welder

associate

senior test technician

production supervisor

senior manufacturing engineer

Arrowhead Products

Years ago, the morale of employees at Arrowhead was at a high with management taking steps to make sure their employees felt appreciated, but those days are long gone. I have never experienced a work environment where nearly every employee verbally expressed their disdain for their job like I did here. 

Aside from a couple competent individuals, the chosen supervisors on the production floor know nothing about the processes involved in the products being produced. During the later days of my employment, I witnessed employees literally in tears from frustration and the ways they were being treated.

The environment is toxic, with constant interpersonal conflicts amongst employees and downright animosity. Gossip runs rampant making each day feel like middle school. There is constant tattling, snooping, and micromanaging, right down to how many bathroom breaks are taken as well as the duration of the trips. On more than one occasion, certain employees were given under-the-table cash bonuses for work other employees pushed out, and higher ranking employees were asked to find a way to pin issues on entry level employees. There seems to be no ethics at play here. Moving up in the company is also nearly impossible as favoritism is an extremely huge problem.

The positives are the employees. There are great, hardworking people here and they are willing to go above and beyond to help their fellow employees. They are unfortunately under appreciated and undervalued.

I hope Arrowhead finds its way back to appreciating their employees and treating them how they deserve to be treated but I don’t have much faith in them. I wouldn’t recommend working here to anyone. There are businesses that know the value of a good employee and don’t reward underperforming ones.

Unethical practices by leadership. Hostile work environment. Ships low quality product
Leadership - Los Alamitos, CA

I do not recommend working at Arrowhead Products. The leadership does not care for the employee, quality, product or the customer needs. The product is low in quality and workmanship. The Union runs the company and mid-management is filled with inexperienced individuals.

The company cannot retain good employees with talent and experience because of the lack of ethics, unbalanced workload, overall poor working environment, and low morale.

Human Resources is non-existent and the staff has their heads in the sand toward the unethical behavior, or is a part of it.

It is a depressing company with people only there for a paycheck and personal agendas. There is no job satisfaction at all.

The hardest part of the job is going there each day. It is miserable and depressing. It is only a matter of time before I leave.

Arrowhead Products is a sinking ship with serious financial and cash flow problems; and leadership lies to the employees about how bad the situation really is. 

Arrowhead Product should do the aerospace industry and go out of business.  It would be a safer world without this company manufacturing parts.  

If an animal was suffering like Arrowhead is, the animal would be euthanized.

Horrible place to work.

Too many snitches at that company and many of the arrogant management knows each other from different companies. Instead of helping employees grow in their careers , they’re more concerned on how long you are on your cell phone, even if it’s break time or even if the call is work related. Right away they will remind you that you can’t use your phone. There are also spies everywhere keeping track of who you speak to and for how long.They also have a very strict attendance policy. You only get 3 sick days a year. But with  COVID-19 going around they dont want you to come to work. But again, you only get 3 sick days! So people have to make tough choices to come to work sick so they won’t get fired for poor attendance. They also don’t follow the 6 foot distance rule. People in production and inspection areas are packed like sardines. 
Like most places management only wants to meet their numbers at the end of the month even if the parts are not good. If your boss doesn’t like you he will find ways to get rid
of you. Managers are encouraged to rule with an iron fist. High turnover rate at Arrowhead and they LOVE to fire people. But no big deal people can do better than settling for such a poorly run company. It’s just a way to pay the bills until something better comes along. Everyone is unhappy there!

AP was the best place that I ever worked when I first started 13 years ago. But then that president left and AP started hiring people from competitors, and they hired their relatives… and if you ask virtually anyone working there now, they will tell you that it is the worst place that they have ever worked and will leave for another job just as soon as one is available. They let managers harass employees for personal reasons. Lots of office politics, backstabbing, lying, incompetence, fraud, poor quality… They got rid of me, after 12 years, because I was too close with the customer source inspectors and I knew that employees were documenting bad parts that AP was sending to customers. They got rid of me by accusing me of doing an unauthorized in-process repair. But I was authorized to do that type of repair and had an in-process repair stamp issued to me for that purpose. When asked repeatedly at the arbitration to show any rule stating that I was not authorized to do that repair, they had nothing.

Aside from the decent pay, this is definitely not a place i would recommend anyone to for work. The atmosphere is poor, management is poor, it is easy for union employees to harass non-union employees as well as their own and its not enjoyable. Those who advance are those who are favored and those who work hard and go out of their way, are not acknowledged and typically get blamed for all the wrong doings of those who are failing at their own jobs as well as fired in return for others failures. I would love to say that there is something enjoyable about this place but unless you make a friend you can actually trust, there's nothing to enjoy. I learned a different process of expediting here which may be beneficial in my next place of employment but I also had to learn a lot of it on my own and do a lot of reaching out to others since i had no real training and was moved 5 times within 7 months to help fix the mistakes of others.

The past 5+ years were shear h&ll that this company.  Too many middle management "friends" brought in by upper management who didn't know what they were doing or anything about running a plant.    Clients were lied to about shipping dates and when their products would be finished and/or available.  I spent 27 years of my life there and they laid me off with 200+ others, many who had worked there far longer than myself.   I think it was/is an age thing but they made me sign paperwork to the contrary in order to get the 12 week severance pay they offered.  Mind you the original rule was one week of severance per year of work, so they owe me up to 27 weeks of pay.   One person was recently "fired" for obeying an order from her supervisor.  I hope she sues the pants off of them.   Many people have a bad taste in their mouths over this company that was a good company years ago with history dating back to WWII.

This was the best company I had worked for by far. But when I noticed co-workers not performing there duties to specifications, all of a sudden I was targeted. These co-workers  started making up incidents about me. And since I could not defend myself, due to being on 2nd shift. When I'd roll in,  matters were already taken care of. Bottom line is this, "The company is broken into departments, and there is employees who tranfer from dept. To dept. and aren't fully qualified for there current position. And feel threatened when a person who is more experienced with more credentials is hired."  The company can be great, if the areas where cancer exists, can be removed. Don't  get me wrong, I enjoyed my time there. Just don't  be a perfectionist, they don't want that there.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Allowed to perform tasks freely with minimal management intervention.  Reports were reviewed and feedbacks were immediately given. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Vague clarification of company's regulations on customer's audits. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment and culture were excellent. Communication and willingness to assist were first and foremost. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Start of my work day was checking the immediate materials and manufacturing defects that causing work stoppage, customer's returned products, failure analysis. Meetings with quality, manufacturing,  customer that were scheduled for the day.

Work-life balance
Work-life balance at Arrowhead Products is great. Im always busy and enjoying my work. Always want to learn new jobs.

Pay & benefits
My pay and benefits at Arrowhead Products are really well. Benefits almost cover for everything. Its a government job.

Job security and advancement
In terms of job security at Arrowhead Products, I think  its a really good company but because  of the covid starting to lay off people.

Management
In general, managers at Arrowhead Products  there okey.

Culture
Collaboration with my colleagues at Arrowhead Products is good i help them when they need help. Team work thats what I like .

Overall
My experience working at Arrowhead Products is great i learn many new jobs and i take pride in my work.

As a newer company Sr. Quality Engineer (1 year, 2 weeks) I enjoy going to work each day and providing the best support I can to the organization, customers and co-workers. I'm a firm believer that were all resources for one another based upon our individual skill-set, experience, knowledge and communication abilities. I try to lead by example based upon my dedication, can-do attitude and wiliness to assist anyone if giving the chance to do so.  

I'm hopeful to retire from Arrowhead Products @ 65 years of age after just celebrating my 55th birthday!

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