Most unloyal company I've ever worked for - Production Operator Xyratex Employee Review

1.0
Oct 20, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

+Great diversity in the culture. I was immersed in a diverse mix of all kinds of cultured individuals and it was a great experience as a result. +Good entry level wage

Cons

-No real potential to go from the general "Production Operator" title into any position with more responsiblity. -There was no real sense of appreciation for working hard and busting down deadlines. -Temp-to-Hire promise is a straight up lie. Co-workers who were temps had been employed for just shy of 5 years never had the opportunity to become a permanent. -Majority of the supervising staff did not communicate well with employees about work load and scheduling of overtime. -Was often required to work 64+ hours a week for 3 weeks straight. Meaning, there was no work/life balance. My social life was centered around work. -No real flexibility to those who are students looking to further their education.

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5.0
Jan 10, 2022
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Dec 16, 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

For technical jobs, the opportunity to be involved in the development of a very exciting technology and state of the art products, strong benefit package, work with some talented people,

Cons

Lack of strong management, sweatshop mentality, very sad lack of overall direction for company and divisions within company, very poor communication to workforce, poor treatment of line employees and professional workforce by majority of managers. Often one hand does not know what the other is doing. Very political environment has created an environment of general fear of speaking out which curtails creativity at many levels. The general knowledge that once a product is developed it will be off shored to the Malaysia manufacturing site. Vested ownership of engineering is difficult if not impossible in this scenario.

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