Pros
Many great things about the company. Company mission is clear and a culture is being established by senior manager/leadership to be the Fastest, Highest Quality, Most Customer Friendly Test Laboratory in the world. Very orgainized Marketing Campaign set forward to establish the name of UL as the leader in product safety, (TV Commercials, Sponsered events, Child Videos, Safety Smart). Excellent Work life balance, (flexible work schedules, work from home, core hours,). Excellent benifit package, (401K matching structure, vacation accural policy, free safety shoes, free eyeglasses, company ball game outings, employee appreciation day, fitness center on campus, as well as vollyball, basketball, baseball fields, etc.). Improved Technology, (everyone gets a new laptop computer every 3 years). Excellent test facilities, excellent tools. In previous years had a bad name for poorly paying employees, but conserted efforts undertaken by management in recent years to correct this issue.
Cons
The morale of the staff has not been very high the last 5 years. After many drastic process changes during the 1st half of the decade the later half has seen almost as many, though not as drastic. Certain misguided efforts has given the competion foder to market againts UL. The work enviornment is very tense in some areas but very loose/laid back in other areas of the company. Many bright and talented individuals but a lot of tolerance for under/poor performers, though this has been examined in recent years. Opportunities for under/poor performers to "hide" behind the system(s). Many rules, regulations, standard operating procedures that are constantly changing. Very Bureucratic. Very slow at times. Very much so process ladien. Many hands involved in process, which can inhibit quick decisions and actions. Some inconsistancies in engineeirng judgements. Selection process on individuals who get promoted is questioned in many areas throughout the company. Great and bright performers sometimes not identified immediately. Poor reputation for having bad managers.