Pros
I have major flexibility and minimal micromanagement in my current role but that is SOLELY because of my supervisor and if that position changes to a new person it could go away. It also helps/doesn't help that my supervisor is not involved in my day to day at all so they have no idea what I do all day; great for no micromanaging, not great when it comes to advocating for me in performance reviews. Variety of experience, able to work through turnarounds, improvement opportunities, variety of equipment types, leadership/management DO want to develop you to exent and take initiative to move you around and put you in different experience opportunities.
Cons
Higher level leadership is clearly attempting to reduce headcount in the engineering resources area to save money but advertising it as “eliminating unnecessary tasks” by allowing engineers to focus on bigger picture items and sending those smaller responsibilities to overseas tech centers but that isn’t really happening as engineers are still spending alot of time on stewardship activities and repeat communication to multiple “supervisor” type roles throughout the business units the engineers support. Morale is low as people are quitting or "escaping" to other parts of the company (outside of manufacturing) everyday. Others in similar roles to me are unable to work from home ever and have minimal flexibility so it just depends.