Pros
The pay and benefits are fair, there is a staff union
Cons
They keep a year+ probationary period so that they can remove staff without following seniority or giving layoff notice. There is very little support or training available even apon request. The job duties are ambiguous making it easy for management to berate you for not prioritizing one thing over another even if it is desperately unclear what you should be doing any given day. The union as a whole does not understand social mapping and organizing and does not value it The union staff is overwhelmingly white male biased. Over time is only half the hourly wages but you are expected to work a lot of it Expect management to be cunning, tell you that you that you have leadership potential (or whatever it is that they think you want to hear) to get every bit of work out of you as possible. This is a trick. Maintain your work life balance.