Pros
interesting products but that's really about the only positive thing I could think of
Cons
Numerous: 1) A poisonous, adversarial corporate culture of nasty, petty, back-stabbing people. Everyone is watching everyone else ready to announce and amplify even the most trivial error (thinking it makes them look good). 2) Stingy benefits and time off 3) Low Compensation 4) Repetitive, monotonous work paced by a machine (& they get mad if you slow it up!) 5) Periods with no work on the floor ( 8 hours mopping ,pushing a broom, or inspecting moldings) 6) No one wants to hear any ideas for making improvements: I noted that their operations traveler (that accompanies a batch of product through it's manufacture) was poorly written and structured such that many errors resulted from misunderstandings and that I could draft a far superior document. No one was interested in making an improvement. 7) Extremely high turnover in staff 8) Extensive use of temporary agency staffing which means there's no commitment to quality or cost 9) I didn't feel that their equipment was in the greatest condition - they only had one maintenance guy for the whole building - machinery and facilities. Also, in my area the equipment was dated and inefficient. More modern facilities could produce far higher quality product at a much faster rate. This competitive deficiency is eventually going to tell in their sales revenues. 10) Very lacking in manufacturing engineering support for production - the engineering guys sat in their cubes and wouldn't go into the cleanroom areas unless they absolutely had to. There was hardly any computerization on the floor - all hand-written forms and data sheets. 11) Incompetent management : Periodic reviews should illuminate concerns with cost, delivery, and quality. During the time I was there, plant managment did nothing to improve operations and permanently correct any of the problems.