AstroNova reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(58 total reviews)

Gregory A. Woods

62% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

AstroNova has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 58 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AstroNova employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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58 reviews
3.0
Jan 17, 2014

slow and steady

Recommend
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Pros

For an entry level technician just out of high school or an associates program this job isn't bad. The work is fairly interesting, the pay is decent if you're young and just entering the working world and they're fairly flexible with needing time off.

Cons

If you enter as an entry level technician then expect to get some experience and leave. Engineering here will disregard any in house talent despite managers telling prospective employees that they like to "promote from within". You will get a 2% raise per year regardless of the quality of work you do, this causes employees to become apathetic and do the bare minimum. Managers tend to overlook their employees behavior and let people get away with too much. Company continues to support obsolete products for far too long there by shipping products that will ultimately return for repair and not be able to be repaired or be repaired just enough that the customer will receive it and have to send it back within a month or two.

2.0
Mar 27, 2013

Great employees, poor employee relations

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay to start Great coworkers who are genuinely good people and hard workers

Cons

Outdated processes or lack thereof Zero HR presence, very little employee relations Family politics and gossip (family owned business) Zero growth opportunity Micromanagement

3.0
Jul 14, 2012

The Bottom Line is King

Recommend
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Pros

A well managed company focused mostly on stock value. Stability is created by three divisions in unrelated market niches. This balances bad times. One of the three divisions is usually hot, sometimes more. Good infrastructure. High quality modern equipment throughout production and engineering. A single engineering staff and production facility for all product lines is a good thing. Reasonable benfits, especially for those in sales, marketing and managment.

Cons

A lot of family in upper managment, A lot of CYA mentality in the daily operation. A tendency to follow rather than lead technologically, although in the end their products remain competitive, they hang behind the curve a year or two and inovate only when beaten severely by a missing feature. Salary for in-house (non-traveling) support staff is poor.

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