Vantaggi
In general - great flexi-hours, diverse and cool projects, easy mobility (internal role transfers) within company, great staff and camaraderie, excellent shares scheme, training support, expenses policy and relatively good pay. When I leave the company for broader experiences, I fully intend on coming back as it will always be my home. Air sector (north west sites) - loads of overseas opportunities, travelling around for work, many projects. Maritime sector (south west london sites) - good management, relaxed working environment, growing business, modern outlook and good onsite IT support.
Svantaggi
General - bureaucratic nature due to military/legacy contracts, upper management resistant to real, modern change, in-house IT apps are tailormade to hinder your job. Air sector - no apparent career progression line or support as technical/SME, lack of effort to retain talent, constant re-organisation (high instability, confusion, lack of transparency, wishy-washy vision from senior leadership with little to no benefit), strictly do not allow working from home unless exec grade, beady-eyed monitoring of absences, management get twitchy and process-heavy over flexible working arrangement requests, senior/exec roles are generally not advertised but via taps on shoulders and who knows who, management can be rigidly process-driven without discretion (constant mantra to follow the company policy but do not know the process themselves). Marine sector - pay rises difficult to negotiate, work can be repetitive in software dev.