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Edwards Vacuum, LLC

High energetic, fast paced company when there are high shipment demand. When shipments are rush out the door, very little quality control are inspected. Can be stressful in certain areas you’re working at. 

Most people who works there are hired though a third party company as “contract employees.” Third company are unorganized and lack of communication. There is no specific guidance once hired. Make sure you have some guidance and review talk before accepting the offers.

 Most employees are welcoming and friendly. However, there are lots of secrets kept behind the doors. Lots of gossips around throughout the whole company, but please be warned with certain people who talk to you as in a friend but reports you to management the next minute. 
 
Management team is horrible. Very unorganized and lack of communications throughout the leads, engineers and managers. 

There are no legitimate training. Different people will shows you how to do different things, in different ways. The leads are not specialized in their area. With that being said, if you need help, they don’t always have the answer for you. 

This place will laid off people like stepping on ants. When they are in high demand, they will have new hires for a period of time just to laid off all these new hires in the future. Be careful as they tend to laid off people with no warnings or explanations. Leads/management team plays a lot favoritism with employees. 



My work was primarily as contract labor to a major semiconductor manufacturer. The new-hire process is sorely lacking in proper training and job-shadowing. Working conditions are very safety oriented, but the customer is demanding to the point of being outright blatantly hostile, and company management was reluctant to confront the customer about it.

New-design equipment packages are rarely, if ever, supplied complete, on time, or with proper work instructions. Designs are changed on a whim by management and not properly communicated to the people on the floor.

The whole location faces a very detrimental office-vs-site mentality that is regularly and clearly reflected in the utter lack of team building exercises for site guys, but quarterly events for office staff. Office staff regularly get lunches provided, where site guys frequently don't get lunch due to being overloaded with work.

HR is a joke.

Coworkers were frequently verbally abusive in front of, behind, and to the target of their vulgar verbal diarrhea, with very little, if any, repercussion. A very "locker-room-talk" kind of atmosphere.

Culture is discriminatory and negative, unless an individual is part of a personal rapport of a small and select few individuals.  Mission on paper appears robust, but operationally not followed.  In addition, employee focus or needs are not valued, regardless of talent or revenue contribution.  Any inquiry to Human  Resource Department regarding benefits, including serious internal work or job dynamics questions, or any seeking any assistance, are not treated as confidential, and shared with others in casual conversation .  There is a serious lack of professionalism and respect for employees. In addition, job objectives are not priority and dismissed, if any corrective action action is needed by customer, or required for health and safety.   Management will use terms like self directed when advancement guidance or role decisions need authority to progress. This is not an organization for professionals seeking advancement and increasing their skill set.

Was not a fan of this place when I started only thing that was all but one co-worker happened to be awesome to know and work with. They give you a week of training in front of a computer and just throw you to the wolves (training wasn't even that helpful). I was warned ahead of time that the manager was on a power trip and was trigger happy when it came to firing people. There was a high turnover rate there because of this manager. Either way I was already in the process with signing with another company which was a good thing After I left I found out they are on mandatory 60 hours and their breaks were shortened from one hour to a half hour and have to text when they went on break and when they got back with their location. Not a good bet to work here when six people are fired under three weeks. Also they have you listed as field service engineers but have you paid as a tech.

I found working at Edwards to be very good for personal growth and learning to adapt to a wide variety of challenges both with equipment knowledge and customer relationships. Most of the time I was alone at the customer site and needed to control the situation myself and use remote resources when needed. I learned a lot about managing expectations and using my time wisely. My manager was in another state so we only interacted when necessary and I was free to get things done on my own with the support of my fellow field service specialists and product specialists. The toughest aspect of working there was that they did not like to see us leave and advancement was tough.I enjoyed the autonomy the most and got great satisfaction from a job well done!

Edwards does not offer any kind of nationally recognized certifications. During team meetings there was innuendo's more than one time as the team assistant lead would laugh at the jokes. In addition, no one would mask up except for the new temp. The team ignores safety regulations as they expect for new employees to abide. There is 1-1/2 hour lunch breaks as no one begins the actual work until 9am, truth. Basically, you are on your own to figure out how the abatement process is. No teamplayership as training is very limited. Meaning, the training process is bad as all new temps are complaining. There are favorites here as the military bosses will quick to fire if they do not like you for not getting along with there non integral attitudes. Massive turn over rate. Please beware that this is not a good career move. You will not be able to transfer this knowledge because there is only one Edwards.

A group of hardworking, dedicated and close knit team that have trust and respect embedded in their values. The organization allows you the freedom and autonomy to take charge of your career and works to support you on your journey. Excellent training and Learning Management System rich with content and courses to support your growth. Edwards is a long standing organization that has been in operation for more than 100 years and has countless opportunities within Edwards and its parent company Atlas Copco.

If you’re ready to take ownership and value teamwork, then you have a good time here. As in most companies, achievements matter, and sometimes you may have to spend some additional hours. But you can normally always balance it, and in return there is lots of flexibility to meet your personal requirements. Since Edwards is part of Atlas Copco with 40,000 employees globally, there are lots of opportunities for career progression and mobility nationally and internationally for those who want it. AC actively supports this and does a lot to help and care about people. Pay is fair and general atmosphere is fair too, with good people around and many additional benefits and training, coaching etc. Been here for almost 10 years and it’s the best company I worked for so far.

Worked on EUV team which was probably a lot different than the rest of the company. A whole lot of down time sitting in the cafeteria waiting for the phone to ring, The sign off process needed to become a regular employee was almost impossible to achieve and pretty much everyone was a contract employee for years on end because of it.  They appeared to be trying to improve that about the time i left but I wouldn't hold my breath on that.They did provide a lot of training but when you never actually perform what you were trained on it tends to get lost. There is almost zero involvement from management on a day to day basis.Good and bad I suppose.

What is the best part of working at the company?
They'll hire anyone. They don't expect much from their employees at any level, especially management.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of oversight, constant accidents and injuries

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
People who work here are very friendly, they also like to joke around more than work.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Show up to your assigned job, the work may or may not be there... no one knows. When there is work to be done, most essential tools or paperwork is missing. Spend 6-8 hrs of a 20hr shift trying to find work to do, fail, go home. Occasionally work gets done, more often than not it doesn't.

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