Good, but not great
Pros
Safety Work-life balance Good Analytical Department Opportunity Flexibility Mostly good people with a healthy work environment
Cons
Lower Salaries Glacially-slow promotion process lacking standardization Lack of support staff means scientists and engineers are spending most of their time doing tasks irrelevant to their job descriptions. Corporation assumes a PhD and project management experience suffices to manage others in any field, and moves them like chess pieces. Often such "managers" have far less experience than those they manage and this leads to frustration and resentment of their subordinates. Little is ever done to correct these poor managerial choices. Frequent organizational changes means you may have several bosses throughout the year and there will be little justice considered during the annual performance review, which turns into merely a popularity contest anyway. This event is where managers argue and fight for better ratings for their direct reports. Your performance rating will depend on the strength of your supervisors voice. When you are allowed to have your performance review with your supervisor, your performance rating has already been determined by the round-table discussion, of which you will have no knowledge, since it is forbidden to discuss what transpires there. In recent years, employees have been invited to write a self-assessment for the previous year, but it is unclear if this information ever reaches the table for the HR discussion on raises or salary adjustments. The Company suffers from the virtue signaling we are seeing everywhere regrading "diversity and inclusion."
