machine operator

forklift operator

production operator

cnc machinist

room attendant

Brembo

If you're into lifting, then this may be the job for you. Crane works fine you will still be expected to lift 150-317 pound pieces of tooling, sitting chest height on a 48"×40 composite uline skid, being held up by a forklift. There was a table but last time I was there it was sitting in the corner broken like it had been for months. 

Things just seemed to get band-aids when they broke, then after the first band-aid broke the piece of equipment remained in a state of disrepair.
Trying to obtain specialty equipment was a joke, ordering replacements for expendable tools always seemed to be a nightmare even though the company skimped and bought cheap tools, Often used inadequate assembly fixtures due to lack there of, lost core boxes were a frequent ocurance. (a couple times I spent 3+ hours for tooling that wasn't even in the country!) You're expected to care about the company's profit margins but they'll stab you in the back first chance they can to make sure they dont have to cut you that bonus check at the end of the quarter. 

The whole plant is underpaid in my opinion, these guys will do everything to save a nickle, but they did put in a better ventilation system so you're not working through a sandstorm, prior the the new system the air quality was really the equivalent of a sand storm and yes you were expected to work. Regardless of the ventilation system, Everything you touch is filthy, you're going to be very dirty working in this shop. It's hot in the summer but it is a foundry, fans are everywhere but dont make that big of difference. 

Training for this position is a descrase, you're taught the fast/unsafe way, even though your allotted the whole shift for a build. For example to empty the ice blaster you're told to take the nozzle of the ice blaster and put it inside the hopper and squeeze the trigger to empty any unused ice. Thus spewing dry ice into the air and all over yourself but hey it only took an extra 5 seconds to do instead of the 5 minutes it takes to do it the right way. Another big training problem I encountered was you did not assemble the bolsters the way the instruction manual told you too. Nobody even bothered to hand it to you to look at on your first day, you just followed what the "senior" tech said to do. Regardless of how negative the ergonomics were. 

The human resources department is bad, youd have better luck trying to machine finish a rotor by hand than to get their help with anything.The people I worked with were all around good people, some bad but mostly good. 

I know alot of this sounds negative and quite frankly it is. However I do have few good things to say about BNA'S foundry. The insurance is existant, 10 days paid off, (accumulating 1 per month during first year of employment. 10 days jan 1 of second year.) 401K match, HSA account, vision, dental, disability, also nobody really keeps track of your breaks but that is just a technology dept. thing, production worker's breaks are down to the minute. A major plus here for me is job security, they will not fire a hired in employee, it has its pros and cons but as long as you adhear to their outlandish attendance policy then you'll have a job. Over time is very prevlient in the department but not required. 

Over all my experience with brembo north america was terrible, mangament sucks all the way up the chain in the foundry, the environment sucks, the work sucks. They do not care for the longevity of their workers, everything is run fast and when production speed is a factor the human element always seems to get left behind. Communication doesnt happen, the builds will change mid way through assembly. Its just an overall terrible place to work and a barley passes as a tooling shop in my book. !!!!!AVOID THIS PLACE AT ALL COSTS!!!!!! !!!!IT IS NOT WORTH IT!!!!





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why?

First off the pay and benefits are really good, you do get team share bonuses quarterly.  Other than that, there isn't much to say that is good about this place. Bembo, can't keep people. Very high turnover.  That being said, expect to work alot of 12 hour shifts, and a lot of weekends.  Management is horrible!! They have no problem showing and telling their employees, that they don't trust them. They will lie right to your face, and swear their telling the truth. In my entire working career, I have never heard members of Management talk to people the way they do at Brembo. Now, let's talk about the work you will be doing.  The job itself is actually easy. The hard part, is running equipment that is never fixed. Quality and engineering will not take care of anything.  There are techs on each shift,  and they do their best to keep you running with as little issues as possible. But, if it's something they can't fix, your screwed. Because engineering will not fix it. Brembo loves to complain about scrap, downtime, productivity and trs( trs tells you how well your line is running higher the percentage the better your running) but brembo refuses to fix any of the issues that are causing scrap, downtime and low trs. This place does not care about you!! You are just a body to them. But, Management and supervision make sure they get theirs. If you like money and being work and treated like a dog. Go for it.

