manufacturing technician

composite technician

operator

process engineer

maintenance technician

Albany International Corp.

So, if you want to work here then come to get experience and get a new job that is better elsewhere.  The people you will work with are great.  They will help you as much as possible.  You will never hear from your supervisor, or operations managers.  You will never receive praise from anyone, not even a shift lead; you will only hear about what you did wrong.  Plan on unending overtime because management NEVER has a plan B.  Their goals are always just barely met because of enforcement of mandatory overtime.  When I meant mandatory overtime, I really mean mandatory overtime.  I've worked hear for almost 6 years and have never worked a single week without at least 10 hours or more of overtime.  Your management has unlimited PTO which is why you will never see them, and when it's time for your performance evaluation they hand out a certain amount of money and the supervisors have to debate with HR about who gets what, so your evaluation will never be accurate.

HR is another issue.  They will flatly lie to your face, even when presented with proof.  The best thing to do if you have to speak with HR is attend that meeting with a hidden digital recorder.  HR will never investigate a manager, only the grunts, and when they do they only investigate one side of the issue and will always support management, even if proof if right in front of them.

Management in general is extremely coercive, and two-faced.  They have an ethics policy that only the grunts have to follow.  They have an operations manager that steals from the company but enforces all policy when it comes to the grunts.  If you have family that is in management here, you're set, you won't ever have a problem.  You'll even be promoted and granted a management position without ever having to have an interview.  You can even run your department between tee off times (remember all that unlimited PTO).  

Guys, really.  I promise, your work to life ratio will be geared toward work only.  Management will ALWAYS get their weekends and holidays -- in full!  They will even make you work through company mandated Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday, but only if you don't have a title.

It is mandatory that you will have to take the blame for your mistakes but when it comes to management or engineering, they are made of teflon.  No dirt ever sticks to them.  It's always someone else's fault.

Now let's talk about the pay.  They will do everything in their power to start some kind of new program, or some new type of pay scale so that they can delay promoting you for as long as they can.  The phrase you will enjoy hearing the most is, "I'm just waiting for approval of Corporate!"  Their pay scale is skewed as well.  You can come in as a level 1 new hire making more than someone that has been there for 3 years or more; but they will tell everyone else that they start at $16 per hour.

You cannot ever win here.  They act like YOU need THEM and they will treat you like it too!

After working at Albany Int for nineteen years, I can honestly say that the last seven years the culture has changed from being a pleasant people friendly atmosphere, where everyone is encouraged to be and do their best and be honest, to one of JUST DO IT. There are signs everywhere that say "IF YOU  SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING". What the signs and management do NOT mention is that if you DO say something, then you probably will be terminated within weeks of your observation.  The management at Albany Boerne are NOT very reliable and are not for the most part, interested what is going on on the shop floor unless it shows their inadequacies. They also quite recently started laying some of the older workers off because they were regarded as liabilities. One of the machinists was terminated for mentioning that others were not pulling their weight. The sad part is that  management terminated me after I SAW SOMETHING and SAID SOMETHING. Of course they would never admit that but, I was the ONLY certified machinist there, and now there aren't any, although I was told there were three others but, they weren't being honest. Six days after I was terminated ( their term not mine) I was approached by a company and, they offered me a position in their R&D department. No more manhandling 300+ lb tooling. At 65 I have a great job that has all the benefits and less BS of ALBANY plus everyone is treated equally.  One last thing, I used to think ALBANY was the best, but now I realize they are just a company with second rate management that will NOT deal with problems, unless it's in their personal interests.  

If you like being stressed out to the point of mental breakdowns, then this is the company for you! Every time someone quits, retires or is fired they don't hire someone (unless you get corporate approval, which let's face it, even if justified, they will turn you down for more people because they don't care? Which is just my opinion) so what they do is keep spreading the work around. 
Production takes priority over everything including safety and especially anything admin, which to be honest, if the admin doesn't get done, then you will have problems. While I agree that running LEAN is a good practice, there is such a thing as being too LEAN which is where we are at. I can't believe the amount of turn around that we have now, or the amount of people who want to go out on STD/ LTD just to be able to get a break from the multiple roles, when compared to 15 years ago there was a waiting list to get in the door because it was such an awesome company to work for! The site locations were able to get what they needed to run the location. So sad how things are and so sad the amount of people that are looking for other jobs. People that have been with the company for years leaving because of being tired of doing so many multiple jobs where you have no chance to get everything done in a timely manner. 

My typical workday at Albany International is about four hours long. From the moment I arrive, I get settled with my colleagues in a conference room. I spend time talking with my supervisor, Scott, catching him up on what work I have been doing and what progress my team and I have made. I have learned a lot about working in an office space attached to a manufacturing floor. As needed, I can walk onto the manufacturing floor and take measurements or record data from the machines my team is working with. My supervisor and the rest of the staff interacting with us have been very helpful and cooperative with anything we need or ask of them. Whenever there is a question, Scott tries to teach us or show us approaches to figuring out the answer ourselves as opposed to him just telling us directly. In this way, all of us are continually learning new things on the job. The most enjoyable part of the job is getting to work with a team of colleagues, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, to generate a set of solutions for the problems delegated to us. Working in a new environment that was unlike anything I was familiar with was a bit challenging at first, but I quickly learned how certain things worked at the company and adapted well.

