Pros
Industry leader, committed employees who seem to be very proud of the company. Very responsive to the external stakeholder community.
Cons
It was like stepping into the middle-ages. The executives are unapproachable (most act as if they are kings and queens and you are beneath them). The number of processes required to get simple things done creates incredible operational inefficiency. The company prides itself on hiring smart people, while this is true the way the company interprets intelligence is 100% through the lens of people who are good with data and process (certainly necessary in today's world). However, there is zero emphasis placed on strategic thinking, emotional intelligence or well-rounded leadership skills for that matter. If you are anything below an executive, your voice won't be heard and your perspectives won't matter. So the very intelligent people hired are not fully leveraged for their expertise. There is a very strong hierarchy so sycophantic behavior is the norm. Additionally, you will not have appropriate resources, the organization is far too lean to have long term success with generation y. A very bad experience for me and if you are thinking of going here as an external hire I would caution you to think long and hard as external hires are treated like aliens. You are given little in the way of orientation and as you attempt to muddle through process over process over process (many of which are unnecessary) you will be seen as unintelligent because you can't figure out the UTC processes. Being rude, disrespectful and impolite is completely acceptable. One of the worst experiences of my career. All that matters at UTC is process.
