equipment technician

sales

senior controls engineer

metrology engineer

process engineer

Diamond-Foundry

It's pretty widely known in the company that they are cutting benefits and making it harder and harder to make your commission.
They are promoting their high "earning potential" but it's pretty obvious that those "potentials " are completely unrealistic. Your sales goals are based on the theoretical number of appointments you COULD get but not on how many appointments you actually get.
Not even the best sellers in the company are making the
"earning potentials"... You can hit all of your KPls and still not make any commission.
And sales goals (I.e. commission potential) is set for the quarter and then divided by 3 to get your monthly goal.
Anyone in sales knows that you aren't going to sell the same every single month of every quarter. Some months are just busier and others are slower. So there goes your commission on the slower months because you get 0% commission if you don't sell at least 75% of your arbitrarily set sales goal.
And managers also have sales goals/commission so you're competing with her for commission unless it's really busy!
It's all really backwards and demotivating which is why their best people are leaving.

The people in charge feel scattered almost every single day, as if decisions are made through guessing and blind hope. Communication is a complete mess. You can ask one simple question and end up with three conflicting answer or no answer at all. The workload does not just grow; it ambushes you. One moment you are holding on, and the next you are buried under tasks with no support in sight. It feels like you are expected to juggle the responsibilities of several roles at once, and no one even notices the strain. The worst part is how the constant pressure starts to feel normal. That is frightening because nothing truly improves, no matter how many times empty promises are thrown around. You witness decisions so baffling that you just stare at your screen, wondering how anyone thought they were acceptable. And when you reach out for help, you wait so long that you end up solving everything alone anyway. This place suffocates your drive fast . You pour out your energy, your time, your effort, and it barely earns a hint of acknowledgment. Burnout hits before you even realize how much of yourself you sacrificed.

The issues become obvious almost immediately after settling in. All the claims about being different quickly prove to be surface level talk with no real substance behind them. The entire focus is on money over the quality of work, and decisions consistently reflect that priority. The founder and close inner circle control everything, while everyone else is expected to simply accept it without question. There is a blatant double standard, with certain individuals allowed to do as they please while others are held to strict expectations. High turnover becomes so frequent that it feels routine. Eventually, the experience becomes less about meaningful engineering work and more about conforming to a broken system, and staying only leads to deep regret.

It's a churn and burn environment with very high turnover. The sales targets are unattainable leading to unattainable bonuses and compensation structures constantly changing so you're unable to meet them. Bonuses are not paid at all or reduced unexpectedly to avoid paying commissions. The management degrades staff in meetings and company wide chats leading to a very unhealthy toxic work environment. There is an expectation to be working 24/7 leading to many unwell staff members and teams being understaffed, leading to unmet targets. Management does not effectively run the company leading to inventory issues, quality issues and dissatisfied clients and retail staff being blamed. 

I spent way too long just trying to figure out how basic processes were supposed to work at this place. Nothing was documented, nobody knew who was responsible for what, and every single decision required asking five different people and hoping one of them had the actual answer. Projects constantly got delayed because information just wasn't flowing, timelines got pushed back for no clear reason, and it felt like I was always troubleshooting things that could've been fixed months earlier if anyone had bothered to systemize anything. The disorganization isn't some quirky startup thing — it's just how they operate, and it burns you out. I kept waiting for someone to acknowledge the problem and actually fix it, but that was pretty naive. 

Working with my co-workers is great, but unfortunately, the management here at Diamond Foundry is too incompetent and clueless to effectively lead this company and its employees. Our leaders make bad decisions all the time, and they blame the employees for all the terrible problems that result from their horrible decisions and ideas. Moreover, the incompetence of leadership results in the very disorganized work environment that we have now. Things here are very chaotic, and so employees are forced to be inefficient and make suboptimal decisions just to cater to the leadership’s terrible ideas.

What is the best part of working at the company?
You might survive without being fired for minor errors, but those mistakes will be replayed endlessly as if they are unforgivable sins.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Employees have no freedom and must follow orders without deviation. Any action outside expectations triggers severe reprimands. Past mistakes are dragged up constantly, and insults and blame come with every reminder. Mistakes are treated as unforgivable offenses, and termination is always a looming threat.

I joined expecting to contribute to groundbreaking engineering, but what I stepped into was a mess of disorder and crushing pressure. Corners were recklessly cut on safety, deadlines were absurdly unrealistic, and overwork was celebrated while genuine quality was ignored. I spent endless hours frantically patching problems leadership couldn’t be bothered to face, and it drained me to the core. The glamorous image this company parades to the outside world is a complete illusion.

The most problematic issue was how decisions were made without valuing the input of those doing the technical work. It felt like no matter how much effort went into providing thoughtful solutions, they were either ignored or brushed aside. This wasn't just annoying: it hurt morale and left me questioning why I bothered putting in extra effort. It's frustrating when skilled professionals are treated like replaceable cogs instead of contributors.

This place is a nightmare. Get ready for unpaid overtime, constant stress, and being treated like you're nothing. Work-life balance doesn't exist here. Speaking up gets you nowhere because leadership refuses to listen or acknowledge what employees go through every day.

Sure, there are benefits like health insurance, a savings plan, and some training programs—but none of that makes up for how badly you're treated. If you value your time, health, or sanity, avoid this place entirely. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Equipment technician 4 salaries reported	$31.25 per hour
Sales 11 salaries reported	$30.00 per hour
Senior controls engineer 4 salaries reported	$135,000 per year
Metrology engineer 4 salaries reported	$150,000 per year
Process engineer 1 salary reported	$165,000 per year

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