Pros
Manufacturing jobs are scarce and getting scarcer. Beggars can't be choosers. As bad as Rain Bird is, it beats unemployment. At this time Rain Bird's benefits package is competitive. As always, people are the number one reason for enjoying work. The Rain Bird plant that I work at is no exception, with a diverse group of people that enrich my daily routine. It is a shame, that Rain Bird's management style fosters such low morale that it takes persistent effort to stay positive, in spite of such a fine group of people to work with.
Cons
Academic achievement is the primary consideration of status at Rain Bird. Experience based knowledge is hardly counted. This results in a separation of common knowledge between middle (and upper) managers and the people they supervise. Management is in the dark about processes being performed by the people they are responsible for. There is a rigid caste system at work in the Rain Bird corporate culture that stifles initiative and enthusiasm. The plant manager does not know my name after more than nine months on the job. He has communicated with the rank and file at our Rain Bird plant only once to announce a layoff.