Pros
- Smaller company allows for great hands-on knowledge of all aspects of engineering and manufacturing - Many employees over 20+ years of experience in core management team - Middle management team a great asset
Cons
- Extremely uncompetitive base salaries - Poor benefits - Poor bonus structure - Poor vacation structure - Low employee morale - Inability to diversify market and leads to layoffs/cuts every 18 months - Beyond 20+ year employees, the remainder of employees is a "revolving door" - Lack of respect - Poor engagement to employee on personal level - Unnaturally strict and harsh HR rules and procedures - No foreseeable succession planning once all 20+ year employees retire - Unrealistic sales targets - "Shotgun" approach to successfully winning projects - "Firedrill" approach to successfully winning projects - Applying small company business tactics to complex industrial clientèle - Poor attitude and strategy of senior management