Worker emotions are a hard thing to read and rate. Yesterday you all got a taste of my attitude lately. That attitude is caused by a lot of things in my life I both blew off about and several I did not. I will often admit to people, especially during busy times, that I hate my job. Not totally true, but it is not always easy. However, I will sacrifice many parts of my life to put my responsibility in that job and the families I serve above everything else. Bottom line is that if a person believes in what they are doing they may not be or appear to be happy, but they will be the best whatever (in this case - production gunsmiths) there are.
On the surface of what is written, I would say they are suffering growing pains. They are in very cramped conditions and turning out more and more guns all the time. Hopefully the new facility on the horizon will give them the hope to keep turning out quality, and hopefully the company has found ways to show appreciation - even if it does not show in their faces on the line.
I'd say above all else reputation buys them a little slack to still give them a try.
Now ... dog is calling, the neighbors fields are getting pressured, birds should be moving, so about time to go give our area a try and see what's out there. Still a lot of corn standing, but we have nearly 3/4 mile of productive drainage ditch through our place that should catch a few displaced birds from other's misfortune.