Pros
Excellent research facilities, awesome library.
Cons
Mediocre salary. Promotions were rare and not based on merit. Employees related to higherups and employees who were part of a buddy system were promoted. I joined Polaroid with a MS degree and 4 years of experience. Two women (fresh grads.) who joined 2 years later were promoted after 2 years without any significance achievements. One of them was related to her supervisor. Whenever I asked for promotion I was told 1) that the company was not expanding 2) I cannot promote you till I get promoted- a supervisor told this to me. Behind my back he was actively trying to get another female assistant promoted. He was not successful. She had joined 2 years after I had joined Polaroid. After 7 years I was transferred to another group. My new supervisor told me - you are new to the group. You have not been tested yet. So we cannot promote you now.
