Pros
Compensation and benefits are very good. The people are fairly friendly. HR and Corporate seem to be trying to slowly bring the ownership in to this century.
Cons
No processes in place for training. Middle management is old and lackluster. The company is at least 30yrs behind the times. That's one of the downsides of having the majority of your workforce there for 25+ years. It's like they haven't looked outside their offices since the 80's. Everyone is on auto pilot. Their office technologies are beyond old. They still use Lotus Notes! The people who work in the plant are the last of their breed. Young people want to work in technology, not manufacturing. There's nothing exciting going on and Teknor Apex seems to like it that way. Even their offices are boring. Cubicles of beige in every direction. It takes years to get any change implemented. New hires aren't given much direction and don't know who to go to for training. Everyone passes the buck and nothing ever gets done. I've never seen so much disorganization in a company. It's a miracle they have done as well as they have for so long. Just imagine where they'd be with better processes, more enthusiastic managers, and without the aversion to technology? Penny wise...but very pound foolish. Overall, a safe, boring, soul numbing place to work, with a decent compensation and benefits package. It's the same thing. Day in and day out. This was the dream back in the day...your grandparents day.
