Working at Instron in Norwood, MA: 6 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Norwood, MA Area

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"Good solid company, with steady long term growth. Good mix of long timers and newbies mixed together. Great place for engineers."

"I've worked for Instron for over 15 years in 2 different professional departments (one of which was engineering). Overall, a good place to work. Co-workers are friendly, and non-competitive."

"I've worked at Instron since May 2012. It was my first out of college career in which I saw multiple improvements to be made within the company. I produced cost analysis, time and work analysis before beginning my tasks, to ensure all managers bought in to my ideas. I have implemented over 10 different changes in less than a year. My review last year gave me a 9% increase due to the quality, efficiency, and effective implementation of my work."

"I've worked for Instron for 2 years now. There are several positives to working for this company, as well as some negatives.This is a company that values the employees that have been here for a long time. This is actually more of a negative, as the company prefers to promote employees to management positions based on tenure, and not on merit or qualificiations. However, the company does have a phenomenal healthcare package and 401k."

"I worked there 32 years and it was one of the best places I ever worked ."

What do you like about working at Instron?

"The work and work enviroment along with the people who work there."

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

"NO Its a changing time there since I was layed off due to a managment restructure"

What don't you like about working at Instron?

"The way my New manager came in and put his lable on eveything and didn't work as a team with his employees."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Respect and Care more for his employees and work as a team."