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"I love engineering management as a career and life's work. The intricate processes and personnel interactions along with goal setting, work planning, and tracking work activities keeps the juices flowing."
Posted 10 years ago in Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA
Engineering Manager at CARDONE Industries
in Philadelphia, PA

What do you like about working at CARDONE Industries?

"The product we made is importent t othe world economy"

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

"Get it in writting, do not take your leaders word"

What don't you like about working at CARDONE Industries?

"Leaders placed in roles they they are unable to fulfill"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep your word, communicate what the plsn for the future will be not fanasy"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Engineering Manager at Oracle
in Reston, VA

What do you like about working at Oracle?

"There is always a new challenge. I like working with the latest IT technologies."

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

"High energy place, with incredibly brilliant people. It's a win culture."

What don't you like about working at Oracle?

"Too much penny pinching. Everything from buying new gear to travel restrictions for team meetings."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I wouldn't let the bean counters run the show anymore."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Engineering Manager at Parsons

What do you like about working at Parsons?

"The company offered good working and growth opportunity with a good compensation."

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

"You have to handle your interview with initiative and be honest in explanation of your technical ability."

What don't you like about working at Parsons?

"Too big and a lot of organizational restrictions. The company is ESOP and it makes hourly rates too expensive for competition limiting more job offers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Suggest to go public and make the company more competitive in the industry."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Engineering Manager at BLR Aerospace
in Everett, WA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"confining"

What do you like about working at BLR Aerospace?

"Creating and managing my own work on a regular basis."

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

"Encourage more communication with peers and management on a regular basis."

What don't you like about working at BLR Aerospace?

"There is not much room for growth with this company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More communication with other staff members on a regular basis."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Engineering Manager at Nokia
in China, ME

What do you like about working at Nokia?

"I like the industry, consumer products, software, flat management, innovation, and access to leaders."

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

"You need to like challenges (culture, people, tasks), and learn how to navigate politics."

What don't you like about working at Nokia?

"There was not enough transparency from middle management. The environment had a fear of failing culture that included risk-averse managers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Nothing different at the top. I would fire half of mid-management."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Engineering Manager at Rosemount Analytical
in Irvine, CA

What do you like about working at Rosemount Analytical?

"Stability, predictability, flexible hours, no sick day policy, no micromanagement"

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

"If you're prepared to do the same job for the rest of your life, without fear of sudden layoffs or being fired for a few mistakes, you've found the right place."

What don't you like about working at Rosemount Analytical?

"Your ideas are weighted on the status of your title, not on the merit of the idea. There are no consequences for failure and no rewards for success. Most have the attitude from Office Space, doing just enough to not get fired (which is easy without consequences for failure)"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Inspire employees to work as a team. Allow input from all levels of the company. Rally people around a greater purpose than just the bottom line."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Engineering Manager at RD&P Construction
in Colorado Springs, CO

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"A great opportunity for maximum freedom and directed effort."

What do you like about working at RD&P Construction?

"I enjoyed the opportunity and the freedom to work the way I prefer to work."

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

"None at this time, the location I worked for is out of business."

What don't you like about working at RD&P Construction?

"Lack of support, lack of direction and overall lack of upward mobility."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Develop more internally so that employees have channels to operate within and are empowered more."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Engineering Manager at Dameron Alloy Foundries
in Compton, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Hit road block and not able to continue to Grow."

What do you like about working at Dameron Alloy Foundries?

"I was there for 11 years and I knew the ups and downs of the entire process. I learned a lot, especially when I was going to school I was actually learning what I was already doing at work."

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

"Ask all the right questions like how much growth do you expect in the future, when was the last time the company had to lay-off employees. Is the company public or private."

What don't you like about working at Dameron Alloy Foundries?

"There is nothing really bad to say about my career at Dameron. I had a great career there and moved up the ladder pretty quick."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"If the company invests in an employee for advancing education then they should invest in them to grow within the company."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Engineering Manager at Remington Arms

What do you like about working at Remington Arms?

"Fast paced manufacturing environment with a focus on customer satisfaction. Involvement in team building, cost reductions and value added engineering"

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

"When interviewing, get clarification of expectations and be prepared to discuss lean manufacturing and the Toyota Production System."

What don't you like about working at Remington Arms?

"Multiple management changes within the last 2 years. Including 3 plant managers, 3 CEO's, 2 COO's."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"A consistent vision for the future that does not change from month to month or plant manager to plant manager."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Engineering Manager at Panasonic Avionics
in Lake Forest, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Cool technology and a market leader."

What do you like about working at Panasonic Avionics?

"Being able to work on state of the art technology and deliver solutions that impact many travelers every day."

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

"This is a great company to work for with plenty of opportunity to develop new skills and to be creative about using them."

What don't you like about working at Panasonic Avionics?

"The company has been and still is growing very fast. This makes it difficult to define a distinct culture and it can create silos between groups and departments."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more involved in the definition of the culture and goals by participating and setting the direction."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Engineering Manager at Mercy Hospital
in Des Moines, IA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Mostly middle management"

What do you like about working at Mercy Hospital?

"always a challange, Love taking care of large problems that happen almost everyday"

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

"Give direct answers and keep them short. You are being timed"

What don't you like about working at Mercy Hospital?

"To many tender footed staff, Not alot of backing from uper management"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Back up the middle management better. Maybe some more HR training"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Engineering Manager at Boeing
in Everett, WA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"A fantastic opportunity to learn about aerospace products."

What do you like about working at Boeing?

"The Boeing Company provides an ample of opportunity to grow throughout the enterprise at various locations."

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

"Describe your past and current experiences that are relevant to the job you are applying for, and ask the right questions to learn more about the company, job, organization, and management."

What don't you like about working at Boeing?

"The company is too large in some cases where employees are often lost trying to build their career roadmap."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Minimize micromanagement and grow your employees to their full potential or interest."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Engineering Manager at NetApp
in Sunnyvale, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Boring, backwards."

What do you like about working at NetApp?

"Not sure, I ask myself the same question after working there a year."

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

"Don't go there, you will regret if you do. The complete management chain reward people on their personal likes and dislikes more so than anywhere else."

What don't you like about working at NetApp?

"This company is very backwards, has a lot of stupid process that waste time such as bug forecasting on a weekly basis for 12 to 24 weeks for each release."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"See what other companies are doing to produce quality products."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Engineering Manager at Honeywell
in Phoenix, AZ

What do you like about working at Honeywell?

"Honeywell is global and diverse. I traveled to India and conferences all the time. I was given responsibilities and a good work environment. I love working on aerospace components and designs."

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

"The candidate should apply only if he/she has good knowledge of CAD/PLM/ITAR."

What don't you like about working at Honeywell?

"There were many changes in management, and a few reorganizations have slowed some progress. Many programs didn't get funded and had to stop working on good work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Need clear Racix (roles and responsibility). Keep the customer focus and aligned project tasks to meet customer needs."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Engineering Manager at Barbados Agricultural Management Co.
in Queens Village, NY

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"It was my first overseas exposure in the mechanical engineering field"

What do you like about working at Barbados Agricultural Management Co.?

"Great experience with good overseas benefits in the area of mechanical engineering."

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

"They should approach it with a positive attitude in order to achieve their ultimate goal."

What don't you like about working at Barbados Agricultural Management Co.?

"It was an old factroy and needed to be upgraded with modernised equipment."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"They should be more receptive to changes in the sugar industry."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
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