Pros
-Good benefits, helps pay for schooling -Decent salary -The majority of the people I worked with were very nice and willing to lend a hand
Cons
-Company locations are in boring areas with generally lousy weather. -Salary is decent for the area but not great compared to the rest of the industry. -Middle management tends to be good at their previous technical roles but are not great at actually managing people as many of the managers I knew were promoted due other team members leaving their group. This exodus of talent leaves the few remaining scientists applying for manager roles but many of those scientists don't have good managerial training, experience, or talent. This can create a toxic work culture at times that burns out employees quickly. -Certain teams form tight cliques and it can be difficult to make friends if you aren't absorbed into one quickly. Can make you feel lonely and alienated if your team is like this. -At will-employment so you can get terminated anytime without much reason.