Technical writer - Technical Writer Bench Tree Employee Review

Good people, small company, owner takes care of the employees

Subject to oil and gas market volatility.

Positive Attitudes of co-workers A LOT of great benefits A lot of employee appreciation activities, including birthday gifts/gift-cards and anniversary gifts Flexible schedules Generous and flexible time off Great work/personal life balance Outstanding and dedicated HR personnel Personal & Professional growth is encouraged and rewarded The President is not afraid to put his people before profits; Bench Tree pays a portion of each employees health insurance premiums, reimburses deductible costs, contributes matching funds to a 401K, offers school tuition and professional development course reimbursement and in addition to possible profit sharing/cash bonuses at the end of the year.

The oil/electronics manufacturing industry, by nature is volatile and this occasionally leads to less than efficient allocation of resources/people/time due to changing objectives. The company structure is very laterally organized and therefore opportunity for advancement is sometimes slow or lacking. Often there seems to be a lack of defined overall goals and steps to measure the progress towards achieving them. This creates an environment where middle management isn't utilized to its greatest effect, i.e. fine-tuning the efforts of individual work-groups to support the efforts of other work-groups in the company.