Pros
- Really good benefits scheme (£500/year to spend towards wellbeing/hobbies/personal tech/ISA etc. on top of a free Edinburgh Leisure gym membership), flexible working hours and custom working allows you to mix home and site working to suit you. - Chance to work on projects of major national value and plenty of international collaboration. - On the whole people are keen for innovation and there are increasing opportunities to suggest and work on new initiatives.
Cons
- Due to the nature of the industry it can feel like there is a heavy weight of approved procedures, security etc. making it difficult to implement anything new beyond an early research or exploration project. - The training budget doesn't seem up to the cost of external courses, unless you want to / can spend your evenings and weekends doing the great range of online short university courses provided free of charge.