Pros
- Lots of overtime opportunity if you are hourly - Union based so you do get some protections there - Pretty much all the supervisors are cool and easy going, as long as you do your job and work on the stuff that occurs throughout the day, they don't bother you - 4 days on, 4 days off 12 hour shifts (13+ as a supervisor) - 401k matching - some of the very bad apple managers have left so bit better that way, but not perfect
Cons
- there is a reason for the union, management will abuse the workers, you get 4 days on and off, but you can get forced 2 if there not volunteers - overtime goes by seniority first, then by least overtime hours worked so however did the least overtime gets forced if there are no volunteers - coworkers seem to screw each other more over when it comes to overtime scheduling more than management does - supervisors are not management, remember that, they get treated as pure garbage by the managers, there are supposed to be 9 supervisors, only 6 when I left, over 100% turnover annually for them. With that in mind, the ones currently here do good to not to take it out on the employees - health insurance is expensive, it's over $400 for just you and spouse and its a $1,000 deductible for even a check up.... sick? Get ready to pay the full $250+ for the check up - only 1 week of vacation for the first 3 years of you are hourly - if you are a supervisor, good luck with taking the 3 weeks of vacation you get, because you are expected to cover your co workers shift if they go on vacation or call out....refuse to work the 12 days in a row 13+ hour shifts, even for just 1 day off? Enjoy your 1 week unpaid suspension because you aren't showing commitment and or having to have your weekend ruined because management suspended the other supervisor and now you have to cover their shift and then that suspended supervisor resigns a few weeks later - Edison specifically underperforms for the company, so there is consistent pressure on the place to succeed - your training will be a few videos...maybe you get lucky and are paired with someone who will actually attempt to train you but management(not, not the supervisors) has no problems having you run the machines on your 2nd day with no training. - quality department is your hidden boss, the quality analysts have more influence than the supervisors and can easily get you and the supervisors in trouble so if quality says do something then go do it, on the other note, if you do and get on their good side, it makes things so much easier for you - if you are a supervisor or above and plan to resign, don't even put 2 weeks notice, you will be walked out the moment you hand it in, so just resign same day - supervisors also get no training, and get ripped for not knowing things despite that - everything always breaks, even stuff that was fixed just weeks ago and still break, best way to describe this place would be they ran for years and years without doing any basic maintenance and that damaged the machines beyond the point of no return so now it's just constant bandaging fixing. - no good part inventory control