Pros
-Good place for entry level scientists to gain experience (however, strongly recommend eventually moving on to other opportunities) -Decently upkept facilities -Decent benefits and health insurance -Plenty of opportunity for overtime, if that is a bonus for you
Cons
-Extremely limited room for growth within company. -Management can be rather aloof and condescending; communication is poor. -Management is avoidant when it comes to addressing personnel issues of harrassment or bullying -There is a lack of transparency and accountability on management's end when it comes to staff. There is also a tendency to blame shift and avoid responsibility at all costs. -There is a policy against discussion of pay amongst staff, probably to hide the egregious pay disparities between staff members -There are also massive disparities between the amount of work different staff members are expected to do (and no, the employees who do more work or who do better work are not necessarily paid more or promoted first) -Lack of accountability in management means tactics of promising something to staff or to a staff memeber to get them to do something, and then "forgetting" to ever follow through are used often