field service technician

assembler

industrial painter

material handler

quality assurance inspector

Amada America, Inc.

Seems the culture is changing. Good experience and grateful for the opportunity, But am no longer looking to stick around. Great health benefits, okay compensation. The hourly rate is below the industry median. I'm gone Monday through Friday, only home on weekends. The company doesn't really give anyone raises, (raises seem to only be given after you give them a two weeks notice)not much room for growth if you're looking for a position in the service department. I would say the company is a great way to get your foot in the door, but not worth staying with for a career. I was really hoping this would be my last company to ever work for. The manufacturing department hires temps, so the machines you get in the field are generally poorly built requiring the field engineer to work extra days to correct mistakes from manufacturing.

This company might be okay for getting some hands-on experience, but long-term it’s not a place for growth.

Pros:
	•	You’ll learn some practical skills if you’re new.
	•	The welding test is simple (T-joint on 1” and 16-gauge) and easy to pass if you know what you’re doing.

Cons:
	•	Favoritism is a major issue. Some temps get all the opportunities, even when others are more qualified.
	•	Management is passive-aggressive and constantly micromanages. It creates a tense, unmotivating environment.
	•	Employee concerns are brushed off or ignored completely.
	•	Raises are rare. Even when you meet expectations, they find reasons to deny them.
	•	There’s obvious internal drama among supervisors, and it spills over into how employees are treated.

If you’re ambitious or looking for long-term career growth, this is probably not the place.

During my time as a CSE, I have been many places and met many people. These experiences have allowed me to grow as a person and as a technician while working on many different machines. The travel can be rough sometimes, but if you don't mind it, the work is very rewarding. The benefits are more than adequate and is one of the main reasons I stay with the company. The pay is not as good as other comparable companies with similar positions, but the benefits generally make up for it. The managerial staff is mostly on point even when they don't really understand the situation and allow much autonomy in decision making in the field. In short, they trust your judgment. A great place to work if you are content with slim chances to move up on the corporate ladder. 

Pay & benefits
My pay and benefits at Amada America, Inc. are the worst. I was only getting paid $19/hr for a buyer position. They wouldn't give me a raise to hire me on permanently after making up all these reasons. Then made someone else with far less experience a supervisor. Favoritism at it's best.

Job security and advancement
In terms of job security at Amada America, Inc., I think it's great! They'll never fire you. They'll just never give you a raise and treat you unfairly until you voluntarily decide to leave, therefore they don't have to pay you any benefits. There are people working there for 30 years and got demoted for not agreeing with the manager. There's no room for advancement what's so ever. You gotta be best friends with the plant manager to get anywhere.

There is a lot of potential at Amada. They could be great if they replaced the worst of the management they have. Throwing out $1 raises to keep employees who are miserable is not a long term solution. There is a major difference between ‘growing pains’ and the horrible morale, lack of training, and negative support offered here. Upper Management has an attitude of ‘they should just be happy to work in a climate controlled environment and such a nice building’. If supply chain issues disappear tomorrow they will continue to struggle until they understand how to train, set attainable goals, and support their employees with what they need to do their jobs. Until they can do that it will continue to be a revolving door of miserable people wasting the company’s money. 

This company is a good one to work for if you like just coming in and doing your job and going home. Equipment is out of date, always breaking down. Very clicky. Work hard to not even be able to advance in the company. Management isn't very friendly, rude and disrespectful to employees. They will walk right by you and make no eye contact or even smile. No raises or reviews. You work hard, they load you up with more work, while the people who don't have a good work ethic aren't made to do there job. Company gives no direction and is very unorganized. Everyone shares equipment, when equipment breaks it takes weeks to get replacements, because certain things need to go through the quality department and the manager has no time management or makes those things a priority. 

This place is only to get experience and get out. You work from Monday to Saturday MANDATORY and over time as well. No bonus, no raise ever if there is it’s only every 2 years and not worth anything new employees make more than you yet you still have to train them cause lead won’t want to. You could give your best in meeting standard time goals in production but management will never acknowledge that. You could learn 5 different processes and your pay will still be the same or less than a new employee. All you are to this company is a number. There’s also no place for advancement since they want to keep you where you are to keep production going up

I worked there for 8 years and Amada has it's ups and downs like every place but this is a place where you can make a difference. Management isn't perfect but if you are a model employee and come to work with the right mindset and a solid , contagious work ethic you will go far. It can be a fun place to work filled with opportunities. The COO is a great guy! a very sociable down to earth person. So is the plant manager. They will train and give opportunities to the inexperienced and offer 2 apprenticeship programs. One thing I do miss since moving on are the people.

Make the coffee!! Start the day with an astounding crew of dedicated customer service persons. Assume the roll of technical applications manager as well as guide others in the performance of their jobs. Enjoyed the diversity of all the persons at the H.Q. Although hetic at times we still managed to have a laugh along the way. Guidelines I helped to put in place reguired all customer orders be entered the same day they were recieved. I oversaw the operations of four off site welding facilities and maintained their inventory by shipping our inventory to them periodically.

The job is highly competitive. You're going to learn a lot here whether you work on lasers, automation or press brakes. The people you work with are wonderful and my manager was great too. You're going to spend almost 100% of your time traveling, which is fine if you enjoy it like I did. Getting hired isn't easy and staying hired isn't easy. Within the first six months most of my training group was gone. They acquire companies frequently and bring in the engineer's from those companies to do your job, which adds to the level of competition to stay current or ahead and keep your job. Overall this is a very quality place to work with great pay and benefits. I would recommend it to anybody with ambition.

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