Pros
Great place to learn basic machining skills on some fairly new equipment. Wide range of equipment to learn on. Good benefits with a fair bit of paid time off.
Cons
Lower end of the pay scale for machine work and paid time off doesn't come close to making it even. Management is EXTREMELY poor. Two months ago the only knowledgeable supervisor and a couple of the best machinists were laid off (fired). The official reason was due to business conditions but the real reason is because they were competent and posed a threat to the in-group currently dominating the shop floor. This in-group lacks any sort of professionalism or integrity and have nobody to answer to but themselves and a naive executive from Austria so there's no end in sight. If you're part of that group or barely adequate at your job then you're golden. The market for natural gas is terrible and the company has no plans to diversify. Their only plans are to install automatic machinery to replace the people on the shop floor. And they plan on doing this after having let go of just about everyone that's capable of getting things set up correctly.