machine operator

production operator

manufacturing associate

maintenance technician

forklift operator

Amphenol CIT

I decided to leave the printing industry and wanted to try something different. Carlisle Interconnect Technologies is a world wide company that create parts for aerospace, medical, construction, and electronic industries. I was fortunate enough to support their Cerritos location as a Production Supervisor.

A typical day at Carlisle would be reviewing monthly forecast reports and monitoring which orders need to get done on a day to day basis. If you've had experience being a Lead or Supervisor in your past experience then Carlisle is no different. Support is given to assemblers if they have any concerns within production. The days are relatively quiet as the employees you oversea are focused on their work. 

I've worked at Carlisle for less than a year, and they give you ample time to learn the manufacturing process which is very critical. New production hires is like a revolving door while having to retrain. Leading the swing shift team there were be times I wouldn't be involved in meetings, but the morning team will always take care of any issues and I would get updates from the end results. Management is very knowledgeable in what they do, but any revolutionary ideas are brushed off and get praised by those with seniority. 

What I enjoyed with my time at Carlisle was friendly team members, but you get a bad apple occasionally. You're not expected to work on Saturdays even though your production team is working. Lunch rooms and restrooms can be better maintained although there is a cleaning crew. HR is approachable and gives support.

Carlisle Interconnect Technologies Pottstown facility is a state-of-the-art manufacturer of high-quality cables for the aerospace industry. What attracted me to the company is their leadership in the aerospace industry and many of the prime customers they serve. I have been with Carlisle approaching two years and continue to be impressed with their commitment to their customers and their employees.

The staff are industry experts that work with employees to help them grow and continuously improve for this specialized industry. We share a culture of safety, commitment to quality, learning, and achieving the next level as continuous improvement, and always keeping the customer in focus. Carlisle IT takes the time to develop and celebrate their employees, keeping things interesting with fun events.

My experience here has been a positive one and consider myself fortunate to be part of this amazing team and continue my professional growth with the company. Also, there’s work to be done too, and Carlisle is always on the lookout for the right people to join the team and grow with us.

When you come on board there’s lots to learn, participation in training, a challenging environment, daily tier meetings, pressures of schedules and deadlines, lots of work to be done, and still plenty of room to share your ideas and make meaningful contributions. If you’re not used these, then this may not be the place for you. Carlisle needs shakers and movers.

Quality Management:

• Develop, design and maintain workplace plant layout through the use of ergonomics. Lean Manufacturing Tools, handling devices, etc.
• Measure variance to standards, identify out of control variance, investigate reasons, suggest solutions, install and follow up.
• Develop standard work for new processes.
• Utilize safety guidelines (e.g. OSHA standards) when designing processes and/or equipment.
• Work closely with other engineers to drive process improvements through Safety. Quality, Delivery and Cost.

Process Engineering:
• Assess processes for their relevance, and assess the adequacy of engineering department.
• Keep abreast of the trend of technology, investigate, and install most effective methods of manufacturing to keep company competitive at all times.
• Design, install and commission new production equipment, monitor modifications and upgrades, and troubleshoot existing processes.
• Ensure the process works at the optimum level, to the right takt time and quality of output, in order to meet customer requirements
• Ensure that all aspects of an operation or process meet specified regulations.

Project Management:
• Manage projects from concept to completion; ensuring the project is done on time and within the allocated budget.
• Select, manage and work with sub-contractors.
• Support the conversion of small-scale processes into commercially viable large-scale operations.

Management in my area was disrespectful of women and requires sensitivity training.  I embraced the position coming from a very professional background with a view towards being an employee earning longevity at Carlisle.  The employer was not forthcoming with its intentions which resulted in my spear heading  a laborious project which due to inattention over the years, was flagged by Compliance.  The employer should have been transparent about the criteria during the interview process.  Had the job parameters been made clear at the outset, I would not have accepted the position.  Further exacerbating the experience was that after I accepted this position at Carlisle, I was offered another position which I declined.  I hadn't started at Carlisle yet and did not want to rescind my acceptance of the position as I knew the Company was expecting me on the agreed upon start date and needed the role filled. SAP is the operating system at Carlisle.  I learned it without any formal training and mostly by trial and error.  The Company is generally disorganized, partly due to exponential growth without the personnel resources and a lack of common operating systems throughout all companies in the Carlisle family.  There was nothing enjoyable about this job and the hardest part was that my work contribution although necessary was not valued.

