Pros
Hardworking team members and mostly willing to help out when you need it (if they like you). Decent benefits if you're FT.
Cons
Difficult to promote from contract to FT. Middle and upper management does not know how to motivate teams. Rather than celebrating big accomplishments, management takes all the credit and quickly turns around and demands another tight deadline. Frequently had to put out fires at the last minute, only to get reprimanded for things that were outside of our control. While benefits are decent, salaries are lower than expected for cost of living, and very little opportunities for promotions despite long hours and going above and beyond to meet deadlines (seen across all departments). Work life balance was essentially non-existent in manufacturing, with expectations that you are reachable 7 days a week outside of work hours. More than twice I had to call workers asking them to drive 1+ hr back from their homes, after ending their shift, to come perform tasks to meet urgent deadlines, because management did not hire and train enough team members. Upper management is a boys club and I have known multiple people who were let go after sounding alarms at measures that cut corners just to meet deadlines. Prior to starting at Medtronic Diabetes, I knew they had a questionable reputation. Only after working there did I see just how bad the culture is; suffice to say I would not go back.