Acero Precision reviews

3.7

73% would recommend to a friend

(108 total reviews)
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Michael Fitzgerald

82% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Acero Precision has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 108 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Acero Precision employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.4 stars).

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108 reviews
1.0
Sep 9, 2015
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Pros

Visibly clean. Free Uniforms. (If you don't quit within 90 days) Unlimited overtime.

Cons

Where do I start. All I can say i've never been fed such a huge amount of lies from anyone, you'd think they are con-artists. All they talk about is how amazing the place is to work, and everything they do for the employees. They plan on building gyms, training classes, temporary housing for out of state interviewee's (b/c they pushed all the good local people to quit), but none of the current employees care about that all. All upper management cares about is appearance. They have easily 10+ custodians cleaning the shop on a daily basis. They have highly qualified welders / fabricators running around the machines with touch-up kits fixing any sort of paint chip. The entire shop must remain SPOTLESS at all times. Doesn't matter if you are doing machine maintenance, deburring parts, or setting up a machine. They will gladly let you know that your area isn't clean enough, doesn't matter if you are working like mad to get things done. Next up is the horrific air quality conditions. All the machines have oil / vapor collectors, but none of them work correctly, which causes oil vapor to be released into the air. During a sunny day, you can see a fog of oil in the air from the skylights. OSHA has been in twice in the past 8 months regarding this and nothing has been done to improve it. Employees are generally overworked and stressed out. Management sets unrealistic deadlines for customer deliveries and expect the employees to work even more hours (50+ minimum a week) to try to reach their deadlines. Generally, employees are not happy and do not want to be there. I have seen 15 people quit in the past year alone. These are just a couple things; I could go on for a while. Just trust me, If it seems too good to be true, then it most likely is. Run far away.

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Acero Precision Response
5y
Let’s start by simply clarifying that no company ignores OSHA and gets away with it. We don’t have a team of 10+ custodians and no one is forced to work more hours than agreed to in an offer letters. And if that number is so far off so might be the other stats cited in this post. Finally, air quality or any environmental factor that could impact on our workforce is swiftly managed by our experienced building operations team. We do agree that the shop is “SPOTLESS”.
3.0
Sep 1, 2015
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Pros

The floor managers and workers all do their jobs very well, and produce excellent parts. The manufacturing which this company preforms is second-to none, and is in extremely high demand. They have had extremely high growth in sales in the past 10 years, even during the recession of 2008. The people you will work with on the floor are excellent, extremely skilled, and helpful. Almost all employees have never been to college, yet after a few years, are making the equivalent of a college graduate. For this reason, this company is very unique and has huge growth potential if you are willing to learn. Overall, the internship was an excellent learning experience, with excellent pay.

Cons

The senior management/owners need to realize that they cannot preform at the rate which this company is growing. The only reason this company is still around, is because they produce excellent products, have always had positive sales growth, and the products they make are in very high demand. Yet the company is at the point now were it needs to be run by successful business people, and not the owners themselves. The owners only focus on the bottom line, and not the well-being of their employees, as all employees (except the owners of course) are required to work 9 hour days, plus every other Saturday. The owners will occasionally bring in a food truck for a free employee lunch, however most employees still feel very overworked, and wish they could spend more time with their families. The owners know this, and will often increase pay to keep the employee around, yet this still doesn't come close to the value of spending more time with family.

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Acero Precision Response
5y
This intern turned CNC machinist (FTE) has detailed a number of outstanding reasons why Acero Precision is a great company. “ Manufacturing second to none, extremely high demand, high growth thru a recession, excellent skilled staff, pay equal to degreed graduates, excellent learning experience” – all true The “Pro” notes are spot on and extremely complementary but the conclusion and advice just don’t add up. So the question is - who is responsible for this success? If not the owner – who? The Founder and CEO started this enterprise at age 22 attending Drexel University in 1983 and has never stopped building Acero. We are world class medical device manufacturing company. There have been no other partners or executives leading this operation since the start. Under this consistent leadership Acero has grown 50% in gross revenue and the staff has grown from 70 to 95 since the time of this review. So? Sometimes we just seem to think we know more than we actually do. To quote the immortal George Costanza “…people think I am smart but I am not.”
5.0
Aug 14, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Wow, I can't believe the opportunity to grow. New facility under construction, great equipment, great hard working co workers, bonus program! Cutting edge manufacturing of many types of complicated parts.

Cons

Not enough skilled workers in the precision CNC field.

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Acero Precision Response
5y
Thank you very much for this very positive review. Amazing is a fantastic way of describing the facility and the work environment. Appreciate your years of service and enjoy the $500 bonus you will earn at year five.
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