A lot of knowledge in the company, but poor management prevents progress
Pros
This used to be a part of the Bell Laboratories, and as such there is a lot of knowledge within the company.
Cons
- They want your work to be your life, and vastly underpay for what they expect. - The various departments cannot get along or work together. There is a lot of finger pointing and stonewalling. - As a younger employee, I was routinely talked down to, and any suggestions I made were dismissed as "you don't know what you're talking about" - Any issues I had were dismissed as how the Gen Y'ers want everything on a silver platter - For being in a technical industry, the technology at OFS was antiquated and obsolete - The management discourages extroverts and wants the engineers to be 'Yes men' and bow to every whim of production personnel, throwing away the entire scientific process - There is no career advancement for technical professionals (like engineers). The only advancement is done on the production floor level. - Half the day would be spent in meetings. Sometimes there were meetings to discuss what was going to be said in the next meetings. Nothing would get done and they were a huge waste of time. -Safety was NOT the first priority. Unsafe practices were common and many safety concerns were not heeded.
