Pros
To be honest, I liked only free bbq lunches sometimes and then there were the hours for the apprenticeship that I was getting for the job. Learned lots of new skills for general machinist trade. The overtime was nice sometimes to help with extra cash but to a point until it feels like I'd not sleep for the company.
Cons
There are so much more cons to APT than pros. I've been there over a year, and things have only got worse. Boss is trying to expand so he's hiring more dudes but not enough so everyone works to death at 50-70h a week. The bad reviews on APT are true - they didn't do well on their safety inspections from I think the government and the owners and the management said that everyone was fine but it was obvious it wasn't so a lot of people are very unhappy they don't care about the welfare of ther staff that are working for them so much and all the time. They treat assets very poorly and i'm sad to say that they mistreated a really good guy nd messed up with his training so he left. Now the guys and gals they hire are so inexperienced they cause more bad than good and the management is filled with unexperienced guys so they probably just hire who looks pretty and bullyable. I am currently here for a trade but its not very important to me. they registered me as an apprentice but i haven't gone to school yet and they seem to have intentions of switching trades to stop me from going to school. I don't think that's right and thats not following any good laws set out by the government of training facilities. like i said I'll still do the work and the hours to get some good cash but what they're doing is wrong and it keeps getting worse. I've read some other revies and they said that the owner is very moody. That's def true. Hes way older than me but im pretty sure i sometimes think of him as a kid. Oh the pay is pretty bad too. It's also strange that some guy came in with the same exp as I did and he got 16 to start and I got 14 for the same position...seems like they have no set pay scale and just try and get the cheapest from everyone. Funny thing is, this general labourer or delivery guy was getting paid way more than me...and driving around doesn't require skilled labour. You just need a driver's license and firm butt.