Pros: Cutting edge innovation Radical technology Limitless challenges Immeasurable individual and company pride in achievements Various company perks and experiences (where else does an employee have the prospect of a spacewalk?!) First in class

Cons: Extensive required overtime Jobs that always seem to be hot Lazy work and failures can have catastrophic results Not a passive job for the undevoted

Pros: Lots of interdisciplinary work and great learning opportunities.

Cons: Priorities change all the time.

Pros: - Very open and cooperative culture - Can-do mindset - Break-through mindset

Cons: Weak HR with weak processes to protect employees Always on survival mode culture Less of training and more of performance management Some managers who use the review process as a weapon to bring people in-line