Decent company, but could be improved.
Pros
Nice overall physical campus, with library, cafeteria and large sports fields. Some very capable folks, courses available.
Cons
It depends on the department, and some are excellent. But the GNS department has serious managerial shortcomings. Managers, and there are many of them, are mostly non-technical folks. They sit in a very pleasant part of the building, with large offices, clean carpets, beautiful windows and a quiet environment, yet their engineers sit in the dungeon -- loud, dirty, cramped cubicle farm. There isn't even a decent kitchenette. Management at GNS simply does not take good care of its engineers. Since some very old engineers are kept around, well past their retirement age and past their prime, there is little room for promotion for some of their younger and mid-career employees. It's a department with almost no room for innovation. I have seen innovative ideas by some of the younger folks rudely belittled and trampled upon by crude technical leads.
