Pros
Pays OK, Great location, 401k match, Free bagels, cream cheese and some other comfort food (big belly, no worries, you will look wealthy), Free workplace drama so you could save some $ rather watching Netflix, Opportunity to advance your acting skills, Recently extended maternity&paternity leave to 16 weeks (paid) - great opportunity for new parents to look for a new job while they are on leave. Regardless of pros above, you should know that "some adventures are not worth taking". Stay away from Solvay's Technology Solutions business unit.
Cons
You will hear a lot of "Fabulous" things. They take brainwashing too serious, but they use organic. Lost significant brainpower in 2020 with retirements and got rid of unnecessary positions with layoffs (I guess this should be added to pros) . Unfortunately but as expected, slimy weasels rise to the top. Brown nosing is the norm. Only fresh graduates and PhD's, right out of school and not seeing anything else, could call this place a good place to work for. Not because they have a poor judgment, they just have not seen anything else. People are not happy at all but lazy enough to change jobs. Everybody appears miserable at work - ones that were happy either forced to retire or will retire very soon or left already. They will be missed. Constant Reorgs - like crazy! Poor Diversity & Inclusion efforts - underrepresentation of people of color (~5% of Stamford R&D) If you do not contribute to disinformation and partisanship, and If you do not eat your "free bagel" with others and pretend that you enjoy, you will be ostracized. Researchers treated as competition, not partners. Inexplicably incompetent management and borderline business ethics in mining division. Your performance rating is dependent on your relationship with your manager. Your “perceived” performance is more important than your actual performance
