Pros
This is a family owned business and they value family, so the work/life balance is friendly. There are a lot of very nice people that work at Savage. Their profits are through the roof and they have continued to grow during this recession.
Cons
The pay is below average and the medical/dental is not great either. They try to make up for in in their bonus, but even then, the compensation is below average. Management, both local operations and regional really have some issues depending on where you work. There a handful of managers that I came across would not be leaders in other companies. One in particular was the reason I left the company. He had no people skills, didn't like many people and not many liked him. He was a long-time mechanic that knew the machinery like the back of his hand. That is great, but he barely knew how to do financials or technology. He loved to gossip about others in the company, especially the Savage brothers and why they were not as good of people as most people believe.