assembler

manufacturing engineer

shipping and receiving clerk

senior assembler

production supervisor

DWYER INSTRUMENTS, INC.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The work! The work is simple to do once you are trained on the specific task.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The people! You never know from one day to the next who was going to talk to you, ignore you or try to start trouble with you! That runs from the lowest position to the office people! I broke 4 teeth from gritting my teeth so hard and had to be hospitalized from all the stress and drama of having to deal with the people! I know you will have issues from time to time, but the drama gossip and rumor mill there will tear you up!!

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Horrible!! Dwyer is being run by people that have "favorites" and if you're not one of them, you will always have trouble! They won't let you explain your side of things if you're not a favorite. They look for any reason to get you out of there if they don't like you-even when you can prove the people are lying about you!!

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The work was easy but the stress of dealing with the people will make you lose your mimd!!

Initially this was supposes to be an inventory control position,  which wound up being a filling position, or "flexible technician".  I was expected to bounce around departments to add additional help whenever needed. ...like picking /running, receiving orders, stocking the line, doing returns.  The lady I was working with, the inventory specialist.  When she's not repeating herself a hundred times about all her "accomplishments " she can usually be found in full chicken little mod. The smallest errors and the seams are popping undone. It's also advised not to get on chicken Littles bad side, everything you do-she reports it, when things do go wrong, your the scapegoat for all of it. The whole warehouse will never hear the end of it.  She mostly was what ruined this job for me aside from the fact that they lied about what I'd be doing. The jobs boring and unorganized. The only good thing about this place is the benefits are great and their HR rep is really nice. Other then that not worth it. 

There are several long time employees walking the halls here, which is normally a sign of confidence in the employer. In this case, I'd say it's the lack of competing employers in the area as opposed to a genuinely desirable work environment.

Things used to be much better, but upper management has been putting the squeeze on everyone. Workloads are getting unbearable, and top talent has been fleeing this company for the last year at an alarming rate. The result is lot's of interns and younger faces filling the halls. Their lack of experience means they commonly work twice as hard, but produce half the results.

Career advancement is mostly for relatives and friends of current management. 

If you really need the job it's better than nothing, but weigh your options carefully.

I loved working here and feeling like I was apart of a work family but don't let that fool you they will throw you under the bus your job is not protected there I was there for a year and a half was made line lead one day they call me and said you were chosen to be laid off I didn't see that coming they laid off people who were making more money and kept people who had only been working there for 6 months it's sad because I took pride in my work there and I new the products that I was building and packaging was perfect because I believe when the customer see the product and it looks good and labels are put on right and plus it works they will keep ordering from the company but this company doesn't care if they keep there clients Do I miss working here definitely would I go back if they called me definitely but they haven't called 

i worked on the line for 3-4 years. the company makes a variety of low pressure gauges. promoted to line lead within initial 90 days since they desperately needed a person to run the line. i worked my way up from there to doing returns then inspection, shipping, receiving. this is not typical. they move people as they need and as they see fit. to be able to move up, you have to prove yourself. the work is fast-paced but tedious. there are may products with small parts. soldering is a must on the line. workplace culture could be greatly improved if management would listen to employees when they have issues with or about another person.

Good place to work. Challenging at times. High expectations, great people to work with. They make sure all employees are helped out on the job. It's a very clean environment but sometimes can get noisy. Management always wants better but they give better as well. Coworkers work well as a team. This company always tries harder than it competitors. They won't accept less from their employees. If you like a daily challenge then Dwyer is the place to work. No corner cutting here. Solid reputation, high quality all the way around. I would work for them again in an instant.

During my time at Dwyer Instruments I learned that they're owned by a Private Equity firm. When I first started it was announced that they were outsourcing one of their products to Mexico and closing an entire plant in the US. While I worked there, there were constant job cuts all the time while the executives told us we were performing well financially. The Private Equity firm only seemed to really care about the bottom line profit and didn't care how many jobs they eliminated and how miserable they made their employees.

Up until the past year, it was a very nice place to work.  Each person has a particular job to do, and if one has no orders, we helped others with their orders.  The hardest part of the job was staying in good with the Assembly area supervisor.  She might be in a good mood, or a nasty mood, and no one knew just what to expect from her day-to-day.  After I got sick over some high-powered smelly material, blew the whistle on the working environment with no ventilation for the smelly substance, I was disrespected, made fun of, and rated low on my evaluations and subsequently fired.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Leaving there. It's a joke! Management and hr make impossible to work or stay there 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Everything! So much drama. Between the plant manager and HR and having no structure it's hard to do your job. Especially for leads and group leads. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I would sum it up as the German camps in WW2. Very hostile unless your in with the plant manager and HR 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very hostile and no help with anything. Very stressful.

i was either too busy or to slow trying to stay awake. they should move sub assembly around so people don't dread going to work so much. assemblers should triad sub assembly sometimes so they get a break from the stress of hurry. they did bids and anyone can sign up for them. even the 70 year old that has been there for 20 years. they should make categorizes for people trying to get promoted and make this job their carrier.

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