Pros
Leading edge technology company and fantastic growth opportunities. Increasing pace of M&A Nurture innovation (it is in company's DNA) and allow employees to promote their own ideas Great work place (location, facilities) despite poor public transport connections Good compensation (advantageous profit sharing plan) and amazing perks (social & cultural activities) in France Depending on your organization department, work time and management pressure is good, acceptable or horrible Talented and passionate people; intellectually stimulating
Cons
Despite worldwide activity, too much French centric and French work culture (meeting-holics, difficult to make decisions, arrogant). Need more multicultural management to become a true global group. No Human Resources strategy - top management is far far away from level of expectation for such a performing and innovating company facing so many challenges. Top-down approach, no listening and lack of care. Top managers are very well rewarded, but profits less distributed to employees (CEO is usually within the top 3 highest compensation in France) Incredibly poor project management: unbelievable in an engineers' company. Lack of consideration or service for customers; too much focused on internal challenges. Wishing so hard to be unique and ahead of competitors tends sometimes to stupid behaviors and wasted resources.