Pros
HR has implemented a wonderful, clear-cut, and easy to follow skills matrix to help promote from within and show employees clear areas of improvement. The pay transparency is great and there is virtually no asking what you need to do to improve yourself and get promoted. Being cross-trained on the skills matrix also allows employees who are trained in multiple areas of the plant to receive a shift differential which completely changed the attitude of the hourly workers. No more, "that's not my job!" Instead, people feel a little more motivated to care about how other areas of the plant are doing. The in-plant management genuinely works *for* the hourly workers, for the most part.
Cons
Machining hours past due lead to a lot of unwanted and mandatory OT for the machine shop. There is also a lot a of difficulty in keeping people on the material handling and shipping teams, though even that was improving as I left,