Pros
It's a job and they'll hire pretty much anyone even without an A&P. Lots of people from different walks of life and most of them are hard workers.
Cons
Low pay: most people started under 14/hour, no benefits, low per diem. Poor outlook: Moving up is a favorites game. Pay maxes out around 16, far under other local outfits. Work is feast or famine: Either you're sent home after four hours or you're working for ten straight. There's little in between. Poor supervision: Some leads had no idea what they were doing and had been promoted without the knowledge or the desire for the higher position. Questioning supervisors often lead to discipline or termination. Poor work-life balance: Some weeks were 6 on, 1 off, with ten hour shifts keeping you out until the wee hours. Supervisors claimed it was mandatory, but they also said we did not qualify for overtime pay (though after complaints were filed suddenly they said we did). Time off is null; requests for time off are ignored or met with threats of disciplinary action. Poor organization: You had a team you worked with, but other sups would pull you from your task to fill gaps in their area, leaving your team short, instead of better scheduling their own workers. No questions allowed. Little to no accountability: Work is left unfinished for the next shift to pick up nearly constantly. Supervisor give wrong equipment or parts and threaten discipline if you refuse to use them. Super high turnover: 100+ workers hired and left in under a month, either being terminated or walking out due to too many cons.
