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3.6
Average Rating
(based on 41 American Axle & Manufacturing Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.3
Growth Opportunities
3.3
People You Work With
4.3
Person You Work For
3.8
Rewards You Receive
3.7
Support You Get
3.5
Way You Work
3.7
Work Setting
3.5
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CNC Group Facilitator

"Adequate place to work but definitely not a place to establish a long term career."

What do you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"The wages."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Start looking elsewhere."

What don't you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"Management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Go to school and get some education and learn how to be competent managers."

Electrician

"We will make it."

What do you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"A challenge that I enjoyed."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"No, I would like to work there again."

What don't you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"It was a fair place to work. I would have stayed until I could no longer have worked."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Open the plants back up. Find something to make and open the plants. There are more to make than cars. Joy Manufacturing needs long wall axles, about around 2000.00 dollars for one. Rolling mine runners to use underground 80,000 ea, let's make something. This was one of the best, we just don't lay down and die. We find something to make."

Quality Operator

What do you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"I liked the flexibility in work hours and the pay."

What don't you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"The lack of job security."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Treat employees with more respect."

Quality Operator

"Was good when it lasted."

What do you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"Great benefits and pay. It was also a challenge to try and improve daily activities."

What don't you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"Dirty, and it didn't last."

Machine Operator

What do you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"Fast paced, quality conscious."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Only apply if you're willing to move to Detroit, because the local plants closed."

What don't you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"Layoffs."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep the jobs in America."

Manufacturing Engineer

"Fast-paced, no nonsense, support for those who show initiative and competence."

Engineering Intern

What do you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"The great experience."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself."

What don't you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"Management was a little detached from the day to day."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get more involved in what was directly happening within the facility."

Machine Operator

What do you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"That it was a good paying job and it was unionized."

What don't you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"When the plant was going to close, management did not care."

Resident Engineer

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask the interviewer what are my career expectations (think long term)."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management needs to be more upfront regarding employee job security and performance."

Production Operations Manager

What do you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"Compensation, opportunity for potential advancement."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Beware of the good 'ol boy system."

What don't you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"Quality of life (over-worked), nepotism, and questionable level of employee respect."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Salary/management needs to be respected and appreciated as much as the hourly associates."

Deburrer

"Nice place to work, would have stayed if not laid off."

What do you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"Management & fellow employees tried hard to work as a team."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Always tell the truth, let them decide whether you are right for the position."

What don't you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"2 companies in 1 building."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make time to listen to your employees, they have some wonderful suggestions to make things better!"

Senior Systems Engineer

"AAM is a far better employer than might be expected from an auto supplier now."

What do you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"They are actually making an effort to do things right. Good business decisions."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't lie. They have real technical interviewers."

What don't you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"I don't get to use my more advanced abilities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep doing what you are doing."

Associate

"My former job was alright but wasn't didn't allow me the opportunity to grow."

What do you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"The wages and benefits."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Good luck."

What don't you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"The lack of work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire more professional managers."

Process Engineer

What do you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"Great place for an entry level engineer."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Company was sold and moved out of state."

What don't you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"Owner kept selling company or changing names."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Meet with all personnel and discuss issues more frequently."

Machine Technician

"Set up very nice, thanks for the chance of having a good job. Nice layout."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Do the best you can to stay positive. Don't miss work, help others out all the time."

What don't you like about working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

"It took the management team too long to get things done. Machine layouts were bad."

American Axle & Manufacturing Reviews FAQs

Is American Axle & Manufacturing a good company to work for?

American Axle & Manufacturing has an overall rating of 3.6 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 41 American Axle & Manufacturing Review Ratings left anonymously by American Axle & Manufacturing employees, which is 8% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 90% of employees would recommend working at American Axle & Manufacturing.

Does American Axle & Manufacturing pay their employees well?

American Axle & Manufacturing employees earn $61,000 annually on average, or $29 per hour, which is 8% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 9 American Axle & Manufacturing employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find American Axle & Manufacturing Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

90% of employees would recommend working at American Axle & Manufacturing with the overall rating of 3.6 out of 5. Employees also rated American Axle & Manufacturing 3.3 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.7 for Rewards You Receive, 3.3 for Growth Opportunities and 3.5 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at American Axle & Manufacturing?

According to our data, the highest paying job at American Axle & Manufacturing is a Manufacturing Area Manager at $161,000 annually. Browse American Axle & Manufacturing Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at American Axle & Manufacturing?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at American Axle & Manufacturing is a Assembly Worker at $23,000 annually. Browse American Axle & Manufacturing Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at American Axle & Manufacturing?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at American Axle & Manufacturing to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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