assembler

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r&d engineer

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cnc mill operator

Eriez

The company has gone downhill quickly since the current ceo/president of the company took over. Sales are down and quality has gone by the way side. When I started there the employees were happy and we were well taken care of. As time went on and the higher ups changed and it became a place where being good at your job did not matter. All that mattered was how much rear you could kiss and who's kid you were. The president of the company continually tells us how we are not doing good enough and then follows with stories about his new yacht, beach house, or 50 yard line tickets to a national bowl championship game. He has hired his friends and neighbors to made up positions with outrageous salaries, which has killed the ingenuity and diversity of the company. And he forces the sales of chinese equipment which always fails because he gets a commission on it. The benefits are good but they do not out weigh the terrible management. You are expected to do what your told and do not express opinions or ideas. Everyone on the shop floor is considered replaceable and dumb, and there is zero chance for advancement. The original founder of this company would be rolling over in his grave if he knew what they were doing to the company he built. Best thing that happened to me in the last five years was getting out of there!!!!

Culture is bad in the shop and office as far as morale, negative feelings, overworked.  Upper management has been viewed as greedy since they went with a corporate structure.  Not much transparency of what business changes occur and health and safety protocols relating to pandemic.  Very old-school and resistant to modernizing with new methods.  They do let you leave as needed to take care of personal matters.  They have company picnics and parties to try to build a sense of family but not many of the lower tier employees trust any attempts at this from the executives.  It is a good place to work without a lot of stress, rely on their stability and can retire from.  Especially office workers, although pay scales are blurred and unfair, even between 2 employees that perform the same work.  Shop employees have more expecations, typically work 50 hour weeks all year round, but there's less politics and you can just perform your job and go home without worrying about much else.


It has turned into a extremely top heavy company, with no regard for the people that actually produce the products. Their self claims as the " world authority" is a joke at best. The owner has been out of the picture for Too long. The current management treats it like a their own playground. Made up positions promoting upper management happens very regularly.  Laziness and incompetence gets rewarded, actual work and general well being, suggestions from the employees that make the products,safey suggestions,overall concerns are blatantly disregarded. New management has been implemented to over turn the standard Eriez culture that bulilt the company. Its has been a unfortunate failure of what the company stood for and used to stand for. Lied too daily, promises made and never delivered. Struggling daily is the current state of this business. It continues to get worse by the day unfortunately. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
A very relaxed work environment. The benefits are outstanding. Everyone is very friendly and helpful. It is the best company I have ever worked for, Period! 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The blueprints are the worst I have ever seen! And they do not change them. Drawings 20yrs old are still wrong and no one seems to care. I Don't UNDERSTAND THIS! 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very relaxed, no pressure to get jobs done. The culture is good, everyone is very helpful and very respectful 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Fit and weld parts best as you can. Anyone and everyone will help you with whatever you need help with.  Lunchtime is 30min, paid. You can work at your own pace. Very relaxed and respectful

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great team. Good mentoring. Supporting teammates. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Although the company feels much organized comps to other places, the lack of procedures brings extra level of uncertainty

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The culture is relatively laid back. You get an assignment and they let you get your work done without distractions (unless theres urgency to fix your mistake or resolve manufacturing request - happens occasionally, but not a big deal). 
Good work life balance

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Get an assignment. Submit an assignment for review. Make corrections. Release documents. Sometimes revise documents based on manufacturing difficulties.

Eriez is a great place to start a career. It offers stability, decent pay, and a good environment. The room for growth is limited. The compensation is fair when starting, but you quickly realize that you do not have many options for advancing pay. The salary benchmark system can be discouraging, as it does not reward effort, or allow for high moral. Stable place to work if you do not mind mediocrity.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Everyone typically gets along within the company

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
When you have to redo something you made a mistake on. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Family like/Family oriented and friendly 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I work in parts finishing so I grind and D.A. parts to a uniform finish

They talk you in circles, once you’re in you lose all negotiating power, they don’t believe in fighting for employees since they believe their company is worth staying for. They think Eriez is still what it was 30 years ago when it was a well respected and competitive company in the Erie area that everyone wanted to work at. It’s not. Too stuck in the past - I think they have a lot of changing to do and are doing it far too slowly to catch up to the current world. Most enjoyable part is your coworkers. 

I believe this could be a great place to work, but there is a whole lot of the buddy system going on between managers and employees. I like the fact your left alone to do a job without someone looking over shoulder. the hardest part of the job is not getting a lot of respect, 25 years of being in the trade they will not use any of your experience because your not in their click.

try not to make a career here, sadly its just a job now. The place is falling apart due to upper management greed. The workers have worked hard for years to make the company money, and we did. For me fourteen years later with record sales and profit,still no cost of living raises or advancement.They still put on a good show for the public tho. GOOD LUCK

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