Apr 19, 2019
Carpenter Technology reviews
3.1
48% would recommend to a friend
Tony Thene
54% approve of CEO
48% positive business outlook
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4.0
Apr 9, 2019
Recommend
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Pros
- In general coworkers at your boss' level or lower are a pleasure to work with. Hit or miss for anything higher. - Competitive salary and benefits. In general we get a yearly bonus, just don't expect it to be anything crazy. - Position allows for more flexibility (especially when you have a younger manager) - Regular hours, minimal overtime (so far) - The position still has a sense of autonomy with limited micromanaging from manager. The company is starting to make a metric for everything so this may diminish as time goes on. - As long as you get your work done, you're more or less left alone Bottom line: Look I could complain about work all day long but at the end of the day it pays the bills and I don't necessarily need to take work home with me. I rarely dread coming in every day. Working at the company is a net positive.
Cons
- Metrics, organization, and department focus seems to be constantly changing. No one seems to know how to balance cost, quality, and on-time delivery. Makes you feel like you're treading water on improving the process. - May or may not be a con: The metallurgist is the filter of the organization. You will deal with every sort of problem with every possible department. It helps the day go fast but sometimes it drives you up a wall. - Vacation time is less than you want (part of working at a manufacturing facility I guess). Unpaid vacation is not always available. Still better than what the operators have to deal with. - In the past few years the company has shown less respect to the P&M personnel in regards to work-life balance. They've implemented something called "guaranteed weekends" which basically means you don't have weekends anymore except for the "guaranteed" ones. Holidays off are no longer guaranteed (they pay you a lot but you're at work and not with family). There is no doubt operators are bringing in the cash however they are getting burned out and no longer have a life outside of work. This indirectly affects quality metrics you have to manage. - There's a joke here that the same problem is solved every 5 years. This speaks to issues with fundamental information management. No one likes duplicating work but it happens more than it needs to. - Management is starting to expect you to fix every problem ASAP. Prioritization is lacking. Bottom line: The company is a bit of an organizational nightmare right now. It's manageable right now but needs to be figured out if the company wants to keep increasing revenue year over year.
1.0
Jan 14, 2019
Recommend
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Pros
The pay is the only good part
Cons
Never have any days off. Forced to work holidays. Took vacation days away from us. Almost the whole company is on 12 hour shifts.
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