Pros

Requesting time off was never an issue.

Cons

High stress, low pay, and nothing makes any logical or common sense. Management is so far removed from the real world, they don't even have a clue, but to them it is all in the sense of "forward thinking." Continual negative almost hateful feedback and never any raises or reviews with also very unrealistic goals and expectations. Extremely bad policies towards customers and dealer base that are detrimental towards business growth and are borderline illegal. Company puts out sub-par product, but really exploiting the Gibson same to it's fullest degree. Trust me, the "mystique" of working at Gibson wears off really quickly when you realize that you are in Office Space, but even worse.

Advice to Senior Management

Change your dealer policies, have more positive reinforcement, and hire managers that know how to deal with people. For the CEO, let the managers do their job and stop micro-managing everything. Listen to sound advice when those below have good ideas. Some of the best ideas of businesses come from the bottom up not from the top down.