Where to start. The engineers are not valued. We are never told we are doing a good job only that we need to work faster but not make mistakes. That is difficult to do when you are already understaffed. Engineering is the first to be blamed when a problem arises. Hourly employees on the production lines are allowed to treat engineering staff any way they please and nothing is ever done about it. I don't know how many times I have been cursed at by assembly workers. When disputes occur between engineering staff and production line employees management will bend over backwards to please the hourly employees. Management does not support their engineering staff. People are put into supervisory positions for no other reason than they wanted to be supervisors. The result is people in charge that have no leadership skills. When the few opportunities for promotion do arise it all happens behind closed doors and no one else is given the opportunity to express interest in the position. When hired on I was told the plant likes to switch employees around into different areas/jobs so they gain more experience and stay fresh. But this is just not true as people stay in the same job they are hired on, there are many employees that have been in the same job for over 10 years. They hold far too many RCI's on various topics in an effort to improve things, which usually involves money. What they need to do is hold meetings with staff periodically to get feedback and actually listen to complaints/concerns. Instead, they have created a work environment where employees cannot bring issues to management because they are just told to suck it up and it could be a lot worse. Raises are a joke. The pay is $5,000 to $7,000 less than the average for this type of job. They are blatantly dishonest when interviewing potential candidates and neglect important issues like some engineers are required to work night shift rotations periodically. Management sets unrealistic expectations of engineers regarding the deadlines for production. When you fall behind on your work, which you most certainly will, the solutions is to work more and more including Saturdays. When overtime of hourly employees is required they are hostile towards engineering staff and will blatantly tell engineers it is their fault they are having to work Saturdays. Hey at least they get paid overtime unlike the engineering staff. The required 42.5 hour work week for salaried engineering staff can easily turn in to 50 hours. But that is still not good enough. When travel is required you are expected to pay for the trip yourself and then be reimbursed. The morale of the department is so low many are actively seeking employment elsewhere. Other plants might have a much different work environment and experience.