Pros
People are pretty easy going. Management is pretty flexible for working hours and working around life events. Benefits are better than average.
Cons
There is no training program, so if it takes you longer to learn something than what they expect, they get frustrated with you, even if you work longer hours to get it right. The advancement opportunity is for CAD, Engineering or Detailing. The engineering will consist of anchoring ventilators or AC units to roofs. You won't be designing anything and the experience is not very valuable beyond seismic applications. The office I worked at was strangely quiet. So much so, that I was formally notified I was distracting other employees by my daily 5 minute conversations I had with another co-worker. Once you get a formal write up, don't bother trying to save your job. Working harder and longer, doing good work, maintaining a good attitude, and showing up on time will not make a difference. Once they give you a written warning "you may be let go in two weeks due to performance issues" they don't have training on, start looking for another job. They've decided they don't like you for arbitrary reasons and you're on your way out. I'm not a disgruntled employee. I wanted to stay with this company, but they felt differently.
