Pros
Paid weekly The owner is a nice guy They hire you on the spot if you are a Texas A&M graduate even if your degree is totally unrelated to Engineering and Construction such as Poultry Droppings Studies. Private company going on 100 years old. Will tell you that it is a family oriented. You receive four weeks of PTO at the first of the year without having to accrue over the year.
Cons
Paid weakly. You can make more working elsewhere. If you are salaried, they have a great deal where you work a minimum of 50 hours a week and get paid for 40. If you work less than 40 hours a week, they will dock your pay and you will only get paid for hours worked. The owner lives in LaLa land at times from hearing him on the quarterly state of the union speeches. Do not expect an Aggie Ring to launch your career path within the company. That is reserved for the chosen ones that are; relatives of the owner, family members of long time employees, you are somehow invited into the select clique or you are someone’s Beloved. The industry is industrial work which is high risk / high reward and is cyclical based on the clients budgets and the economy. So you can expect to be laid off with no notice. The PTO you have to use it before the end of the year or you forfeit it. As well, if you leave the company you forfeit your PTO. Safety was horrible.
