A small handful of genuinely supportive supervisors.
The interviewer was friendly and likable.
Communicating and understanding that workers are humans, not machines.
Successfully reaching goals, in spite of many factors working against us.
The ability to get out product with little to no actual direction from managers.
Other local manufacturing plants are hiring at a $4-$6 higher wage. Others are paying for their employees health insurance. Many prefer to promote and hire from within. I feel I'm typically trading my physical and mental wellbeing for wages that just barely allow me to get by, but not by much.