production operator

production assembler

warehouse worker

monitor

tool and die maker

AM General

AM General is a company that presents great challenges and wide open opportunities to improve the currents state of Engineering Systems.
Their move to be a Design house and a PLM based innovation and intellectual property repository has taken a long time to the point that it looks like a startup company implementing Engineering Systems. The Engineering Systems Manager is a really smart individual with great vision facing an almost non-existent support from leadership. There are so many opportunities to create income by deploying the PLM strategy that we created during the first six months of 2017 but in order to capitalize with the strategy, more support is needed and a bigger investment is a must to benefit from the opportunities.
From design experience to the possibility to provide MRO services, extending the backbone of the PLM system to Manufacturing and managing all of the intellectual property in the PLM system and becoming a true Multi-CAD environment, AM General is a company with a great Engineering capability if only leadership support can be provided.
It was a great experience working with the Engineering Systems group and help in the development of their members. I am looking forward to collaborate again with them once the focus on immediate execution moves to the realization of the strategy created.
I really appreciate the opportunity to develop the long term strategy.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Really good staff and solid teamwork approach. There are some remote opportunities, but most work is onsite to be near the vehicles. I felt they paid fair, offer some overtime. Most people are smart and dependable

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They don't really have a formal orientation program to bring you up to speed on your work, so it's a little trial by fire, but they understand that.  Also, not a lot of pencil and paper ... they are semi-paperless, so you have to be good and fast on the computer, and you have to remember a lot of stuff in your head. A really good memory is very important here.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Fast paced...feels like a formalized startup which means there are policies and signatures, but fast paced

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Always at least two meetings a day, heavy communication via email, pulled away from tasks to assist others very often. Minimal travel

Up until 2012, AM General was a great place to work! Hourly & Salary made fantastic money and the benefits were the best around. The hourly are represented by the UAW union. Soon after 2012, long time top management retired or moved on. The company hired and continues to hire, management that is completely anti worker and worse yet, anti aging workforce. They have deliberately implemented a "management by stress" environment. The company now treats the hourly as second class citizens. They have zero respect for the workforce and desire to replace them with a younger & lower paid workforce. They have the UAW leadership paid off. The union leadership now does whatever it can to help the company oppress the hourly. The UAW leadership lies to the people and uses fear mongering as a tactic to keep the workforce scared. On average, the hourly workers make 30% less in 2020 than they made in 2010. AM General has become a highly toxic work environment for both hourly and low level management.

I was hired to oversee excessive overspending for Military tooling and to coordinate this with 20 Senior Buyers working on 5 different programs. I also hired an assistants tool engineers because of the vast programs. I documented all of the tooling, and made it available to all engineers and buyers so as to not duplicate but reuse tooling where possible. This included photos, Brass Tagging, and developed files so there would be no duplication or charges for new tooling where possible. This was on the company's website. I also traveled to Brazil and Mexico on occasion with engineering, quality control and buyers for this purpose.
I was caught in a huge layoff at AM General from 700 people to 150 due to cancellation of contracts.
It was a pleasure working there.

Typical 7:30 - 4:30 job. My job was to oversee over 20 buyers in SCM and help them make good decisions on product & suppliers that they chose. Also to do total documentation of all tooling, gages, and fixturing from suppliers. Being a Prototype & pre-production facility it lends itself to many meetings about constant changes without the proper documentation, or deticated timelines. It's management is of the old culture of building chimneys between departments which causes a caios when trying to make a new product. there is also a lot of finger pointing when products fail, and nobody wants to be responsible. There is constant blame on the suppliers when it's the A.M. General engineering and managements fault.

I have worked at AM General ("AMG") for almost six years.  It is a great place to work with great people in three different states.  The job gives a sense of pride as AMG is the manufacturer of the military HMMWV and very supportive of the US armed forces.  
The workplace has a mix of engineers from Ford, GM, Chrysler to shop workers who were hired after completing their military service.  The work force is diverse and the work I had the pleasure of doing was very dynamic.
If there is one negative it would have to be job security.  AMG is privately owned and is heavily impacted by defense spending.  With the US military moving away from the HMMWV in the near future AMG will have to diversify to stay competitive.  They have made some good strides toward that end but there is still quite a bit of road ahead of them.

Responsible for a logistics team to bring in product to the plant. They tell me if we are ok for the day or if we have issues with suppiers. I go to the floor and see if the supervisors have any attendance issues or something that could keep us from supporting the lines to run. Look into waste opportunities and lower inventory.

The most effective manager listens to issues and follows through to help each issue.

Your best tool is your co-workers to solve issues and get other ideas

Know your risk factors and stay proative instead of reative.

Seeing task through and getting a win-win with the employees and company.

This was a horrible place to work for. The benefits were great however you did not get anything for being a hard worker. Had to train management due to the company hiring outside with no experience. Went through several company changes where my position was to the point where i was doing the work of 5 employees and not a single ounce of compensation for it. Managers and supervisors do not know privacy and share concerns with other non management employees for fun. Supervisors are not responsible for their actions instead they put them off on the lowest workers and they are held responsible. Inappropriate comments are made with no regard to others.

I loved working for A.M. General, every day was something new to learn, surrounded by new people. I learned multiple jobs and learned a lot about myself, that I can perform great under pressure and love a challenge. My co-workers were awesome and very helpful, if ever I needed something or didn't understand something someone was always willing to help. I would say the hardest part of my job , was having to leave and not be hired in permanently. I enjoyed every day I was working there, even if it was a long hard day! I loved learning new things every day. Management was always helpful and willing to help you , until you understood what you needed to learn, they weren't the type to just tell you what you needed to do and walk off.

AM General has a unique culture in the workplace. Being a government contractor means the employee works on government time with government employees both current & prior. If an employee has never worked in this type of environment, the constraints they work under can take quite a bit of time to adjust to. If you are more of a freelance, creative type, I would not recommend AM General as a good fit.

The most enjoyable aspect of AM General is predictability when you are an acutal employee of the company. There are many bonuses to working there after culture adjustment has taken place. However, if the employee is in a contract position, it is volatile & uncertain, & quite unpleasant.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production operator 1 salary reported	$19.25 per hour
Production assembler 3 salaries reported	$19.52 per hour
Warehouse worker 2 salaries reported	$19.25 per hour
Monitor 2 salaries reported	$19.25 per hour
Tool and die maker 1 salary reported	$32.39 per hour

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