Pros
The local team in the Minnesota site is really quite good. The people are passionate about their work. They do a good job and learn from mistakes. They take constructive feedback and incorporate it into their work. They also provide feedback when appropriate. The company has some influence from being owned by Danaher. This has some pros, and definitely has some cons. Pros are things like having access to far more companies within the professional network than a standalone company. Danaher also offers its benefits package to the company, which has some pros to it. The US sites are small enough that they still operate like a small-to-medium sized company. Almost everyone knows everyone. This has some pros - it's easy to know who to contact, and when to contact them.
Kontras
The culture at this company, in the US, has a long ways to go. The turnover among the support staff (engineering, quality, regulatory, R&D, etc.) is high. Operations turnover is even higher. The annual engagement scores are pretty bad, but in some functions, such as quality, they're abyssmal. A big reason for the lack of engagement is turnover. The turnover is caused by burnout. The burnout is due to a lack of resources and ancient systems, paper-based records, and a lack of collaboration. The quality group in the US is overseen by the site in California. The leadership at the CA site is not in tune with what the Minnesota site needs and does not give focus to this site. All of the quality resources are based out of CA. These resources rarely, if ever, extend to MN. However, the MN site has the same needs, projects, and areas of improvement as CA. This creates friction between the two sites. The culture in quality is one of blaming. There are a few individuals who are very good at coaching and driving improvements, but the majority place blame on others and do not partner with the other support functions. The same problems occur time and again, and rarely are appropriate corrective actions taken to prevent recurrence - just band-aid after band-aid. Again, there are some people who do not operate in this manner, but they are few and far between and do not have adequate support from management.