Pros
They will train you good on how to run machine and inspect wheels and other job functions, the cell leads and maintenance people know how to teach you what to do. They do start you out at a good wage and you get pretty good raises if you prove you're a good worker. I started at 11.50 and now make 13.75 after a year. When overtime is available it adds up to good paychecks and the skills I've learned are definitely one's that will stay with me for life. The people I work with are what really makes the job worth it, and they have an incentive program to get shirts, hoodies and water bottles. And they take everybody at our facility to Cedar Point once a year for an employee appreciation day.
Cons
The factory I work at is very, let me emphasize, VERY dirty environment. Almost every part of the floor operation is covered in grease, oil and aluminum shards from the machines. You can get overalls to help prevent your clothes from getting ruined but you have to pay for them and in the summer you will be swimming in them. The coolant from the machines creates a haze that turns an already hot factory into an oven, you'll be sweating heavily at this place. And the work hours vary, when I first started we were on seven day work weeks twice a month and before that I was told they only gave two days off a month. Now it's in a slow period and it's five days a week but they also layed off over 100 people a few months ago, so job security isn't very high here. And you can't start out on first shift, you have to bid for an opening when it comes up after a year of being here. The management doesn't always work together and want everything to be spotless and perfect. They also fire people over very dumb reasons and some of the plant act like high school cliques and can make life here difficult for some I've seen.