Pros
I'm currently working onsite at a large oil company in Houston alongside 30+ other Mechdyne employees. I have worked at several other companies before I worked for Mechdyne in my current position. Compared to the other places I've worked, Mechdyne is a breath of fresh air. Other companies I've been at have had cultures that included backstabbing coworkers and overbearing bosses where if you said the wrong thing you could be canned for it. This is the complete opposite at Mechdyne, I feel that this company genuinely cares about its employees and we are encouraged to speak with our managers if we have issues that we need to discuss. My coworkers are really great for the most part and there is a real sense of being a part of a team here. Despite what other reviewers have said here on this website, there is a very strong culture in place at Mechdyne. I think the problem with some of these other people are that they are unhappy because they don't fit the culture but they expect to change things to meet their particular desired viewpoint of what this culture should look like. There are also others that have very little real world experience and don't know a good thing when they see it. Advice to all these folks: if you're that unhappy with Mechdyne then you should probably go work somewhere else. Something else to add here - I was at the Holiday Party the other night and the Global Service Department Manager did not tell anyone to go write positive reviews on this website. Whoever wrote that is making things up which pretty much sums up the character of said individual.
Cons
While the idea of a "career ladder" is great, in actuality it is a pretty big mess. At a certain point one begins to feel as though they are jumping through hoops with little reasoning behind doing the work. Additionally there are time requirements that could potentially hold one back from advancing until they've met said requirements. Another con is that part of the company core values is the idea of "expect a lot". This can mean a variety of things including working long hours under difficult situations and being asked to do more work than what can actually be done in a given amount of time.
