Pros
People can disappear to the gym for half the day and still get paid a full day. No one is expected to actually accomplish anything productive
Cons
Pay ducks. They think being in Carlsbad is a benefit. Total lack of design process control. Everything tribal knowledge. Substandard designs. Won't spend money on anything to improve design or throughput. Cashflow negative. Health plan sucks. Ask for but dismiss ideas for improvement. Production items are basically barely functional prototypes. Engineers and technicians expected to do the work of managers. Managers sit in unproductive meetings all day and are blind to the issues with products and processes. Zero configuration control and document control. Basically a garage operation with unrealistic/unobtainable goals with the existing products and processes. Executive leadership lives in some fantasy utopia but has no clue as to what is happening. Much needed equipment as low as $40 requires 8 different managers to all buy off. Marginal designs with hundreds of deviations written to get it out the door without ever incorporating design changes to address design flaws. You will be given fake or inactive charge numbers so PMs dont have to spend money. Overall staff that accomplishes anything is totally burned out. Corporate structure is completely top heavy producing zero results. They'll spend thousands on company "yearbooks" like they're in high school, but won't spend a dime to increase productivity or revenue