Pluspunten
Wages and benefit determinations are protected by the Davis Bacon Act and Service Contract Act. They didn't pay DBA as they should have for painting or pipe fitting alterations and they never really calculated the SCA fringe benefits as correctly as they should have, but it was close enough for the lazy and politically appointed people down at the local DOL office. At least the DBA/SCA kept them mostly honest.
Minpunten
I was working for the largest defense contractor in the world. To my dismay, I discovered that they are too lazy and unconcerned to identify critical workplace hazards and too cheap to provide proper and might I add common sense and even inexpensive, protective equipment i.e. "respirator" programs for workers handling dangerous chemicals; although they are not required to do so under the antiquated OSHA laws. As a result, I was permanently injured on the job in my home state of Colorado. To add insult to my injury, I was made aware of the sad fact that we have been stripped of our legal right to sue for work place injuries in this state. I have no recourse against my employers’ negligence and they have no real incentive to provide a safe workplace in the first place! The Workman's compensation system handles all work-related injuries. The employer picks the doctors, or rather give you the "choice" of their two picks. You cannot see your own doctor, for fear your normal insurance provider won't pay. The unemployment doctors want employers to send them business, so guess who they work for? They are very skilled at setting up constant road blocks to treatment, let alone actual diagnosis and they're not afraid to shame you and even verbally abuse you while you are sick and standing before them. They actually let the insurance providers "case worker" sit in on clinic and specialists visits and guide the treatment! They have no shame. If you are eventually diagnosed with a permanent injury. Compensation payments are capped, "very low" by a schedule of different types of injuries. An eye is worth so much, a finger this much, etcetera, and then they pro-rate by the percentage of total use that was lost. Guess what? Not every type of injury is even listed. Nerve damage, brain damage, loss of balance or endurance for example, let alone pain and suffering. I tried to get legal help, but it was difficult as the lawyers already know all of this. Finally; after seeing their workman’s compensation doctor for nearly a year for this permanent workplace injury and receiving absolutely deplorable medical attention in the first place, my employer’s worker’s compensation insurance provider arbitrarily decided to deny my claim, simply stating that I was not injured in the workplace. Threatening me with a years’ worth of medical bills. Nice!