Wabtec reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(1,332 total reviews)
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Rafael Santana

80% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Wabtec has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,332 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wabtec 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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1.0
Nov 30, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Laid back atmosphere. Steady work. Lots of room for improvement. Certain supervisors empower their employees.

Cons

No room for advancement unless you're a part of the "FRAMILY" NETWORK, which is the friends and family of Joe Miller. Most managers have little to no college education. NEPOTISM has caused the business environment to break down. Low pay, yearly increases average .35-.80 an hour. Money is grossly wasted but that reverts back to the managers low level of education and the nepotism. No pay scale available.

3.0
Jun 19, 2015

Good Atmosphere Without Career Advancement

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

With a small company atmosphere, coworkers are friendly and generally willing to assist others as needed. The level of daily stress is moderate compared to most larger companies.

Cons

The turnover rate has increased over the years, but the rate of hiring replacements has decreased. The amount of work is usually greater than the number of staff to support it. There is a lack of structured training and career advancement is very limited unless you are among the few that are favored by management. Overall the various projects are poorly managed and yearly performance reviews and raises are consistently overdue by months.

2.0
Sep 16, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay, decent benefits, and great co-worker. Work can be dirty at times, but its something a bit different everday. Liked the feeling of helping the world go around by keeping the trains brakes in proper condition

Cons

Management is picked by a contest of how much brown nosing you can clock every week. If you want to show up for work everday early and stay late, while being at work all weekend and not doing anything but brown nose. Then you will get fit in great. However, if you show up on time and go home ontime and do twice as much as the people that are there twice the amount of time, they will use you abuse you and throw you out on the street! I worked alot of overtime and they loved me. But then I started college and had to cut back so that I could attend class and still have time for my family. This ead them to hating me and then laying me off just 3 weeks before graduation and 3 months before being fully vested in the 401K. Management tells customers that we do everything by the book and expect the employees to do it by the book when being watched. However, when nobody is watching, cut corners, cut cost; heck, how cares if its donr right just get it on the truck. Kansas City, MO Pneumatic Managers motto is "Do what I say not what I do." He says to be honest and do what is right, however he just wants it done and if its not right owell, just get it on the books so he can get his bonus! He wanted equipment signed off so that he could save the labor hours for the brown nosers to be there all weekend not doing anything. He doesn't want the workers to take the time and money needed to insure quality, he just wants quanity!

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