Pros
•Great hands on experience for those who are involved with machines and production •Exposure to fast paced production environment •Never a dull day for employees actively seeking a challenge •Friendly co-workers •Multi-faceted projects that push engineers to be well versed in multiple areas •Constructive feedback from peers and management •Company pushing towards research and development of automation technology to increase productivity in almost every department •Experienced personnel and wealth of knowledge in micro machining •Opportunities for group projects that foster team building
Cons
•Low base pay for new hires that lack experience (new grads) •Management focuses on rewarding employees with more over-time and responsibility rather than pay increases •Production always comes first and sometimes trumps other projects as well as the ability to finalize all the "loose ends" •A lack of senior level engineers with expert knowledge •Project management and communication platforms need work •Lack of overall standardization across departments (getting better...) •Engineers are sometimes overly relied upon to make fixes due to a lack of standard work and training
