The positive work culture ends at your team and direct manager. Going any higher the executives make threats and treat the employees like replaceable parts.
The team works hard and I could even call them friends outside work. The individual contributors at the company are amazing and I've learned so much.
They didn't ask stereotypical interview questions. Instead explored the depth of what your past experience was and gave you a chance to really showcase and sell yourself.
Executives and CEO don't understand the company well. The new management brought in are "big aerospace" and don't understand the current position of the company. They need to return to their roots with executive decision making style, but the current CEO will prevent that.