Process and Equipment Engineer In Kiryat Gat • Former Employee
Pros: Good benefits, quarterly bonuses, yearly bonuses, health insurance. The overall salary is about 30% higher than what's stated.
Cons: You have to know that you will work overtime every day.
You leave work at 17:00 but you have to continue working at home for roughly 1-3 more hours, and it's already portrayed in the salary, so there's no extra pay.
The factory works 24/7, which means you have to give engineering support around the clock. That means working from home on weekends and even during the night. Yep, waking up and opening your computer at 02:00 AM, and then again at 04:00 AM happens. This is what an around-the-clock factory needs.
You are never free of work and you have to be available at the company's provided phone and have your company's provided computer with you when you are the "point of contact duty" – about 1-2 days a week.
There is no pay for driving fare. If you're not using the company's transportation, you pay your own gas expenses.
The minibus transportation is awful; they've put seats in commercial trucks, and it breaks your back during the ride. Some destinations have buses, and they are much more comfortable.
Personal promotion is declared to be about performance, but it is mostly given to "yes men" and the ones who are willing to do whatever it takes.
People are constantly worried about their job. The number 1 private conversation subject for all the years I've been working there was whether there's a big employee layoff soon or not. Worries make most people become competitive; this generates "job-security" behaviors.