Vantaggi
Culture is one that advertises a strong sense of caring for the employees. The business is very diverse and sponsors sharing of best practices across the locations in an effort to continuously improve and drive engagement.
Svantaggi
While the culture is one of treating people with respect and was proven historically during the housing crisis, the given the financial situation of the business has necessitated a short term change to cash sustainability. There is minimal reinvestment into the dwindling equipment, processes are loosing competitive position on efficiency vs some competitors. Low cost imports are also driving extreme price pressure and taking some market share. The momentum has shifted negatively over the past few years away from longer term competitive focuses to short term projects. Impression is each year, there is a new focus that is urgent to turn around the business. Business systems are too complex and inefficient. Launching of SAP resulted in a significant loss of market share to key customers from a troubled rollout. Morale is significantly lower in many locations among many management and production employees but this is not the case for all locations. While still decent employer, the negative trend has caused significant turnover as managers, production employees, and sales force leave the business due to low confidence of the future.