Lack of R&D spending is crippling Manufacturing and technological innovation.
Pros
Flexible hours; Work-life balance very good; No lack of work or projects due to layoffs. Days go by very fast. DfLSS is encouraged for engineers and technicians who want to get to Green Belt Level. Black Belt projects are encouraged. Good people to work with. Managers are typically well seasoned intelligent engineers who have patience and understanding when solving problems.
Cons
Tremendous loss of historical and engineering institutional knowledge due layoffs and valued people quitting. Corporate Management is cutting R&D at the rate of about of 10% per year. This makes it difficult to get software upgrades for existing engineering instrumentation, new software to increase individual productiveness or cutting edge replacements for scientific and engineering instrumentation. Too many lower end managers. Some only manage 3-5 employees. Silence from Corporate Xerox about direction of company. Problem solving for our valued customers takes much longer to achieve due to lack of resources. Bullish on services and Bearish on Technology. Raises on salaries nearly non-existent over past five years.