"Great company to work for. They offer many challenges and support employees through tough decisions."
"Good company with an open door policy. The IT Manager is the best I have ever seen."
"Worst experience ever, I would rather flip burgers on the sun than work here."
What do you like about working at Firth Rixson?
"Nothing at all, Worst company in the history of business hands down"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Don't waste your time, make the right decision and look for a different company to work for. I would suggest MitsubishI Power Systems, Gulfstream, or pretty much any other company that is not this one."
What don't you like about working at Firth Rixson?
"Everything, treated like dirt, never given a chance to prove yourself. Treated like you are inferior to anyone above you."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Leave and go work for law enforcement, you love to piss people off and boss people around with verbally abusive demeanor"
"The challenges of growing knowledge of metallugy and working with the team."
What do you like about working at Firth Rixson?
"Challenges and sharing team ideas for CI processes. Team Philosophy"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be prepared for obsure questions. Know your background and do not talk excessively"
What don't you like about working at Firth Rixson?
"Cleanliness left a lot to be desired. Rebuild old tooliing to obtain qualiy results"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Good communications and all work as a team. Understand the resources need for employees to perform their function with less quality issues"
"Great Experience to further my career as a professional."
What do you like about working at Firth Rixson?
"Great crew, good people, liked the work. I truely wish the management had more control vs the investors."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Make sure you entirely aware of the forging atmosphere and be willing to roll up your sleeves."
What don't you like about working at Firth Rixson?
"70+ hours a week plus holidays were mandatory due to production needs to maintain 30 + year old equipment working beyond its limits."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Listen to the production and maintenance crew members more and allow room for growth."
"poor environment to work - constant workforce reductions"
What do you like about working at Firth Rixson?
"I was given freedom to do my job without micromanaging."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"push for higher pay because the bonus pitched isn't guaranteed & NEVER take exempt hourly"
What don't you like about working at Firth Rixson?
"morale is dismal, constant workforce reduction, NOBODY felt their job was secure."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"encourage workers, less hours (80+/week), reward workers for giving up weekends every week"
What do you like about working at Firth Rixson?
"Various equipment of new and interesting magnitude covering a wide array of technological areas"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Seriously concider what your personal goals are, where you want to be in a year, five years, at retirement and then see if the company provides you with what your projections are."
What don't you like about working at Firth Rixson?
"I do not like the dirty and hot environment, the machinery is hot and difficult to work on in the extreme temperatures."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Create a set time frame where you can produce the products that need to be made leaving time for machinery shut downs to prevent catastrophic failures. Become procative in repairs not reactive."
"They had operative from China stealing technology with help of Executives; Very hostile brutal management."
What do you like about working at Firth Rixson?
"The regular employees are a great group; however they are subjected to a brutal management."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Management will tell you anything to sell the job; be aware of excessive manipulation. Working conditions are unacceptable for developers. 400% turnover"
What don't you like about working at Firth Rixson?
"Managers were brutal and routinely broke employees via psychological manipulation. This is done with the cooperation of human resources."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Get some ethical managers that have integrity and that obey federal homeland security laws."
"Forged Metals needs more professionalism"
What do you like about working at Firth Rixson?
"It is close to home"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be careful of what you think you are getting into"
What don't you like about working at Firth Rixson?
"The management has no short term or long term business plan or strategies to get where they think they are going"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Use the talent within the company more wisely and trust thier judgement"
Firth Rixson has an overall rating of 3.5 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 13 Firth Rixson Review Ratings left anonymously by Firth Rixson employees, which is 10% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 69% of employees would recommend working at Firth Rixson.
Firth Rixson employees earn $57,500 annually on average, or $28 per hour, which is 13% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 2 Firth Rixson employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Firth Rixson Salaries by Job Title.
69% of employees would recommend working at Firth Rixson with the overall rating of 3.5 out of 5. Employees also rated Firth Rixson 3.1 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.0 for Rewards You Receive, 3.1 for Growth Opportunities and 3.5 for support you get.
According to our data, the highest paying job at Firth Rixson is a Plant Manager at $156,000 annually. Browse Firth Rixson Salaries by Job Profile.
According to our data, the lowest paying job at Firth Rixson is a Shipping and Receiving Clerk at $24,000 annually. Browse Firth Rixson Salaries by Job Profile.
According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Firth Rixson to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.
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