inside sales representative

application developer

territory sales

outside sales representative

cnc machinist

Bray International, Inc.

Pros:
Job security

Decent benefits

Suitable for entry-level experience

Cons:
Poor communication between departments

Coworker environment can be toxic

Ineffective management

Low pay compared to industry standards

Limited learning due to existing, repetitive product work

Few opportunities for growth or development

Review:
Bray provides a stable job with decent benefits, which might appeal to recent graduates or those starting their career in drafting. However, the work can become repetitive quickly, as the product is already established with little innovation or new challenges. Communication between departments is often lacking, and the overall work culture can feel toxic at times. Management is disorganized and unsupportive, and there are few opportunities for advancement. Pay is also on the lower side compared to industry norms.

Advice to Management:
Improve communication across departments, invest in employee development, and address toxic workplace behaviors. Competitive compensation and stronger leadership would also help with retention and morale.

Bray used to be a great place to work. Employees focused on the customer, cared about each other, and took pride in their work. People felt valued and cared about by ownership and upper management. 

Sadly, this all changed in 2018 when new management was brought in. The current state is that employees are alienated, unmotivated, and do not trust management. Long term, good, valuable employees are putting together exit strategies because they no longer enjoy working at Bray. It's laborious and soul sucking.  Ownership has put all of their eggs in the basket of new management, who is very polished and clever in how they present themselves, but are only interested in making themselves look good instead of the best interests of the company.

I worked for 7 years for this company. I joined every committee I could. I initiated several programs and worked really hard at my job and for the company as a whole. I was never compensated fairly for my performance. I was given a lot of "promotions" in title and I had to wait until the end of the year to get a basic 3-5% raise. They dont care about the employees, but they like to pretend they do. There are politics and everyone acts like a middle school girl with the gossiping and chatting. They have lay offs, and will let someone go that worked there for 25 years (almost since the company started) without blinking an eye. 
If you want to work with a bunch of gossiping time wasting people for little pay, then this is the job for you.

I have learned more in my first year at Bray than all of my years in this role. No two days are the same and I enjoy being able to have new challenges. We are empowered to share ideas or create processes that make our lives easier. You found more efficient way to do the task, great, lets share it, implement it and possibly get paid for it. Family like culture. I been able to complete certifications that the company paid for that I used to beg for at my last company. Bray invest in your growth.

Poor leadership turns into bad managers.  Bad managers make life harder than necessary.  Started out as a great place to work and unfortunately over time it got worse and worse.  Pay and benefits are pretty good.  It’s just not worth the stress of everyday.  Somehow managers are protected even when they are terrible at their job.  Some managers are really good though to.  But most can’t do their job or shouldn’t be in that position.  There are a lot of things to point out and complain about but that gets me no where.  I wish I wouldn’t have stayed as long as I did.  Fair warning to all that wish to work here.  Good luck.

Pros
Salary is good when hire you. Promise excellent promotions when interview.

Cons
1. Cut all your team off when your team couldn't earn money or fire you when team budget becomes lower.
2. Hire high level American engineers, transfer American engineers skills to Indian engineers, then fire American engineers.
3. Fire You Without one minute Notice.
4. Copy your computer everyweek or anytime they want, so all your information on computer are not secret.
5. Senior Management have no vision or strategy. The company doesn't have good future.
6. New product development and continuing production difficulties. Many quality issues and delays.

When I was hired in 2005, this was an exciting company. They were growing rapidly and paid bonuses based on this growth. About 2010, there was a change in management attitude and they brought in managers who were brilliant on paper but lacked people skills. Many good people were let go for unknown reasons and overall morale took an ever steepening decline. In 2012 a decision was made that it was time for me to retire from the company for more reasons than I was aged 70.  

What is the best part of working at the company?
8 minute drive from home. Made for a convenient commute.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Low pay, under staffed, mis managed, labor intensive. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very hot and sweaty, high turn over rate, crummy raises, low tier pay

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
6am - 4pm , outbound loaders stayed to 5 or 6. Saturday work every other weekend.

Responsible for assemble of electronic equipment with actuators and servos for valves.  Troubleshoot products with simple electrical malfunctions and calibrate actuators to fit and requirement establishe3d by product or customer.  We manufactured one million dollars for company with team.  Responsible for team of four for new product line (DELTA) to maintain quota and productivity from sales team,  also responsible for overall organization of parts and fabrication of small sleeves and platforms for the actuators and valves ordered

They arbitrarily at growth goals you have no way to hit. Hired tons of employees in other departments but none in production. Management is looking out for themselves and don't waste your time talking to HR for advice. They will advise your manager how to terminate you. They say they want to hire from within to grow their employees, but the system automatically rejects internal applications.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Inside sales representative 10 salaries reported	$35.69 per hour
Application developer 1 salary reported	$90,000 per year
Territory sales 1 salary reported	$150,000 per year
Outside sales representative 1 salary reported	$120,000 per year
Cnc machinist 1 salary reported	$15.00 per hour

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