The company has two sides. The operational side which is comprised of the manufacturing, quality and testing sites that basically generate the lion's share of the revenue for the company and the corporate side that consumes resource but also provides leadership, sets expectations, supports operations and administers corporate wide systems and procedures. If you are on the operational side, expect to work long hours in a high pressure fast paced environment. As a contract manufacturer, the company will attempt to sqeeze as much out of you as possible. The compensation for the amount of work/time you spend is quite low. Annual increases are in the 1-3% range and are closely tied to the performance appraisal system. The performance appraisal system is cumbersome, demotivating and is designed to keep annual raises to a minimum by using a curve whereby a certain % will get an excellent rating, good, mostly delivered and needs improvement rating. Even when all employees in a group are "good", this system forces mgmt to rate some as "mostly delivered". Job security on the Corporate side is lower than on the operational side. Corporate is a bit bloated and has a tendency to look down on Operations. Since corporate consumes resources, there is less job stability and relatively high turnover in corporate.
