Wabtec reviews

However, when you get to the larger sense of the company, with having acquired GE (while feeling more like GE acquired us), it feels like Wabtec has lost its way a bit. When the merge happened, suddenly it feels like there are new bosses everywhere I've had no interaction with in the past with no introductions preceding and opportunity for advancement within the company has all but dried up as they plug GE folks into rolls all around us. No discussion or discourse is conducted at shop level to suss out what Wabtec systems were worth keeping of casting off in favor of whatever GE was doing, rather it feels like Wabtec just handed the keys to the castle over and stepped back.The company talks a mean game when it comes to their public statements, but it has become a frustrating company to work for, with little incentive given to current employees to want to grow and develop. Raises to those under Plant Management level employees are insignificant at best, not even in keeping with inflation, and there are no bonus programs.

Company is loosing money and has been loosing money for a long time. As a result corners are being cut. People leave and they are not replaced. Which means that everyone else has to work harder. But when people are stretched they can only do so much. So the quality of the product suffers and the company looses more money. So more is demanded from the employees and more leave. Those that are left behind are told to perform miracles. Also, managers are micro-managed from 12 time zones away. And they are given conflicting orders that don't make sense. So as an accounting manager I was told to bring the Accounts Receivables past-dues from our clients current. But you are not allowed to put any on credit hold unless you get approval from Senior Managers. They don't respond to your questions so things get worst. I remember something from a management science class in business school where a case study was given of an employee being put in a similar impossible situation. Its as if someone is standing over you with a baseball bat and says, "If you move, I will hit you. And if you don't move, I will hit you".