Design Engineer - Anonymous employee ATI Employee Review

4.0
May 15, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

ATI Irvine is a very fast growing facility. They are constantly updating their processes, procedures, and facilities, and employing more and more people. There is lots of opportunity to learn new things and grow. Pay is pretty average for a entry level engineer, but 401K plan is amazing.

Cons

The way some of the parts is a little old fashioned. They are starting to move to new software and methods, but most design processes are done in the same way they were 30 years ago.

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Interesting work with (some) hard workers. Serious place to get real experience. Salaried employees receive a large 401k match.

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Place is held together by critical staff working much harder than others, but don't expect many raises. Annual adjustments do not match inflation. Managers do not understand technical skills that set their staff apart and struggle to argue for raises when asked, losing this talent within a few years. Experience always outranks expertise (helps to be old). HR/Operations collaborate to underpay their hourly staff, keeping process changes that affect incentive pay out of union negotiations for as long as possible. HR can barely run Salaried payroll and will threaten you if you question their math (even when they owe you money). HR refuses to address racism/white supremacy within their hourly workforce.

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