Pros
Decent benefits Paid holiday break between Christmas and New Years (but maybe Motorola already cut it) Free lunch 2x per week You don’t pay for parking Other free food and beverages for special occasions and when morale is down Pay isn’t that bad, you get bumped up twice in your first year if you do the bare minimum. Coworkers are cool Tasks are easy. They let you listen to music while working. If you’re at a test station running scripts all day you can probably go on your phone for most of your shift. Good views out the office windows (thats if your station even has windows)
Cons
After your first couple years it doesn’t seem like there’s room for growth. If you start in production you’re probably not gonna actually make it to engineering or R&D, MAYBE you’ll move to quality. There’s a general sense that everybody on the floor doesn’t want to be there and many people are overeducated for how mind numbingly boring your daily tasks are. Extreme repetitiveness especially if you’re forgotten about and stuck at the same station for months. Management is very disorganized and HR takes a long time to get back to you about anything. Conflicting information about everything especially after the Motorola buyout. There was a laid back vibe when I was first hired but then after dozens more hires in my next couple months it became a lot more corporate. You feel more like a number than a person and you know you’re easily replaceable. If you’re in production you’re kind of looked down on by other departments You’re probably gonna be promised some kind of bonus you’ll never get