Pros
Good pay with adequate benefits. Health insurance used to be much cheaper. 401k match used to be much better. The company strives to be very safe even though I feel reliability is slipping and this could affect the future safety of the company.
Cons
Many things have changed as we "ALIGN" with corporate. ALL these corporate alignments have been negative. Reduced health benefits, greatly reduced pension (glad we still have one), and less match on the 401k. The company cant keep engineering staff more than 4 years due to a poor tech ladder compensation. Individuals are recognized and promoted for unknown reasons. When someone is rated less than favorable, there is very little constructive feedback. Under the rating system we have now, some have to be placed at the bottom of the pile. It is not performance based as they tell you, it is Bell Curve based. Rhetoric to Flip The Triangle is constantly preached, but it only applies to the hourly. Middle and upper management are only concerned with how you can make them look better, not how to help you succeed at your job. I would agree with an earlier poster that said you are looked down upon if you strive to leave at quitting time. I've been with the company a long time. I've always just been a number, but now I feel the company could care less whether you stay or go. There seems to be no stability or firm ground in the company.
