Pros
Morton Salt is getting better now that there is a newer CEO and management team in place. Before, it was like working in 1975 with old ideologies, mentalities and ways of doing things.Now with the new management team, we are slowly starting to see positive changes. The company is much more profitable, which benefits everyone, and there is more transparency with regular town hall meetings, there are more fun activities for employees, and management seems like they "get it" now. They are starting to pay more attention to the millennial workforce and their needs, which was not much of a focus before, as well as the culture, which is in desperate need of attention. Work-Life balance is good - most people leave around 4 or 5 pm to catch their trains - they don't expect you to be working at all hours, which is good. They realize that people have a life outside of work.
Cons
Definitely still in transition, so patience is needed. Morton does not have summer hours, which is a bummer after our long, cold winters - most CPG's in the area offer summer hours. I think that Morton is still transitioning into the mindset that they are indeed a CPG. The IT department could use some work - some people didn't have computers on their first day of work, and the help desk is quite slow - a lot of operations are run out of Germany, which really slows things down with the time change, and they don't seem to have as much of a sense of urgency. There is still too much beauacracy and paperwork. There seems to be a form for everything - there still are some areas where Morton could be more efficient.