Pros
Very close-knit group of employees at my plant. My role involved close daily contact and interaction with Sales Executives, and this was a very positive experience. As a group, we went to ball games bowling and movies together, and everyone had fun and the guys were great. The art department at the national headquarters did an outstanding job of continued training of plant artists by providing tutorials, photo and logo resources and an annual artist conference for training for various professional skills that helped all artists stay on the cutting edge of the industry. Very positive experience. I was encouraged to produce spec art to generate new sales and was paid extra for them, which was a real perk.
Cons
The pay was not outstanding, but the positives allowed for more or less a stress-free work environment for the art department. As the sales team had numbers they were expected to exceed in a slow economy, their jobs were much more high pressure.