Pros
- The benefits are some of if not the best in the area. - The Drake facility is a beautiful piece of property.
Cons
- Supervisors are weak and will not fight for a higher raise for employees - Technicians from California and techs hired in Colorado may have the same job title but the pay is completely different. You will never make as much as the California techs are no matter how skilled. - If you are production or R&O, you annual and level up raises are significantly smaller than the engineers. Yours will normally top out at 4% if you are lucky, engineers can easily get 8-13%. - The Drake facility is losing its talent FAST. This was making for long hours and 6 day work weeks. - Drake facility had multiple layoffs in the beginning days of the pandemic. Not just contractors, but employees they had moved across the country, and managers who had been with the company for decades. - They seem to hire anybody off the street for their assembler roles. There have been cases of assemblers showing up drunk or high, putting together aircraft parts.