Pros
- Excellent benefits, including a generous holiday offering as well as progressive PTO, 401k matching, and a plethora of health insurance options. - The people. Everyone who is down in the weeds just gets it, and regardless of the amount of work or the level of stress, there's a real sense of camaraderie. - It may have changed by now, but there was always an opportunity to challenge yourself with new opportunities, more complex work, or to just feel out a new area of the industry. - There was always an emphasis on promoting from within.
Cons
- A very large amount of senior and seasoned employees left within a short timespan, taking years of knowledge with them. Management just seemed to shrug and hold the door for them instead of trying to understand why a mass exodus took place. - The emphasis on promoting from within is a lovely idea, but it's not necessarily based on the best candidate for the job. - The pay is rather abysmal for anyone working in general production, and anyone with a modicum of talent will recognize this and move on quickly. - Distribution of work tends to be a little lopsided, and can create situations where some employees are working overtime while others head home early. But everyone is busy, and again, it's met with a shrug. - Many of the newer additions to upper management have come in making sweeping changes without warning, causing distress among employees. Then when the new changes don't work, things are changed again. Just because. It feels like a process merry-go-round sometimes.