Pros
Plenty of Training (I read the other reviews and one said his Co worker would just step in and do the task when he had asked how to do the task. Why didn't you just watch what he stepped in and did? Then ask questions about the parts you didn't understand?) Granted different locations could be completely different than where I am but this my honest opinion. My first 2 weeks I was put with someone who went through Witron's apprenticeship program in Germany. I think he may have said ""I don't know" once or twice. Everything else he could explain or demonstrate easily. After my first week I was given their maintenance exam (which covers 10 or 12 subjects, each of which had a 2 to 3 hour class their training guy had taught each week for the previous 3 months. There's a good 2 to 3 hours of safety training each month, and a toolbox topic each day. I know I've asked repeated questions more than twice and each time it's been answered. Plenty of patience. Employees are held accountable. If you sign off and say you checked x y and z, and 2 weeks later z is found in a condition that took more than 2 weeks to occur, there is a consequence. I've worked at other companies and half of the maintenence department pencil whips the PM, or only does part of it. Then the next day it breaks on my shift and I get to fix what another tech said was good the day before, and nothing is done to prevent the person from doing the same thing in the future, so they do. Benefits are crazy cheap. The same coverage I was paying $300 to $400 a week to cover my family, cost half of that every two weeks. Deductibles are about %50 to %75 of average prices elsewhere. They do have profit sharing (Continued in the cons section) They manufacture the equipment you are operating or maintaining. So every piece of equipment is made to work with the next. Probably one of the top pros on this list. There's no floor models the company bought or equipment manufactured with a serial number of 0000001 from a company that went out of business 25 years ago. Witron's whole mentality and culture is completely different than anywhere I have ever worked. The company has plenty of other pros but I've already spent enough time on pros
Cons
The profit sharing (which from what I've been told is 6 weeks of pay every November) isn't earned until your 3rd year, and that's when you start earning it, you won't get a check until at least year 4. 30 min lunch break is automatically taken out each work day. 3 of the 5 companies I worked for previously, paid maintenance for lunch. But that's only here because I didn't want only 1 con, even though both so far arent nearly as strong as any of the pros I listed. There is a freezer and equipment in the freezer has to be operated and breaks down so although maintenance spends 2 to 3 hours in there sometimes, operators usually go in for an hour them rotate out. And they give you plenty of gloves face masks, jackets, coveralls, etc. Jacket and coveralls were Carhartt. Turnover from what I have heard has been high, but honestly they tell you during your interview, orientation, and daily if you don't lock something out, or are caught not wearing a harness they walk you out the door. A zero tolerance policy that is actually zero tolerance if they like you or not. CRAZY right? No double standards... Realistically this cons list is more like a lesser pros list. But these are the worst parts I could think of. It's work, sometimes it's hard work. Work by definition isn't exactly enjoyable. It's nice not to hate going to work everyday
