A bit behind the times, but a company that tries to do what is best for its people.
Pros
Whirlpool is one of the few places I've found where management really does respect a work - life balance. Vacations are actually time spent without doing any work, unless YOU decide otherwise. When budgets are good, training is offered to about everyone, and attending conferences is quite common. Switching jobs within Whirlpool is quite common every few years unless you don't want to, and several mentoring programs exist if you need help deciding what to do with your career. As for Whirlpool's location, the town is a bit small (commutes are usually under 15 min.), but the beach in the summer is fantastic, and the school system is one of the best in Michigan. There are several networks that anyone can join to help you not only acclimate to the area, but to also make friends and expand your personal network. Day-trips are even possible to bigger cities like Chicago, Grand Rapids, South Bend, and Kalamazoo. Basically, if you get bored living in this town, it's because you decide to be.
Cons
Some of the policies at Whirlpool are a bit archaic. Flex time is only on a case-by-case basis, so if you are moving here from somewhere else, and that is a necessity, make sure you negotiate it up front. Otherwise, hours are something like 7:30am-4pm in some buildings and 8-4:30 in others. There is no on-site or Whirlpool sponsored day care, job sharing is unheard of, and very few people work from home, so factor all of that in to your decisions. Otherwise, Whirlpool falls victim to the beaurocracy that every other tremendously large trans-national company falls into: Processes for everything to the point it can be crippling. It's no where near as bad as government, and to Whirlpool's favor, they do seem to re-evaluate their usefullness periodically to try and lean out anything that is really bad, but you'll never have the flexibility of a small company; it just isn't realistic with a company spread globally.