Culture, Job Security, and Low Pay. - Staff Industrial Designer Milwaukee Tool Employee Review

-Every employee that is even remotely valuable to the company is expected to forgo work life balance for the success of the company as a whole. -The entire design team is wildly underpaid compared to similar roles at other companies. Anytime this issue is brought up to management, they will tell you that you should be happy to have job security, and that other companies don't have as much job security or culture, and that you should be content with your compensation. -Over the course of a year, we were required to move into an office that was still under construction, and deal with very loud construction noises all day long. As soon as our floor was finished, we were given three days notice that we all needed to move up a floor and deal with the construction again. We also lost our employee purchase discount, cafeteria, and gym. These are all amenities that were offered as part of the job initially, and were then stripped from us with no additional compensation. I understand that moving buildings is difficult, but this could have been handled much better. -Upper management seems to ignore inflation completely, except for when it comes to the price points of our products. Total inflation in 2022 ranged from 6%-9%, while the yearly pay increases ranged from 3%-6%. This means that a majority of employees hired before 2022 actually took a pay cut this year, not to mention the loss of amenities. Compensation desperately needs to be updated before more talented employees leave the company. Lack of compensation is the #1 reason why people leave this company.