Pros
Vacation on par with Europe, opportunities to work on projects outside the US. The majority of co-workers and lower level managers are quite bright and competent. The product portfolio is broad and seems to be accepted outside of the US marketplace.
Cons
NSN is organized in silos, but run as a matrix organization. To accomplish something as simple as a quote for an existing product requires configuration management from one team, pricing from another, project management from a third. The layoffs from post merger consolidation were very de-motivating to much of the workforce, and due to the inability to accomplish our goals, we've seen very high attrition as well. Since we're not replacing the people who move to other companies, the workload for those who remain continues to increase. Plus we're loosing the brightest, most innovative people and keeping those who are comfortable with the status quo.
