Vantaggi
Work is not demanding if you are a competent electronics eng/tech and my immediate colleagues are mostly old friends I have worked with before.
Svantaggi
The pay is rubbish. Management is totally elitist and treat us as scum. There is no career structure unless you have a degree/doctorate or you are a serious sycophant and able to lick the managers boots. Nobody is interested in what you actually have to do to successfully achieve your targets unless you fail to do so. Management treat you like school children (I am 56 years old!). Several years ago the whole production team were told "Lose your bonus by letting us change your terms and conditions or find another job". Seriously, it was as simple as that. Basically, since this company was taken over by Oxford Instruments in a hostile takeover, it has been downhill all the way. All that matters now is the bottom line for the shareholders and tough if you don't like it. I used to enjoy working here 5 years ago, now I find it depressing, hostile and toxic and I don't see a bright future for the company. This is a cash cow that is going to be sucked dry by the shareholders (who will do very nicely out of at the expense of the real workers).