Pros

Learn a lot about image processing and embedded systems
Learn how to work with different cultures
Gold status with United within a year

Cons

â?¢ Gold status with United within a year - insane travel schedule for no good reason. If you think this is fun, think again. Just because you were sent to Japan doesnâ??t mean you will see Japan.
â?¢ You pretty much start living in the office. Crazy schedules and simple lack of foresight.
â?¢ Despite what the company says that Sunnyvale is THE world headquarters, all the decisions are made in some closed rooms in Haifa. Then they are folded down to engineers with no explanation. No initiatives from the engineers are accepted.
â?¢ No vision of where the company is going. No entrepreneur thinking. It keeps fighting the yesterdayâ??s battle and following in the footsteps of others instead of leading.
â?¢ Short term (2 months max) thinking. Save money now on really mundane things that other companies do as a matter of fact. Then drive your workers hard to resolve all the mistakes that fall from that.
â?¢ The company is sitting on the pile of cash but refuses to hire more people to finish projects already in the pipeline driving the current employees like slaves.
â?¢ Seems that the management distrusts their own employees. Very often the case is that the documentation is restricted to only specific individuals. You cannot get the documents on the parts you supposed to fix despite the signed NDA.

Advice to Senior Management

â?¢ The company doesnâ??t really belong in Silicon Valley. It seems that the whole point this office in Sunnyvale was set up is for some people to move to US.
â?¢ Stop the short term thinking. At the end a bit of planning ahead will actually save you money and make your workers happier.
â?¢ Embrace the open door policy. Talk to your people on the regular basis, this is not a factory after all. It will make the employees happier and they will not be leaving all the time.
â?¢ Take a risk, as you did before, embrace the change, try new things. It will actually open more markets. If not, â?¦ well, you are not going to be homeless anyway.