Pros
DISCLAIMER: You're either going to be working in the office, which comes with its own set of pros and cons, or in production. While I was observant enough to realize that working in the office probably wouldn't have been very different, I worked for a brief time in production, so this review is from that perspective. - Paid lunch and breaks. (30 min lunch and two 15 min breaks) - Production employees are mostly friendly and cooperative - Earned vacation time - Health benefits - 401k from day 1...sort of...it's like a 401k but it's not
Cons
DISCLAIMER: You're either going to be working in the office, which comes with its own set of pros and cons, or in production. While I was observant enough to realize that working in the office probably wouldn't have been very different, I worked in production, so this review is from that perspective Working conditions. Hot. Very hot. The few fans that are spread around provide little solstice from the heat. You're working in sweat box. The lunch arrangement sends you back to high school. Your 30 min lunch break is essentially a 20 min lunch break. I'll explain: For whatever reason, even though your lunch is paid time, you're still required to clock in and out. Which means lining up at the time clock like school children with the other 50 or so employees who work in production, then waiting for the microwave to heat up whatever food you brought. That alone is abou 30% of your lunch. Hopefully you brought food, otherwise your options are fast food, for which you barely have enough time to order-receive-consume. Then, go find yourself a chair or a tree to sit under, because production is not allowed to eat in the lunch room (upstairs). When I asked a coworker why production can't eat in the lunchroom, I was told "White only pies" (see Life starring Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy). I laughed, and thought it was a joke, until I asked several other employees and got the EXACT same response. So...yeah, there's that. Oh, don't forget to clock back in. The management, ah yes, the management. Plant managers are like NFL coaches, seem them come and see them go. The assistant managers, they last a little longer I guess, but their an interesting bunch. One tried to sell me and a few other employees into a network marketing pyramid scheme. His pitch was, "How'd you like to make $5000 a week?". Fortunately, when I didn't show up to the meeting he invited us to, I didn't get bothered about it afterwards. The office manager, at the time I was employed, seemed to strike fear in her subordinates. Regardless if results were greater than or equal to what's expected, anything done outside of the way she insisted...Ill put it like this, walk in the front door and the disheartened expression on her subordinates faces will tell you all you need to know. They're in prison, and the warden is cold-blooded. My position required that I interacted with people in the office daily, yet as polite and cordial as I tried to be, it was rarely reciprocated. With the exception of a few standouts, they're a condescending bunch. So yeah, if you're in production, and can get past the racism, and class-ism, and the working conditions...God bless you.