A little boring, but stable
Pros
Regular schedule, established business. Decent benefits if you get fully hired after the recruitment firm probation period stuff. Two paid 15 minute breaks and an unpaid 30 minute lunch break the day into manageable chunks that make it fly by. Put a podcast in an earbud and 10 hours pass in what feels like 10 minutes (they opened a second shift and don’t do 10 hour days anymore). They’re pretty good about letting you off if you need it, and they absolutely will not call you outside of work hours. That’s your time. The boss can be kind of blunt and seem angry, but he’s a good dude and it’s never personal. Take what he says in stride and do what he tells you, it’s always good advice. They’ll hire anybody, it’s a good place for ex-cons to start out. If you suck to work with or if you’re lazy, though, they’ll still can you. So the folks that stay are good to work with and everybody’s pretty nice. I got along with everybody.
Cons
It’s hard work, especially at first. I’m skinny but I’ve trained some beefy boys, EVERYONE is sore the first week or so. Different muscle groups than most folks use or work out. It can get boring if you don’t have something to listen to. There’s not a ton of training documentation (there should be now, I wrote it), but you want to be at least somewhat familiar with some kind of drafting software. Autocad 2008 Light, if you wanna prep with some YouTube videos. The other software is proprietary and is kind of a pain to learn, but it’s really not hard once you get used to it. There’s not a ton of room for advancement, but there ARE people who have worked there for decades so it’s good enough to stay.