Pros
The IP is truly transformative. People here are wicked smart. Apart from being smart, most of the team are the most incredible co-workers I've ever had. They are like family. There's flexibility in where you work. You can learn a lot here and work with some top companies and scientists, if you can stomach the internal politics, gossip and drama that come with working here.
Cons
NLI is like that person you date that keeps saying they're getting it together. Bless their heart for trying because they really are trying, but they can't quite seem to pull it all of the way together. If you ask for visibility into something or say that you're over capacity, they gaslight you and make it seem like you're a crazy person for wanting what would be normal in any other corporate setting. In life after NLI, at a different company, I can clearly see it wasn't me or the many stellar professionals who left before me. There's a bizarre and hostile work environment created by *some* legacy employees. As I'd watch people leave, (insanely credentialed talent) comments would be made about them 'not having it' instead of genuinely looking at what company cultures, practices, leadership behaviors might be causing turnover. Performance management conversations are oddly abstract, felt like being psychoanalyzed by someone who's not a psychologist and not based on actual business objectives or role competencies. Speaking of strategies, there aren't business strategies and there isn't a solid company mission either. Revenue is the only tangible company goal...not participants impacted, speed to delivery, net promoter score or developing talent internally. Promotions are marginal and if you manage to win the convoluted popularity contest required to get one, it likely won't come with an increase in salary. Leadership often looks for outside talent instead of promoting from within even though current employees are qualified and more capable of stepping into roles, partly because the onramp is so steep here.
