Pluspunten
Top management is ethical, fair and intelligent. Profit sharing and bonus plans are nice. Products and business are interesting and exciting. Good sense of family in the trenches. Compared to the general population of companies out there, this is a good place to work.
Minpunten
Healthcare coverage deteriorating in recent years. Policy of forcing employees to share personal medical data or face oppressive insurance premiums is borderline draconian. Local leadership tends to micromanage a little. This can limit creativity and undermines morale to a certain degree. Opportunities to advance can be limited due to the fact that local upper management does not post openings but rather hand-picks people from a short list of known past acquaintances. None of this is done nefariously. It's just a management philosophy. There are good people in these positions. It's just my opinion that inclusive management works better. The nature of this business makes it highly sensitive to economic fluctuations. The company produces mostly non-essential, luxury items. Sales suffer greatly during recessionary times. There have been layoffs in the past. The company has admirably responded to economic challenges and may be sized now to avoid this kind of thing in the future. It's just something to consider.