Avantages
You will enjoy meeting and working with the intelligent and committed people at Intuitive. There is a real sense of teamwork and shared commitment to cool products that make a real difference in the quality of life of surgical patients. You have a real sense of contribution and responsibility. You may have trouble finding your work-life balance, especially if you are an engineer, and depending on your manager and whether you are one who can set your own boundaries effectively. Training is almost non-existent, except for the on-the-job training you get. You learn by doing. Employees who don't cooperate in the team effort are identified and corrected or let go.
Inconvénients
The focus on delivering results brings enormous pressure with it, and if you don't recognize and enforce limits on your personal commitment to the work, you can find yourself overwhelmed. Company values are admirable and buy-in by management and employees is real. The workload, however, makes time for training and focus on career growth nearly non-existent.