Pros
Pay is marginally above average. Many of the staff are dedicated, hard workers.
Cons
R&D management places no value on technical aptitude because it lacks the depth to assess such things. A toxic boys club that promotes clones of itself and explicitly combats intellectual diversity reigns supreme. New hires are frequently dropped into research groups completely disconnected from the group/area discussed when the job offer was extended. In many cases, by the date of hire, the original research group has been disbanded and members laid off, which happens often because management is unable to maintain a strategic vision for more than a year. The company as a whole is unwilling to take risk and will not invest in meaningful research. As such most “research” is a thinly masked PR stunt.