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The company itself is great to work for, salary and benefits are some of the best in the county for this industry, but the environment is horrible. The turnover rate is extremely high.   You are treated like a child.  Some departments, it is hard to express your creative talent when requirements are constantly changing, usually without ample communication. You're always "wrong" to someone who feels they know better than you do even though they've never touched on the particular task in their careers.  Everyone does their own thing, there is no teamwork in the office.  

Mostly stubborn work ethic that causes many clashes, everyone is stuck in their ways.  Co-workers are catty, chatty, and discuss your personal business with others.  Constant closed door gossip is the norm.  

That company's mid and upper management, as well as some of the administrations qualifications are "who you know, not what you know" which makes them completely untrainable.  Some members of upper management clearly are not qualified for the titles handed to them, not to mention for the size of the company (less than 200) the HR department is over manned.  All upper management are men and 2 of them are clear chauvinists, and treat women as if they're beneath them.  

Most of the SLT team members (Senior Leadership Team) are seemingly "unapproachable".  Last person hired is the fall boy/girl for these departments.  Sadly some of them will do anything to make you look incompetent. All departments are this way.  They also do not come directly to you with issues they may have, you hear thru the grapevine after they've iterated it to your entire "team" first.  

As previously stated, great COMPANY to work for - but on the administration side of things, watch your 6 at all times.  They will smile in your face and stab you in the back.  Including your supervisor(s).

It is a constant revolving door and management is just a bunch of re-treads from the bigger manufacturers in the area who are just trying to survive. It is very numbers driven, which is fine, keeps everyone working hard, but the fact that it is that way makes it so they can and do fire people seemingly at random just to keep the numbers in line. No matter your job performance, you can be cut without any inkling that there is a problem. Sure they will offer you a bit more than you are making at your current job, but once you get in, there is absolutely no job security. Unless you are really, really desperate for a job, I would highly, HIGHLY discourage you from working for these people. And those who don't get randomly laid off because management plans poorly, usually leave on their own accord after a couple years of dealing with the drama.

They will tell you, "We aren't a normal company" like they wear it like a badge of honor that they are always working so hard. But no, many places work hard. This place is not normal because management (and some of their employee cronies) is filled with snakes.

This company has some of the best health benefits in the county.  The company has high turnover in management positions and overall job stability is a company weakness.  Almost every management position has changed in the past few years.  The leadership team hasn't changed the company philosophy even though employee turnover is high and they struggle to hit their business metrics.  Training and mentoring are non-existent at the company.

The typical quarter at the company is light work for the first two months of the quarter, followed by a insane push in the last month of the quarter in order to make quarterly numbers.  It's worse during the last quarter when the yearly numbers need to be met.  

The most enjoyable part of my time there were the community service events the company used to take part in.  Now the company does very little community service.

This job taught me that when you take the time to train and trust your employees, you can be successful.  When you don't, you struggle greatly.

If you enjoy challenges, using your creativity, able to make a difference, this a good company for you. Every day brings what some may call new problems, most of us see them as new challenges to improve and drive change.  The management culture is fair, with high expectations, but it has been my experience that no employee will be tasked with challenges that they are not supported to achieve.  I enjoy the folks I work with, we work hard, but we have fun.  Extant is one of the most enjoyable places I have worked. I work longer hours here, but I feel a sense of accomplishment and contribution.  The company is agile and not limited by big company bureaucracy.  We are growing, and changing, if you embrace change and winning, this is a great place to work. If you want to come in, check your brain at the door and do tasks for 8 hours, look somewhere else

Most stressful job I have ever had.  Management gives the impression they are all knowing and are not open to advice from someone that has been in their type of business since before they were born.  The workforce is drastically spread too thin.  Their idea of "Lean Manufacturing" is to Lean on the workers for more output.  I was threatened 5 times that I would be fired because I wasn't working fast enough (and then eventually fired).  They are using old worn out equipment, with test fixturing that was never made for the manufacturing environment, yet pushing the workers to deliver high rates with this stuff.
On the other hand, most people working for the company are nice folks.  The HR department is the best I have ever come across with all the jobs I have had.

Extant is generally a good place to work. Compensation is good, work schedule is good, the people are great (for the most part). There are 2 downsides to this place: a constant revolving door of incompetent management and what the management expects from you. Extant buys out dated old technology that places like GE and L3Harris no longer want because it is a nightmare to work on or was just poorly designed. Extant expects their technicians and engineers to just get it up and running with little knowledge or training on the products. They have no plan, and management will throw you under the bus to save themselves. But dont worry, if you dont like your manager just wait 3 months because you will most likely have a new one. If you can look past that, then you'll like working here. 

The combination of sub-par management and nearby companies offering better pay has caused many employees to leave the company since October 2019.  Additionally, the end of the fiscal year 2019 ended with some questionable results that made most of us doubt management.   Employees that quit are not getting replaced and work load for remaining employees has increase dramatically.  This added stress as well as increased gossip about how well it is going for all the employees that left the company has encouraged the remaining employees to seek better jobs elsewhere. The delays are increasing and the employees morale is decreasing with every work day that passes and there is zero initiatives by management or HR to reverse this trend.  It will get a lot worst before it gets better..  if it gets better at all...

This place is not horrible but it is not great either.  If you are starting in aerospace, this place is a good start.  You will have to battle it it out with all the managers that are there stuck and unable to move to Harris or Northrup.  I had three managers when I was there.  One of them was absolutely great employing servant leadership at it best.  That guy went on to Harris Corp and remains a great manager.  The other two, well, they are still at Extant Aerospace making people feel useless in an attempt to give themselves artificial selfish worth.  They have moved up in the company but remain terrible human beings.

Upper management is cut throat. Think nothing of laying off the folks who actually do the work.  If there needs to be down sizing ...it needs to start at the VP level and work its way down. Most managers and supervisors are scared for their jobs so they keep pushing the senseless company agenda. It was a great friendly place to work as Symmetrics. HR was actually helpful to the employees.  Becoming Extant and then a Transdigm  off spring, HR is now totally untrustworthy . Especially the usueless HR manager. The company as a whole no longer respects the employees . After a certain age/and years of loyal servitude  , it becomes apparent that they no longer "require your services"

Has degraded significantly in the last 18 months. It is a constant struggle trying to put out all of the fires. Scheduling is terrible. Parts are not received or haven’t been ordered, yet the company has made commitments to the customer. 
There is absolutely no work life balance. Overtime is expected which is fine. Working every weekend is not. If you do not work the weekends  you are looked down upon. Your job is more important than any personal thing in your life, even though that mentality is not directly communicated. 
Most of management is absolutely clueless. When they fail it is always someone else’s fault. All in all it has become a cancerous place to work. Would not recommend at all.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Electronics technician 3 salaries reported	$29.33 per hour
Electronic assembler 3 salaries reported	$18.33 per hour
Shift manager 2 salaries reported	$73,750 per year
Summer intern 1 salary reported	$25.00 per hour
Quality assurance inspector 1 salary reported	$21.50 per hour

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