An Interesting Experience - Avis employé Employé (anonyme) InnoSense

- exposure to numerous government agencies and research institutes - wide range of instrumentation training and use - 50/50 split between lab work (DOE, data collection, building apparatuses etc.) and office work (data processing, presentation, technical report writing etc.) - network builder - practice of non-research-related skills such as interfacing with vendors, shipping and receiving of samples, ordering parts, buying instruments from sales reps etc - multidisciplinary projects worked A-Z for excellent big picture experience beyond the day to day tasks - ability to publish research work - some supervisors are highly qualified, very passionate, proven scientific people that are excellent to work for

- sometimes straining work environment - generally a lack of hands to produce top quality work consistently - excellent career experience for 1-2 years but a tough outlook beyond that - nepotism - great medical and dental but no bonuses, 401K, or financial incentives for engineers - upper management does not always set a professional example - upper management seems unmotivated to grow the company... content with keeping it where it is - very difficult to implement changes to the status quo of things. upper management does not take kindly to suggestions from engineers

Many projects to work on all the time

Not having a future to look forward to.