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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
1.0
Dec 2, 2020

Poisonous Leadership

Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Cheap healthcare. Overtime. Close to home. Would not relocate if I were you.

Cons

Too many to list. Fear mongers. Intimidation techniques through all levels of the organization. Drive for profit and not caring about employees.

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Carpenter Technology Response
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Thank you so much for writing this review. I am beyond sorry for your negative experiences during your tenure. I have forwarded your review to our Chief HR Officer; she is passionate about employee experience and is working hard to change the culture as well as developing pathways to greater career advancement. Our CHRO will be working with her team and management at all levels at Reading to work on these issues.
1.0
Jul 11, 2017

Not the company it was.. Save your time and don't bother!

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good benefits for the most part.

Cons

Inexperienced management makes for very low morale among co-workers and high drop rate. Most people doing work of 2-3 people, with no help from management because they are clueless. Brow beat to get job done, with unrealistic department metrics. Even when trying to better yourself and move up in the company, you're held in current role for 6+ months - due to a hiring freeze to betray to the stock holders the company is making a profit.. all a smoke screen.. Anyone with any experience and knowledge gave up and either quit or retired. It's very sad, as being a company that's been around for 128+ years and the place you'd be lucky enough to work for... complete opposite today! It's very sad that everyone that you work with is looking 'outside' the company for new career - even co-workers with 10+ years at the company..

1.0
Feb 19, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Get to work remotely due to Covid

Cons

- Management sets goals/deadlines based on what they want, but makes no effort to account for feasibility, resources, or employee feedback. - For the typical "Monday to Friday" corporate job, you're expected to work a full day (including meetings) almost every Saturday, and 60-70+ hour weeks are not unusual. - Zero training for employees when put on a task they know nothing about. They "throw you in the deep end" and you're on your own figuring out how to swim. - Insistence on unattainable deadlines leads to dangerous practices. People in the mill were watching training presentations on their computers when they were supposed to be monitoring heavy machinery. A system was put online before it was ready which I fear may lead to inaccurate materials being shipped. Hopefully none of them are critical to life. - Almost everyone in my department feels like we're either on the wrong track or woefully unprepared, but no one speaks up because they know it will fall on deaf ears. - Managers are just "yes men" to the senior management, and never care about the well-being of their employees. - Many long-time employees have recently had enough and left, making the situation worse for those left behind without their experience and knowledge. NOTE: Does anybody else think the recent 5-star reviews with the bare minimum amount of text seem a bit fishy?

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