Good for the short term, but don't buy a new house . . . - Senior Staff Engineer bei Sony: Mitarbeiterbewertung

There is definitely a glass ceiling for engineers. This may also be true for engineering careers in general, but if you are in a specialized area that is where you will remain. There is the constant threat of layoffs, of course. The Research Triangle Park site is a satellite site with little political power. It is a puppet resource to be used up until the day it is no longer competitive. There is a feeling that all of the design sites are competing with each other, which goes against the lip service of "we must all work together."