 'classes' of employees Highly centralized / controlling leadership -- very few people empowered to make real decisions Generally poor planning and thus synchronization of business functions Culture can tend to prioritize loyalty and acquiescence Culture of avoidance of difficult topics Politics not insignificant Some senior management insecure and underqualified -- more about acquiring position and organizational currency/power for themselves than empowerment of their teams