Pros
In my role in Finance, I wasn't directly involved in many of the issues that project managers had to face in order to successfully bring jobs to completion. So, my views on the relative success or failure on the core efforts of the company were limited. McKinstry was in the process of upgrading their ERP to enable clearer transaction and project based reporting and accounting workflows, which is an arduous process especially for a widely dispersed company with many locations nationally. The Finance leadership is excellent and has a great vision. In all of the efforts surrounding the ERP upgrade, management strove to partner with all stakeholders in order to make the company thrive. Also, the onsite gym and cafeteria are fantastic as is the company culture. The culture does a lot to absolve any flaws McKinstry has. They have fun company and team events, company parties,, and they do an amazing job of making everyone feel like family.
Cons
There is a lot of internal inertia related to very seasoned staff who don't want to be open or flexible to change, even when it is staring them in the face. A lot of effort was expended to introduce the new ERP in a way that placated individuals who were entrenched in the older system.