Pros
There are a lot of great people here. I have made many friends, not just people who are nice that I get along with, but people who I would trust with my life. There are a lot of hard working people that would gladly put in 60+ hours per week (I used to). But after a while, you realize it is like reactive power. It is energy that is being used, but for nothing. You spend each day of your life giving it 110%, only to see your best efforts being killed by the very people who are paying you to do the job.
Cons
In an effort to keep this list brief, I will only focus on the major ones: 1. Quality - we are spending too much time and effort finding ways to reduce the cost in our products, without considering the warranty implications. If you save $500,000 manufacturing the product, but it costs you $1,000,000 in warranty claims down the road, YOU LOST MONEY!!!!! But this company has no way to understand warranty spend in relation to cost reduction efforts. I see this all the time and it makes me sick. I feel bad for the burden we put on our customers. People who do good work get more work, while people who don't do good work get to slack off. The big problem is, if you are hard working and really care about your job, giving it 110% all the time, your paycheck will be within about $1,000 of the person who slacks off and doesn't care. It like the movie Office Space. "If I work my back off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime, so where's the motivation"? I appreciate someone who does good work for the sake of doing good work, however if you do good work, you will be given tasks and responsibilities way above your pay grade, and never see any incentive to keep doing it. After 5 years, you will start to wonder "why am I doing this" just like I am.... Also, I hope you like layoffs, the last 5 years I have went through 4 layoffs at Cummins. Way to keep great morale. I have seen some bottom feeders get let go, but they have also mistakenly laid off some really great people. They just replace everyone with college hires, which is great if you are a college student, but makes you wonder what is going to happen to you after 5 years of employment...