We start the day with a good "hand off". The previous shift tells us what has happened during the day and what to expect for the rest of the night, so hopefully no surprises show up. Receiving truck loads of raw castings all day long one after the other, keeps you very busy. Then we need to manage all the new stock with the old stock by using the FIFO method. "First in, first out" keeps the stock rotating from the oldest stock to the newest so we use the oldest first. We have great co-workers on our docks. We work hand in hand together to keep the docks running smoothly, and the stock put away quickly.We also use a "poker chip" system so we know exactly where all stock is at all times in the warehouse. The hardest part about the job is not knowing what stock we are getting in, and when. We used to use a schedule system that allowed the truck drivers to meet a two hour window time for deliveries, and we knew what stock they had on the truck and when it was to be delivered. We have returned to the old way of receiving by allowing the trucks to come in on a "first come, first serve" basis. The most enjoyable part of the job is knowing that I've completed everything I needed to do in the time given, to the best of my abilities.

So this was a great job for me and. Although it was incredibly dirty and I would be covered head to toe in Black crud, they have showers and a pretty awesome break room. Good people. I like to stay moving and there was plenty of manual labor to make the 12-hour shift go faster. However the work schedule for core shop is bizarre and that is the sole reason I left. Working 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. would be manageable if it wasn't two nights off, then every other day, and the next week opposite days of the week before. There's no consistency and your body can't get used to anything. The money was worth an hour and a half Drive and you could get plenty of overtime but I couldn't get any sleep. If they even set it up to be the same schedule every week that would have made a huge difference. Management says it's because that's how the employees want it. And the staff says that's the required work schedule. It seems like such an easy solution but the lack of communication and accommodation for employees leads to a crazy turnaround rate. Every day I showed up my coworkers were surprised. "Like, hey you're still here! We thought you would have quit by now!"

What is the best part of working at the company?
Making money 6 days you may work at times it's very toxic in the building bad for your health silica is everywhere in the building bad air pollution you'll always be in pain and if you get hurt you'll get fired no workers compensation there it doesn't matter how long you been with the company 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It'll be your peers sneaky diss talking they will lie on you at times special privilege one's half proper equipment 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Sometimes helpful certain staff are ok its divided into sections they talk to workers crazy at times alot of spying telling brown nosing no good communication within workplace alot of downtime cleaning rules are always changing 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Everything flowing fast moving fast hot at times unbreathable toxic fumes constantly in the air smacking your finger alot maybe in the same spot alday

There are 2 plants, the west one is just for packaging/shipping brakes. Only like 10 people on a shift, low supervision. You’ll probably be packing skids of 5-50lb brakes into boxes and into pallets the entire 8 hours at first. You might get to drive a forklift a little eventually, they certify you. You’ll have to occasionally interact with a computer to print labels. The East plant is where they have like 100 people and actually forge & paint the parts and everything. A truck periodically will move the brakes from East to West to be packed and shipped to the corresponding vendor. You have to be careful at East and with HR there. I came forward with legitimate complaints and they said they would look into then. I then put in my two weeks because they said I could move to East, but on my last day they said I actually wasn’t going to be a good fit. 

I came in eager to learn and ready to ask questions. However, I was constantly pushed aside for other interns who were older or a little more experienced because the older long term workers/engineers never felt like taking the time to teach me the things I needed to know to succeed. I lacked some knowledge that other employees and interns had, but was not able traverse that knowledge gap because everyone was always so rushed and working at such a fast pace. I was just left with small negligible tasks that didn't help with my resumé experience very much. However the management was engaging and great company.

Brembo is a decent place to work if you love money, you make great money, plenty of overtime. the work isn't hard at all, it's just the supervisors an management that really suck, all they care about is numbers. the supervisors aren't bad people, they are just pushed by management to be bad people. it's kind of a who ya know who ya blow kinda place. if your just an hourly production employee your just a number they see you as a dime a dozen. good for expeierencs with CNC machining.

Management is fair and provides us good reasoning for their decisions - keeps us informed. Despite changes in business for the Caliper plant, any affected and qualified employees in good standing were eligible for transfer to Disc or Foundry.  Typical day is fast paced which allows us to feel job security and appreciated.  Would recommend Brembo to friends and family - very generous in benefits & perks to working here!

Typical day would include: load calculations, applying NEC standards for the installation of equipment, programming PLC's, Documentation of electrical systems, problem solving including trouble shooting of equipment failures, working with the quality department on continues improvement of the product.

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Machine operator 5 salaries reported	$20.39 per hour
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