fabricator

electrical assembler

welder

grinder

cnc operator

ABEC, Inc.

Pros

Company pursues and achieves excellence in a number of areas - quality of workmanship, on-time performance, responsive service department.

Cons

Industry move towards disposable process solutions and higher density processes poses a huge headwind in the market for ABEC, whose competence is very large stainless steel systems. Disposable solutions offered by ABEC are for niche applications, simply not competitive and sell poorly. Once rightly perceived as a technical leader, the rest of the industry has caught up in every respect - at a much lower price. Arrogant sales process alienate end clients and construction management companies alike, leading to lack of orders and layoffs while the rest of the industry is booming. Insufficient service offerings and resources to grow sales to levels desired. Sales targets have been heavily tied to sales compensation, with very unfavorable results to the employee. Sales and Sales Management is a revolving door as a result. All significant sales opportunities are micro-managed by the those at the top, often with disastrous results.

Advice to Management

Cease the arrogant, horrific sales practices that alienate end clients and EPC firms. Come to terms with resource limitations and product offering limitations that limit growth - or invest to fix them.

The pay for interns is way below average even for engineers coming from a more prestigious university.  However, the "bonding events" for interns and the corporate events during the summer occur roughly biweekly, so I can understand this may be the slight offset.  One thing I really appreciate is the HR department held a short congratulatory party after my naturalization ceremony.  The workplace is filled with different kinds of people, like any other companies.  Some are really good at their job and are responsive, some tend to be lethargic and unwilling to see change.  Having the need to work with both groups of people shaped my understanding of how to work in the industry, but also delayed the project that was supposed to conclude during my internship.

very frustrating environment for talented self motivated employees.   abec lacks new thinking and is failing to get past there old paradine of thought that has caused them to be 200k hrs. over buget on the job in switserland, they are not committed to saftey due to mechanical contracters are not profetionals and have almost injured 2 people since i have been there. 

abec needs to listen to there employees on what needs to be addressed they are failing and employees only want to succeed and make companey more efficient and prosperous, but management is obliviose of any issues with problem solving and lack of materials, i have never in 27 years been so unpreductive and had no leadership on a job.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at ABEC, in terms of the actual work assigned. Its just everything else that was difficult to justify. There's very little room for upward mobility within the company, and will tell you of a promotion opportunity to keep you from leaving. They *will* take advantage of you, financially if you allow them to do so, and there is some weird tension with upper management. If you don't mind the low pay (for the industry, and complexity of the tasks, $20/hr is insufficient), there is plenty of opportunities for cross-training, flexibility with your work hours, and very little overtime (a negative in my books, a positive in others). I'd work there again, but I wouldn't be emotionally invested like I was the 1st time

Management felt like a bunch of discards from other companies, a lot with experience in more automated manufacturing.  however, ABEC's strength is in their ability to make custom machinery.  This makes management not quite fit, at least while I was there.  The travel policy is borderline illegal, at least while I was there.  They only paid you for time on sight, not the 12-24 hours of travel time on a plane or driving to get to the job site.  That being said, it has been years since I worked there and there were a lot of great co-workers but management across the board was below mediocre.

On a daily basis, I process orders, create proposals and email correspondences when required. I have learned how to manage my time more productively and prioritize. Work environment is fast-paced and always something new to learn from our engineers, technicians, designers, production and quality team members. The hardest part is not being able to always attend the off-site training courses they have to offer due to the far destination and dates that may affect team if not you are not present. The most enjoyable part is when the team works together to achieve a major task and successfully executes.

I worked at this place for over a year. Advancement doesnt exist. Upper management doesn't care for the shop employees. Everyone acts better than one another. The health care monthly is cheap but the the coverage is bad. Copays are outrageous. If you work 2nd shift, you work 2pm to 2am. You don't have a life Monday-Thursday. They also like to push mandatory Overtime. That included working throughout the whole until week. When you travel, you get a $1.00 raise. When traveled, you work extremely long days and 7 days a week. It's not what it's all cracked up to be.

Abec is a great place to work if you don't like your family and want to get away from them.  They have zero integrity towards their employees and only follow the trail of money that they defraud from their customers.  The revolving door of management and Human Resources is comitted to its board of directors and upholding this sham.  I worked at the headquarters site in Bethlehem for several years unfortunately and was amazed to see how badly they run this company and treat their employees.  Although on a positive note there is plenty of free coffee and stale leftovers to get you through the day.

I would never fill out a application with this company. It's one of the worse companies i have ever worked for. Management is horrible. They can't even organize a square dance let alone tie their own shoes. They will steal your pay check, lie about raises, (unlawful garnishments is my biggest deal and they forced myself into filling bankruptcy because they garnished half of my paycheck for 3 years and laughed about it. Well dont laugh to hard what goes around comes around. What goes up must come down Newtons laws of physics... Once again a big ---- you ABEC😆

Typical day, get to work check and detect problems for television left by customer for repair. Interact with team-mate for parts, or ordering of parts from outside sources. The hardest part of my job is being unable to leave my job at work always thinking about an issue if unresolved in a timely matter. The most enjoyable part is finding and detecting the problem right away and returning the customer their equipment.

Company is very efficient and customer friendly. Great Boss, business was slow at times, therefore my skills were not always needed on a regular basis .

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Fabricator 6 salaries reported	$25.50 per hour
Electrical assembler 6 salaries reported	$25.58 per hour
Welder 5 salaries reported	$25.50 per hour
Grinder 5 salaries reported	$25.50 per hour
Cnc operator 4 salaries reported	$25.50 per hour

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