Pros
They hire entry level machinists. They will supply you with the tools you need to do your job indefinitely or until you’re able to acquire your own. I personally was paired up with a wonderful senior operator and was allowed to remain paired up for about a month before being given my own lathes to run (not typical of them to do that).
Cons
Very low pay. Not just for me as entry level but across the board. The senior operator I was with barely made over $20 an hr and he’s been machining for over 20yrs. The company flat out will not pay these people what they are worth. Working conditions are horrid. I am not new to a shop floor. I know I’m going to sweat in the summer however when it is so hot in the shop that people are passing out, vomiting or my favorite having to go to ER all from heat exhaustion I feel like they should do something about it. Oh, and don’t you dare get sick or have to leave work from said heat exhaustion because you will get a point for leaving, doesn’t matter if you have a doctors note or not. Benefits package is very expensive also.