Pros
Nice physical studio environment, Decent coworkers, training team very professional and helpful.
Cons
HR does not know how to handle issues professionally. Any complaints about management will pretty much a sure fire way to get you in trouble because there’s a ton of favoritism happening at this company. There’s a very clear divide between the “blue collar” employees and the “white collar” office employees. Almost every jeweler i talk to here feels absolutely miserable about their job but keep up their fake demeanor at work because they watch you closely and not seeming like a happy go lucky little worker will affect your performance review. Opportunity for growth is abysmal. They will not teach you new skills unless you drive yourself crazy working as fast as possible making them an insane profit. Even then, it’s slow and your raises will not reflect your hard work or inflation. They cultivate a toxic competition culture with the jewelers by forcing you to compete speed with every other jeweler in the company, forcing you to have to think about continuing to work faster and faster to beat your coworkers for a positive or even neutral performance review even after you’ve become familiar with the production process. Run for the hills, this was one of the most miserable jobs I’ve ever had and I’ve worked a lot of retail jobs in my past that I would’ve rather been at than this one.