Pros
Tidel treats its engineers with respect. Actually, Tidel treats all of its employees with respect. Development processes are very light, which means we are responsible for producing quality code without a lot of corporate overhead. They expect you to know your job, and trust that you'll get it done well. It is refreshing! Excellent team camaraderie. Work-life balance is appreciated. Sure, there are some urgent issues that require extra hours, but they are very infrequent. I have never seen another engineering organization in which people choose to remain for 10, 15, 20+ years. That says a lot about the company and its management.
Cons
Products have a long lifecycle, which means much of the code is being written for legacy systems (not bleeding edge technology). However, the newer products use more recent technologies. It will take time for them to become the dominant products.