Pros
For most of my several years, Wheels was an organization who first and most importantly, owned the market. Very financially stable and recognized the value and effort of all levels of employees. Jim Frank took the time to get to know everyone's name and in my opinion, people work harder and more effectively because they truly felt valued. Wheels was a blue chip company while also being generous to the community and the employees.
Cons
Over the past year or so, the culture appears to be changing towards more of the GE model where people are 'head count' and 'resources' with very little public demonstration of increased value to the market or generating increased customer satisfaction. Is the company being prepped to be taken public or sold?