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Look at the long term benefits/advancement and opportunities in the career field.
As a personal account, my first position out of college there were McDonald's employees making more than me, however 3 years there and that was the last time I worked as an hourly employee and moved up to management, also the company I worked for was very prestigious so the opportunities to move and work overseas was available.
Granted, the 3 years was a goddamn grind...
The recruiter made a big deal out of the possibility of advancement later on as quite a few people will be retiring in the next few years. It's still a very low level role and she talked in an unnatural corporate way, in not sure that it wasn't an ai phone interview to be honest. They're both manufacturers, but my current place is an assembly line and the new place would be small scale manufacturing where highly specialized parts are machined to order. I would be involved in various aspects across the facility, so I would have opportunities to learn everything about their processes and work closely with everyone from operators to engineers and management.
I would eventually like to work in something like continuous improvement and do more office work so I'm not stuck turning wrenches in my 40s and 50s.
Having worked on small scale manufacturing, I'd translate that to, "you're expected to do the job of 3-4 people, each order will be different from the last, and any customer concerns will be directed back to you."
Working closely with all those people could go two ways. Either they will be constantly interrupting your work to check on progress and quality, to change details of the job, and to generally hover over your shoulder, or, they will be very supportive with answers to any questions you may have and making sure you have the tools and knowledge to do the job to the customer's specifications.
Edit: Also, climbing the ladder in a smaller company involves a lot of the 1 or 2 people in charge liking you, your style of working, and your personality
From my experience it depends on if your boss is able to manage expectations and is willing to say no. I once had a boss that would say yes to everything management asked, last minute jobs, tons of extra work, plus he would try to do a bunch of stuff himself. Then he got replaced with a guy that would go into the morning management meeting and give them realistic timelines. He would also trust us to do the work we were there to do and leave us to it. Everything went much smoother after that.