Pros
Excellent Benefits (If it will still stay). It has some of the best benefits in health care, 401(k) match, etc. Excellent steps being taken by Sr. management in increasing diversity and advancing women in management.
Cons
CEO has vision, but the R&D management twists the implementation to their political benefit at the expense of employees/company. e.g. The Management by Objectives is a farce. Objectives set at the start of the year have little meaning. A small group decides performance review based on their personal biases, rarely looking at the objective data. Performance is even decided before the employee submits their performance info. HR has also lost its ethics and independence. Internal politics is encouraged by R&D management in Lake Forest, California location e.g. Roles & responsibilities constantly change or is deliberately left vague, and individuals or groups are pitched against other. Our e-mails for clarity / guidance are ignored by R&D management. Do they really care for the employee morale. e.g. we lost some excellent colleagues in R&D at this location, while the non-performing top management protected their own favorites.