IMO Management is comprised of individuals who believe they have high Christian Faiths all while belittling employees beneath them, lying, and being vindictive in their process to take benefits from employees. Very clique management who attend same church and promote fellow members to higher positions without proper credentials. Favoritism is promoted in the workplace and is ran as a social club where laziest individuals get leadership positions without any skills. HR talks down to employees and simply says good luck finding another job in a borderline harassing way. Company doesn’t invest in any machinery/processes leaving everything very unsafe and unstable. Very little in regards to training do to close to zero employee retention from poor moral integrity of facilities management. Morale is non existent with the contributing employees and very high with the non productive employees who got to their positions from favoritism/social standing. Abundance of mandatory overtime from poor decisions of upper management as a result of being incompetent in their positions. This facility forces swing shift to save money on shift premiums at the expense of their employees health and work to life ratio. Zero room for advancement opportunities. SINKING SHIP

Carlisle wants to be a manufacturing plant like Honda and Toyota but they can’t because they care too much about charts and 5S. The “work” is always “coming” but it must get lost because we don’t see it. We haven’t hit our target for shipments in months and that’s with the always over rushing at the end of the month to get close. And if we can’t hit our target we just change the amount! The Pottstown plant is a year late on achieving “bronze” status so don’t be suprised if it closes soon. The management team or factory leadership team or whatever they call themselves anymore is a total joke. They walk around on their “gimba” walk every day for an hour and look at charts and pat themselves on the back for a job well done. Favoritism runs rampant here so unless you suck up don’t expect any help. The hours are not what they initially tell you. They’ll tell you that there’s profit sharing but don’t believe that either, every quarter we just “didn’t make enough for a meaningful payout”. And this may sound like I’m a disgruntled employee and I am but I’ve tried my best to make it work here and I don’t usually give up on jobs but I have given up on Carlisle. This boat has already hit the iceberg, we’re just waiting for it to sink now.

I presently work at the St Augustine Carlisle and I see plenty of co-workers that try to get people in trouble, I guess it makes them feel good to get someone pointed or fired. I work here because I can't find another job in my area, and I just can't quit. First shift is the worst, the people are nasty and the Leads and Cell Manager get angry all the time if something goes wrong they look for the employee that did it. Working 3rd is quiet and not as stressful but it's hard on the body to stay up through the night. Now they want the employees to learn 3 different positions even if they are totally satisfied with what they are presently doing. I think it should be up to the employee but than they won't give you a better raise, which is most likely 5 cents more an hour! The Safety Teams they want you to sign and the Kaizan Events they want you to be in to boost up your salary as well. This place is also very unfair they hire new people in to be Leads rather than looking within first. I see sons of the big wigs getting hired to do the best paying postions and it just makes me sick! The favorites of the Cell Manager and the Lead get special treatment as well.

Extreme nepotism. Entire family's work here. Culture is destroyed because of this... Do you want to eat lunch with your bosses wife or tell his brother he is performing poorly?

Literally very few employees have any experience, including managment and the director of operations. It's the first job for them, recommend by a family member.

It was a family owned company and all five of the former owners sons have higher up positions in the company. A large portion of employees came from the church group the owner belonged to. Former quality director was a ups truck driver. Mother and son working together in the quality dept.

Seriously, do not work here unless you know someone who already works here. There are so many negatives that you can not pickup during an interview or tour.

HR, IT and quality departments are the biggest joke. I'm actually not sure what they do. Deadlines are missed 75% of the time. I'm also not sure why the maintenance dept needs 5 full time employees, when they contract electricians, lawn care, etc anyway. What a cake walk job for them.

ECS is going nowhere.

Employed for about 3 months; I applied for 3rd shift but was trained on 1st shift for 2 of those months.  Management wanted to "cross train" me, which was fine, but it is quite rough to jump between schedules like that.  There is a huge focus on safety there, but not enough on training.  Basically you just get stuck shadowing someone who is already doing the job.  Sometimes they've been doing it for decades and understand a lot, sometimes they've been doing it for a few weeks and everything they tell you is completely wrong.  (I experienced both these situations!)  Management was really great but couldn't help me to get another shift when I had issues being bounced around/working graveyard.  Workload was very light most of the time, and you end up standing around trying to look busy more than actually doing your job.  After benefits, 401k and taxes, your take home pay was pretty low, even after a shift differential.  It's fine if you're in need, but doesn't seem to offer much advancement/pay raises.  I didn't stay long enough for the yearly raise, but it sounds like it would barely beat out inflation.

Everything bad thing that was said in the other reviews was absolutely true. Both manufacturing managers do not want you to succeed it is all a farce. I worked there for a year and never got any praise or respect from my managers or team leaders. Most the associates that have been there for quite some time were very disgruntled and spoke very poorly of the company. Promises unkept, promotions going to friends and family. Mangers that speak to the associates disrespectfully. One in particular that enjoys humiliating, belittling and down right mean, never a nice word to say to anyone. Some associates came to work and perform the duties necessary, but most of them just came to get a paycheck and watch the others work. The slackers would always say work smarter not harder, then laugh. They were also the ones that would take a 30-45 min lunch and never get reprimanded for it. (FYI our lunch was 20 min)

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