Pros
good community and people to work with, some of the best and competitive PTO hours you can get
Cons
As far as manufacturing if you have experience at all, you can go to many other places in surrounding areas and receive higher salary, better and cheaper Benifits, etc..
Management is a “figure it out” kind of management, there is no REAL support team except for yourself, friends along the way, and your knowledge you have learned; with this the more you learn, the more you will have to do exceeding your job description without the proper compensation.
No 401k match, but an esop.. esop is great and grows fast! BUT! You cannot get it until 5 years after retirement.. if you’re still alive.
Unless you have a degree it seems you will never move up or go anywhere else if starting on production floor, they would rather hire someone outside unfamiliar with the company over and over until someone is promising