Pros
Smart engineers. Good people. Most teams have talented colleagues who genuinely care about doing quality work. Pay is competitive, and the office environment is good. Social events, Thursday pizza, and beer help morale more than management probably realises. The technical challenges can be interesting, and teams usually have decent freedom in how they approach engineering problems.
Cons
Communication is heavily top-down. Feedback is collected, then disappears into a void. Decisions feel predetermined long before employees are asked for input. There is very little flexibility around office attendance, even for occasional remote work or personal circumstances. What could easily be handled with trust and common sense often turns into rigid policy enforcement. Bonus structures feel detached from reality. Targets are often unrealistic and disconnected from what most employees can actually influence. A culture of caution is starting to replace open discussion. People are becoming less comfortable challenging decisions or raising concerns honestly.