Pros
Plenty of free time on your hands, at least in the factory I worked in.
Cons
- Manufacturing was very disorganised, necessary components regularly not made on time, bought in components regularly not in stock when needed. - No oversight of employees, I worked with people who should have a talking to by team leaders or management because they would stop work half an hour before quitting time, didn't help out others when they should have, gave bad attitude to me for no reason, etc. - Management had no communication with factory floor staff. Manager was never to be seen at the assembly lines when production was down for the above reasons, a team meeting with my manager hadn't been held in over 2 years before I left - New employees were given little to no orientation on their first day, training of new staff was minimal, and whereas we were told that only certain people (team leader, quality assurance technician, training officer) were to provide training, new employees were simply put in positions where they were trained by fellow employees, sometimes people who had only been there for a few weeks themselves. - Quality control was abysmal, components made internally were regularly scrapped or had to be reworked because they were made incorrectly and out of specification. - Pay was abysmal, until a few months before I left, basic pay for general operatives was minimal wage until we got a measly 5% pay raise earlier this year.