Pros
The people are great and extremely knowledgeable due to many years experience. Benefits are good but declining with the rest of corporate America. Pay is good to start but it can be very difficult to remain at market pay as the raises are anemic at best.
Kontras
Primary issue is current management and a distinct lack of new work in the pipeline. (This is specific to Textron Defense Systems). There are mass layoffs while simultaneously hiring new people in order to make the workforce more youthful. All this does is disenfranchise everyone there. Management focus's on short term financial goals by eliminating people to enhance profit but at a significant cost to future capability and employee morale. IR&D spending is too small for an organization of this size which has and will continue to stymie growth.