Been here a long time and the longer I stay the worse it seems to get. HR is a revolving door so employees can't form a relationship with these people and then they are so uninformed we get the wrong information when asking for something. Mixed answers everywhere, seems to change from person to person, does anyone really know? Why aren't things set in stone and why don't the higher ups have the concrete answers? Pay is decent but Albany has NEVER compensated long term employees, instead they raise their starting pay and people who have been here barely make more than people walking in the door, sometimes they make less than new hires. No one seems to care about fair pay here, they beat around the bush, give you different answers, and sweep it all under the rug.  Management has changed a lot too, meaning people are so sensitive now that managers can't even speak up to their crew to do their jobs. This is where if you are a good employee you can expect to be rewarded with doing the work of those who lack motivation to earn their money. Albany isn't a terrible place to work BUT it would be highly improved if they would listen to their employees and make things fair around here. 

It is large industrial manufacturing. Utilizing multiple 25t cranes to move up to 8t molds, 2,000,000,000 btu ovens, big winding apparatus for making fan cases for the 737max and the Airbus jet  engines. Many unique tasks. Just about everyday is different. The job is physically demanding. The shop is fairly clean but the carbon fiber/fiberglass dust, and certain chemicals (the  vapors that are emitted) used  are worrisome. The work is not too difficult as long as you and your team are well organized and have a strong understanding on what needs to get done and when. Otherwise it all falls apart. On top of that your management needs to do their part and have a great understanding of the workings on the shop floor. Management for shifts is always changing (terminated) since no one can do well enough at getting things done properly. 

The benefits aren't even that great. There is a lot of talk about how important our job is, and how much quality and safety go into our jobs. Yet, our pay rate is a joke. Starting pay is comparable to a secretary or Mcdonalds manager. Yet we build parts that go on airplanes. Makes no sense. First raise is either at 3 or 6 months depending on your supervisor, and it's .35 cents. WOW, talk about keeping us motivated. It takes a year and a half to become a level 3 employee, yet you learn and do everything it takes to be level 3, long before 18 months. The air is dangerous to breathe with all the dust/carbon/etc. floating through the air. 30 minute lunch breaks aren't even worth it unless you bring a lunch. People here act as if they are still in high school. Rumors start in one area, and goes through the entire plant in a matter of a few hours. People constantly bad mouth each other behind each others' backs. Im sure if alot of the customers that have parts being made here, did a true audit of certain areas, they would pull their contracts and go elsewhere. There is a lot more wrong with the place then I can remember, but those are the biggest ones I can think of.

A good place to work that has gotten even better ever since the old CEO was removed in January of 2020. Culture suffered under his reign of ruling with tyranny, fear, and oppression. Numbers used to be more important than people and the future was bleak. Fortunately, the Board of Directors wised up and did the RIGHT thing.

THINGS ARE NOW DIFFERENT- In a few short months, the new CEO has came in with the right approach of treating people right and we're heading in a great direction. There have been a few local leadership changes in SLC and I firmly believe that putting people first is their number one priority. This is evident with how well they have treated employees during the COVID-19 crisis. My friends and family tell me all the time that I'm fortunate to be with a good company like Albany!

I enjoy the work I do. Aerospace is a fun industry with lots of innovative aspects. Albany does a great job keeping people engaged and I enjoy a full sense of work-life balance. Great benefits too.

Albany Engineered Composites is a great company to work for. I have worked for both Rolls-Royce (now Triumph) and ATK (now Northrop-Grumman), and Albany, by far has been my best experience. In the 6 years I have been at Albany I have been able to work on some interesting programs, with some of the best aerospace companies in the world, using state of the art technology. I have also worked with some very gifted and diverse people. The culture at Albany is one of personal and corporate growth at the same time as being inclusive of everyone who works here. Management in SLC has done a great job in keeping us safe during the current pandemic, at the same time as having some fun. I would recommend Albany Engineered Composites to anyone looking to start and develop a career, continue to develop mid-career, or at the end of a career.
Albany Engineered Composites is a large company that is very successful in having a small company feel, and making you feel wanted. It also has a great customer base and order book.



Loved the people that I worked with. poor upper management unrealistic goal setting. told by upper management that moving to 10 hour days mandatory overtime would stop only to find out that we had to work more hours in fewer days,  pushed every day to work harder and harder to get the parts out.  goals set and achieved to get  promotion that was promised only to get told that the policies were changing and would not be promoted unless new goals that would take another year or 2 to achieve for promotion.  No acknowledgement for how hard the employees work and nothing ever done to show there appreciation  for all the long hours, week after week, making employees moral very low.  Company so busy to make part count that training for new employees was very inadequate.

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