Pros
-If you are new to the welding trade this place is ironically good for you. As long as you thrive with the "sink or swim" learning mentality you will learn more here in a week than you will four months at a trade school. -they provide ALOT of high quality gear. Free boots, Carhartt jackets, tools, welding hoods valued up to 350$, etc.
Cons
-Never the same thing: I worked there for a year and almost never did the same task twice in a week. Example: Monday- fitting, Tuesday- guy quit, now you have to compensate for his tasks and yours. Wednesday- upper is mad the bay you're assigned because we're behind schedule, now you're doing three more tasks on top of the one given Monday, which still needs to be done somehow and they will constantly get on you for not completing it in a timely manner on top of compensating for the lack of manpower. The rest of the week is just a downward spiral of this until the main job is complete. -they say overtime is "Optional" but it's not. If you're single this is a great gig for you, good luck if you have any sort of life outside of work. -the place is a definitive revolving door. The guys who have stuck through it are very knowledgeable and friendly. Hoesntly the only thing keeping JGM afloat is how the guys who stick through it rally around the new guys who make it past a month. It's a very Vietnam-style mentality: if he survives for up to a month, then everyone warms up to you and will unload decades of much need knowledge unto him. if you're brand new dont expect anyone to warm up to you until you make it to a month. It's nothing personal they just don't want to waste time and effort on someone most likely to quit. -the work itself is not hard at all. In terms of fabrication, it is very cookie-cutter basic. What makes guys quit is the quantity of it all, the unrealistic timelines, the lack of people skills from management, and the ever-lasting crap show. You can walk into the shop one day and everything goes smoothly. Literally the next day, two guys quit, we're out of propane, one project is behind, and you now have to run around, and somehow some way manage to complete the ridiculous workload shoved upon you.
