Vantaggi
Very good internship opportunities, with good compensation and freedom to develop ideas. Almost 200 internees are welcomed every year, most being employed full time after this first experience. However, salaries are good only if you come from a top university. Life in French Riviera is outstanding: beach during summer, skiing in winter. Many activities, sun 300 days per year, Cannes festival, Italy, Monaco, medieval villages, priceless cultural richness.
Svantaggi
Outrageous salary differences depending on education. Promotions depend mostly on education, regardless of hard work and dedication (annual performance review for bonuses only, employees cannot give feedback on their management), with very few topdowns (once a year) and no horizontal communication (political wars between teams and divisions). Human resources completly absent after contract signature, thus no career development of employees. And forget about industry standards in development, everything must be inhouse technology.