Working at Fenner Drives in Manheim, PA: 4 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Manheim, PA Area

"It used to be a great place to work. They used to care about their employees. No more. They got a new CEO who ran his old place into the ground, and they are proceeding to do the same thing at Fenner. Management are backstabbers and liars who pretend to care about employees, and then they turn around and do everything they can to make your life miserable. All in the name of profit (which they disguise as "employee appreciation" and to get in good with said CEO. The saddest thing about all this is that the employees are great. A lot of really good people are being stepped on; most are planning to leave or have already left. The company is being trashed and nothing is going to save it."

"Great stepping stone"

What do you like about working at Fenner Drives?

"the people"

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

"wear many hats"

What don't you like about working at Fenner Drives?

"the heat"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"do what you say your doing"

"New and innovative products for power transmission and food delivery applications."

What do you like about working at Fenner Drives?

"The ability to explore new polymers, fitting polymers into highly applications. In addition, I was able to explore the math involved in the design of profiled difficult to process elastomers, developing expressions to accomodate boundary layer phenomena."

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

"Ask the management of this company if they have the insight to provide the tools that an engineer rally needs to perform the tasks more effectively."

What don't you like about working at Fenner Drives?

"In certain instances Fenner did not provide an adequate and safe environment for working in the plant."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be more proactive in assessing safety needs of those personnel exposed to toxic chemicals and vapors."

"Fenner Drives is a great place to work in Lancster county."

What do you like about working at Fenner Drives?

"I liked my co-workers. Managers there were wonderful to work with as were my coworkers. I also was provided many opportunites to train and learn new responsibilities."

What don't you like about working at Fenner Drives?

"I did not always like decisions by upper management who were not always in the loop on the day to day processes and then decided they needed to be changed or jobs eliminiated."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Talk and listen to your employees. Not just other managers, but the blue collar group as well. They know day to day what happens on the floor and with product. Their ideas can be innovative and very helpful in both product development and in LEAN practices."