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Carpenter Technology

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Carpenter Technology reviews

3.1

48% would recommend to a friend

(397 total reviews)
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Tony Thene

54% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Carpenter Technology has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 397 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Carpenter Technology 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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397 reviews
4.0
Sep 17, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Wages, employees, management, benefits, focus on safety, yearly bonus, personal growth, stability, holidays, vacation days, guaranteed weekends, training, job bidding, 401k plan

Cons

Employees work extensive amount of overtime. Management should like at implementing a program that will relieve / eliminate overtime. Overtime / labor is a huge cost that affects Carpenter's bottom line.

1.0
Sep 17, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Money, and that's all plain and simple.

Cons

No work, home balance. Terrible executive level leadership. They do not want to hire enough help, they are cutting real training time for new people they do hire, and cross training is out of the question. And the washout / quit rate of new hires is high. And a lot of the most experienced long time employees and managers have left do to the treatment they receive from executive management and being worked into the ground trying to do the work of two or three people and its never enough.

1.0
Aug 31, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good company name to add on a resume. Steel & specialty metals production for various markets.

Cons

Management is a revolving door of unqualified puppets. Other department heads/managers are the ones who actually run the department. Micro managing will not do anything besides drive the good workers away. And don't bother being a good productive worker because they will take complete advantage of you and false promise you more money or better job titles that never come. Company was great up until 2016 when drastic changes started. The customer service department became the focal point of blame for issues outside of the departments control. This strategy has forced almost all of the experienced and productive workers out, and now the department is run by first time managers. Customers are dealing with new reps a few times a year.. Is that anyway to do business??? The department has become an entry level platform for employees to put on their resume and get jobs elsewhere.

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