Pros: Business goals broadly align with the public good (our software, in theory, makes lifesaving drugs available faster). As far as I can tell, all employees within engineering are treated well. Salary is decent for any given region, though it is region-dependent. Positive and inclusive culture, though engineering teams skew heavily male. This is a safe place to work no matter who you are.

Cons: Engineering teams outside of America may have to work with US or Canadian teams, which can imply late nights sometimes. (Though I have always been encouraged to shift my hours and work flexitime). My team in particular has had some issues with projects assigned from on high, with short turnarounds and often late design changes. This has caused pressure to work overtime sometimes. (I understand this is not a regular issue for most engineering teams).

Pros: Great branding with the orange color.

Cons: Not enough packets of crisps.

Pros: Fully remote with well-adapted processes (this has changed for some roles, but not engineering). Adequate PTO allocation for UK employees. Decently friendly culture. Whole company runs lean to avoid layoffs. Sensible business strategy, likely to still be here in 10 years' time.

Cons: Admittedly, minimal layoffs have been disguised as performance issues in the past. "Running lean" seems to apply to salary increases too, so teams tend to lose quality talent to other companies without having enough slack to cover the losses. Waterfall methodology disguised as Agile. Planning is rushed, and then it falls to the engineers to pick up the slack in the implementation.