Pros
I had a really great manager. He was always busy but seemed to care about my growth. The was always something to work on. There was no shortage of work. The engineers that stick around will certainly have job security as long as they are willing to travel. They also have really good health insurance.
Cons
The travel can get out of control fast. All of the engineers of any skill are constantly traveling to one crisis project or another. No one seems to get to finish what they started on. It’s clear that we are being treated as numbers. My manager seems like he really cared but had no control to stop it. The leadership of our group has outwardly said that we are all replaceable. I’ve heard them say in on a conference call as well as in the office. Back when we were in the office. The expectations keep going up but the rewards aren’t keeping up to make it worth the fights we have to go through. For all the people that remain it only gets worse for them trying to pick up the slack of those that are no longer there. This is very much a burnout job.
