Pros
Good hourly people, knowledge on the floor
Cons
Management is flailing, no training program, new hires slip through probation despite concerns from the floor, machines falling apart with no maintenance - now company wants to cut wages for maintenance employees, constant battle for retirement benefits, avoidable injuries on the floor due to hazards that have been repeatedly complained about, can't even keep people in the office or dept heads or sift supervisors, always running out of inks, paper, boxes - company spends hundreds of thousands on meaningless improvements while nothing to help workers is addressed, company loves to buy new machines that dont work rather than fixing old machines that do, engineers dont talk to employees before destroying processes, no appreciation for hitting goals or consistently meeting production, as long as M2 goes up - quality and efficiency don't matter, people limping along on busted machines are forced to up the speed so the mach full on breaks causing more downtime, people are allowed to retire without training replacements, don't even get holiday parties anymore - not without the threat of losing holiday bonuses, management has no interest in listening to the floor, the few good people in the office get no support from higher up, we struggle more than ever to maintain numbers, but as long as we keep the machines running with duct tape and zip ties, the feeling is nothing will ever get better, company treats everyone like crap then wonders why people work just hard enough to not get fired, barely