Pros
Most coworkers are very friendly and will help each other any way they can. They make the work day a little more enjoyable.
Cons
I am a nice person with a great attitude and love helping others and being a team player, but I cannot lie or ignore the weird incompetence of this company. I've never seen anything like it. I feel like I'm too hard a worker to be at Element. Element doesn't challenge me in any way. I can work circles around many, if there was enough work to do. I'm not being mean or having a poor attitude, it's just the truth. I wish there were good things to say, but there aren't many and that's sad. I've worked for many companies and have a lot to compare them to and this place is a joke, at least in our department and city. Element needs to be responsible and pay their bills. I feel used and taken advantage of by my superiors and that makes me hate it all the more. It's the nice, easy-going, person that never complains that gets taken advantage of and gets work dumped on them. Laziness, incompetence, and a poor attitude are rampant throughout the leadership. I know there are those from other states that love the company and that's great, but that's far from our experience. Element is nothing more than a paycheck and that's not saying much. Jobs are as dead end as dead end can be. I wouldn't stay even if there was room for growth. The upper management are delusional and kiss the behinds of the even higher management as if they are special people, better than the rest of us, which is ridiculous. The higher ups are not more important or better. They are just people like the rest of us and aren't worthy of any special recognition or praise. I cannot wait to find a new job. I would love it if they fired me, but I'm not that lucky. Sales have been declining for years. I wish Element would go out of business and we would all lose our jobs, forcing us to find something else to rid me of this "prison" I seem stuck in. It's impossible to support a family on Element's wages and I have two degrees. I chose to work for Element so maybe it's my fault, but there's no way I could have known what I was getting in to. The several nice people I work with make me laugh, but they aren't enough to cover up the negatives. I must move on for my own sanity and be able to make a decent living for my family.