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"We are paid to think is the statement of my present supervisor and I believe it is very true. I enjoy being a Engineering Manager, because I am in charge with giving the directions, making the strategy of the projects I take part."
Posted 10 years ago in Zurich, KS
Engineering Manager at Barbados Agricultural Management Co.
in Queens Village, NY

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"It was a stisfyingand rewardng experience. Being exposed to modern equipment"

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

"It exposed me more modern equipment and increased my knowledge in Mechanical engineering."

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

"Persue the filling out of your application with an open mind."

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

"Better leadership skills and further training opportunities need to be offered."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to workers and give them the opportunity preform their task without interference."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Engineering Manager at Kaddis Manufacturing
in Rochester, NY

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"I have a very good position with flexibility in this company."

What do you like about working at Kaddis Manufacturing?

"my management position, flexability and most of my employees and co-workers."

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

"be honest about your abilities and show up on time and well dressed for the interview."

What don't you like about working at Kaddis Manufacturing?

"The owner of company not keeping up with technology. Sense of being held back."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I am part of management, but many improvements could be made like lean, 5S, etc.."

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

What do you like about working at Raytheon?

"Highly dynamic company in high tech industry, customer interface, working with high performing engineers"

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

"Be ready to be aggressive in your work and be accountable for your work."

What don't you like about working at Raytheon?

"Very politically oriented at times, sometimes too top heavy (managerially speaking)"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be sensitive to the direction of the company and be more responsive to the customer's needs."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Engineering Manager at Majestic Industries
in Passaic, NJ

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"Great opportunity to oversee and help improve manufacturing."

What do you like about working at Majestic Industries?

"Developing processes, training the staff, and reducing the cost of quality"

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

"Must be flexible, willing to take multiple assignments, and be willing to think outside the box"

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

"I like working for Majestic Ind.; I need more growth potential"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Implement new processes, and improve existing processes by implementing lean manufacturing"

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

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"good work enviroment"

What do you like about working at Wilwood Engineering?

"the people are friendly and easy to work with. Profesional."

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

"Say hello to all the people and I will see them later."

What don't you like about working at Wilwood Engineering?

"The cost of living is too much in california. Way to expensive"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Open a plant in phoenix AZ. I would like to work there."

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 4 / 5
Engineering Manager at Carter's
in Griffin, GA

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"Working for Carters was the greatest experience I ever had."

What do you like about working at Carter's?

"Policies and Culture, enviroment and people. Company care about employees"

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

"No just be yourself, don't ever lie to them"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Build a strong team with the sample, training and trust."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Engineering Manager at Homewood Group
in Pittsburgh, PA

What do you like about working at Homewood Group?

"Good place to work, flexible time, friendly co-workers, admiring management"

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

"Every thing is OK, but sleeping on old legacy and losing time and new business"

What don't you like about working at Homewood Group?

"Tons of almost 60 years old data and drawings from Westinghouse legacy"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"to update the document system and the structure of the data, that will eliminate most of the mistakes and speed up the process."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Engineering Manager at ION Geophysical
in New Orleans, LA

What do you like about working at ION Geophysical?

"Challenging work in the oil business which is 24/7, 365. Our customers are global and require constant help. This is most rewarding part of the job"

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

"Understanding the nature of the oil business is crucial. Customers are international in nature and the complexity of the industry is staggering. Learn as much as you can about E&P"

What don't you like about working at ION Geophysical?

"Future opportunities are not well mapped out at our company. I do not see a clear path of professional development."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Get better and developing and promoting internal talent across silos"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Engineering Manager at Holmes Building Systems
in Robbins, NC

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Productivity, Profitability, Team Building, Leadership and Coaching Winners"

What do you like about working at Holmes Building Systems?

"The opportunity to build a team and to coach others"

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

"Understand the job requirements when you agree to accept the position"

What don't you like about working at Holmes Building Systems?

"Due to the manufactuing economic conditions, the morale was not positive"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stay positive even in the toughest of times so that it is a healthy working environment"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Engineering Manager at GF AgieCharmilles
in Owosso, MI

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"A lot of international travel. New technologies."

What do you like about working at GF AgieCharmilles?

"I learned a lot working with engineers from around the world. The technoogy is very interesting and precise."

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

"Only sales offices in USA. No manufacturing anymore. Knowledge in Manufaturing is a plus."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management team was under the corporate HQ in Switzerland. It was a very proactive team. Always pushing and training us to be better."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Engineering Manager at Elliott Manufacturing
in Fresno, CA

What do you like about working at Elliott Manufacturing?

"The designs require new innovations that dont exist today on the equipment."

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

"Be honest and stern about what you do and what you want."

What don't you like about working at Elliott Manufacturing?

"The ability to grow within the company, as well as being difficult to complete the tasks required."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Create a work environment that lets employees love what they do."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Engineering Manager at Solar Power Partners
in Larkspur, CA

What do you like about working at Solar Power Partners?

"Being allowed to trouble shoot projects in trouble, and doing due diligence in lots of different places. Being in a learning situation almost every day. Being trusted to do my best work and being respected for it."

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

"Be careful - the corporate culture has changed radically. It is no longer a band of brothers, but is a very large corporate space."

What don't you like about working at Solar Power Partners?

"Constant need to rein in the sales people. And a complete refusal to learn what was necessary to develop good projects."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Train the sales people and get real projects in the door, not pie in the sky baloney."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Engineering Manager at Orbital Sciences Corp.
in Chandler, AZ

What do you like about working at Orbital Sciences Corp.?

"Involvement in world politics. Working to defend all of Europe without giving the Russian a VALID reason to object."

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

"Don't if you have any interest in engineering. Work is all cookbook"

What don't you like about working at Orbital Sciences Corp.?

"Not interest in any form of innovation. Will only do design via cookbook. If something hasn't been done for the past ten years, they won't even consider it.Also total lack of true Systems Engineering. Their Systems Engineers primarily track requirements with little if any tasks that clerical help couldn't handle."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Too inbred. Hire from outside and pay attention to their inputs."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Engineering Manager at Great Stuff
in Austin, TX

What do you like about working at Great Stuff?

"Every day offers a new experience as well as its own challenges"

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

"The pay is reasonable, the benefits are decent, but be prepared for office politics; watch your back and your front."

What don't you like about working at Great Stuff?

"Disorganized. Back stabbing and double standards abound. Leadership is a joke."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow the teams to do their jobs. Implement processes to promote improved productivity, accountability and a strong team. Fire the control freak."

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

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"I have worked myself up to get were I am Today."

What do you like about working at Croft?

"The people I work with.and it is close to home."

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

"If I knew now before I applied I would not have done so."

What don't you like about working at Croft?

"Lack of Leadership.the company has the good o' boy team running things"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Many different thing from how some deptments are run to updates in software."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
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