Pros
Flexible work environment Very highly educated people - are large percentage has either a PHD or a Masters and come from the best universities of US 2 week shutdown - summer and winter almost 2 month in holidays, vacations and shutdown Great Benefits Relaxed work environment - business casual dress code
Cons
Technical role with more business management than programming Baby sitting contactors Your skills become rusty Difficult to get into top Tech firms such as Google and Microsoft because their environment is highly technical, challeging which Amgen lacks 9000 dollars in yearly education which got reduced recently due to budget cuts you never know when you will get fired. Lot of waste of money in cancelled projects halfway through. Difficult to advance once you become a Sr. Manager