Pay is well below average, no matter what your position is
LOTS of turnover, especially with long-timers who took a lot of knowledge and skill with them, and nobody to really take their place
Little to no interest in hiring and retaining good people
VERY long hours, subject to change with little notice, with no consideration for family care (beyond lip service)
Expect major guilt trips when you call off sick or, Heaven forbid, have a family emergency (unless you’re a manager and then you can disappear whenever you want for however long you want)
Benefits getting more expensive, lower quality every year
Best path to promotion is if you’re white, male, and have been with the company for years
Nearly all management started as production line workers, with very little apparent interest in learning how to manage using modern methods
- same top managers still manage like they’re line leadership - yelling and swearing at employees, and at other managers in front of employees
General treatment by all management that, if you don’t work on the production lines, your job isn’t very important and you have no right to complain about anything
- if you work in the office, expect to get pulled out to the line to run equipment whenever production gets behind. Then get in trouble when your actual duties fall behind