Working at United Technologies Corp. in Saxonburg, PA: 2 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Saxonburg, PA Area

"I’ve been a finish grinder in the Carbide division for over 10 years. The General Manager is extremely overbearing and has followed people around the building in an intimidating manner when he’s unsatisfied with the job you’re doing but offers no specific instructions. Team Leaders and Coordinators stab each other in the back in a desperate attempt to make themselves look better and try to cause counterproductive strife between employees to increase competition and increase production. They like employees with family and personal problems that would have a hard time staying employed anywhere else, because they think they can be counted on to stick around. Good employees without drama and/or issues are overwhelmed with the workload, and bullied when they speak out about the problems and want resolution. All levels of management in this building make up their own rules and disregard the company handbook. The highest level management are aware of all this and seem to be unsure how to proceed. These problems all disappear when the Vice President comes over from the main building to check things out, but seems unwilling to do much. Many believe this is because the division is actually profitable and they’re afraid a shakeup of management may disrupt this, not realizing things could be much better if action was taken. Pay is below average but benefits are inexpensive and pretty good. The ESOP retirement plan is great if you can make 25 years. My advice is to use this job as a training opportunity/resume builder and apply elsewhere after you have some experience. Many people that have been here for years are just sticking it out because of the retirement plan and don’t want to start over. The main building is like a different company and does not have many of these issues."

"Good pay, decent working environment. Company has lost sight of keeping up with technology."