Pros
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Kontras
I worked in the RF hardware team. Its led by some of the most incompetent and rude people I have encountered in this industry. My manager was terrible at management and extremely uncivil. There was always an attempt to set up team members against each other. HR would kowtow to senior management. They would keep tabs on when someone came in and left and report it to their bosses. Its almost like being in prison. The pay is abysmal for the level of effort expected. OT is almost always the norm. Sick leave is limited. PTO days off every year is low as well with no shutdown. There was no concept of WFH, atleast until 2017. The work could be challenging but can also be drab based on what the team thinks financials look like. There were days when EDA tools (software tools) would have expired licenses and then it was upto you to figure out what to do next and "contribute". There was also a tendency to either use open source or textbook designs rather than innovate and understand limitations. Very old school conservative environment. And as I see it, Viasat is the future especially with its focus on R&D and its employee happiness. Overall, terrible squalid place to work and would definitely not recommend.
