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The Good:
- The team I worked with can't be discounted. They were the best at their craft considering what was given to them to use.

- Being able to set my own hours, making it convenient to commute.

- Pay was fair. (hourly w/ overtime pay when applicable)

- Being in the right place at the right time would often net you special privileges and projects, not without taking a little bit of friendly 'hazing' from management...hopefully that's taken a backseat since then.

The Bad:
- Zero annual reviews or performance reviews, even when promised by management.  I don't think I had one annual review during my time there even when requesting one.

- Zero training received.  You better hope you have friendly coworkers that can help you out.  Sometimes they don't know either but I think that's due to the lack of proper backlogging of certain projects or lessons learned, etc.  Hopefully a OneNote document or something has been established at this point.

- Poorly structured weekly team meetings.  There were too much time wasted on internet searches rather than team discussions....that or someone that wasn't supposed to be part of the meeting became part of the meeting, deviating from the intended talking points. 

- Inconsistent Engineering Design Standards. There've been plenty of attempts to rectify this, but management that works closely with the engineering team usually pushed us away from actually trying to create standards in favor of meeting pretty steep deadlines.  Again....I'm hoping this has taken a backseat...for everyone's sake, especially new engineers that I've noticed being hired...cause it can be pretty stressful.

- Health Plan and Vacation time....definitely not the best, but it is what it is.  If you value life outside of work, be prepared to take some no pay absences.  Just have a good reason to be out and communicate effectively with your managers.

- Keep a pen and paper at the ready during meetings or design reviews. People tend to blame other people a lot here.

- People weren't afraid to show their frustration or lack of professionalism when faced with criticism or something confrontational (whether if it was work or non-work related)


Some suggestions I'd recommend:

- Morale boosters...like incentives that will push employees to go above and beyond.

- Policy training (i.e. sensitivity training).... I experienced enough here to know that this kind of training would NOT be a bad idea.  

Good place to work. Family owned which can be a plus or minus. Management could be more precise, professional, and proactive rather that reactive. There are chances to grow with COE. This company is expanding and growing due to changes in its product line and updating control systems for integration to existing customer equipment. 

They told me what I was to do and I did it and pushed to to it faster and better by letting the computer do the work for me.
What took the guy that was doing the processing of print and BOM a week or two (most of the time he did it wrong with a lot of hand notes on the prints). I was able to get it done in 2 hours with no notes and done correctly.. I also stopped to OVER and UNDER stock of nuts an bolts. I was also able to get replacement parts in minutes and not days.

It's only shiny on the surface. Until you scratch it. Morale is low, staff are overworked, underappreciated, and not paid what they are worth.  Get used to doing a lot of double duty for your basic salary. Five, yes FIVE, vacation days per year.  Leadership support is extremely hard to come by, if you can catch them. Not nearly enough appreciation for those who make the place the semi-success that it is.  

What is the best part of working at the company?
the work schedule was great. problem is they told me that this would be a job i could retire from but laid me off after 5 months

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
the uncertainly of when expenses would be reimbursed

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
small, close family owned business

At Coe press builders, pipefitter, and  electricians are expected to meet budgets, follow prints, and resolve any issue as they a raise. With a knowledgeable manager, and floor leader new employees will have a solid source of information to do their job correctly and on budget.

Not willing to change their way of doing things even knowing they are detrimental . No engineering standards and manufacturing processes for their own shop.

There is a lot to learn about the industry so having manufacturing experience is really helpful. The faster you learn and the more you know, the more opportunities you'll have to take on new roles and responsibilities.   

Extremely misleading, inexperienced administration and not a well managed company. Too many unnecessary meetings, shoot from the hip decisions and if you're not family you probably won't last!

Leadership group is very misleading with no focus or clear direction.  Constant hiring and firing of people.  Ownership is constantly talking about their toys and their money.

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