Pros
Rare opportunity to do this sort of aerodynamics work Many staff are very loyal to the company Generally a high quality client base
Cons
Starting salary will likely be all you’ll ever see, pay is never reviewed. New recruits will often get paid more. Failed promises on training/development typical. Very dated almost archaic organisation in it’s attitudes, processes, tools and behaviour High average age and much of the workforce have never worked anywhere else. Many can be very insular, suspicious and resistant Management will not invest in modernising or developing the organisation and prefer to do this on customer projects often upsetting them when the quality inevitably falls short Falling quality and knowledge drain as old timers leave. Very much riding on it’s former reputation. Becoming uncompetative in the global market. Unwilling to pay anywhere near the market rate for good skilled people Very little actual research work happens Top-heavy with departmental managers having little power and often puppets to the senior management Becoming highly dependant on government grant funded projects