warehouse associate

field service engineer

service engineer

order picker

cnc mill operator

FANUC AMERICA CORPORATION

A typical day at work begins by understanding your assignment for that day.  Typically, customers were greater than 5 hours away one-way and as many as 8(!), and sometimes that necessitated picking up repair parts which are usually located at a Fedex location along the route.  These repairs could be mechanical or electrical, or at an electronic component level.  The mean time for repair on these is 4 hours per task, and there could be multiple tasks on the schedule that day.  Management often made sure that parts and materials were available, but would not always verify scheduling for the work activity with the customer.  When only having notification the night prior for most activities, and a departure time in the early hours of the morning, it is not always possible to contact the customer for verification on the service end.  This left many customers not aware that they scheduled service in the first place.  With some commutes being up to 8 hours, this lead to much confusion.  The hardest part of the job was not necessarily the drive times, but things associated with it.  FANUC originally started with fleet vehicles, but soon required employees to provide their own vehicles.  This was a huge unforeseen expense and lead to a lot of employees quitting their jobs.  The reimbursements for these vehicles were not enough, and many other engineers found that they were going to lose a lot of money when that car needs to be replaced, they still owed money on that car, leading to loans becoming upside down when time came to replace that vehicle.  Numbers were in place and reimbursements were made in accordance with a 3 year loan, but my vehicle did not meet standards (exceeded miles) in 18 months, this lead to half my car loan to be my financial burden.

hired in as a contractor in final assembly. its very clean because you clean 30 after your shift is over, also comes with climate control. they have a food station which is nice. But that dosnt out way that their is favoritism like crazy.if  they dont like you from the start, your fired more than likely even if you have experience or make it hard on you.. one guys came in with no knowledge of robotics, gave him two weeks to learn everything, they fired him. almost did the same for me, but i got help from my temp, and they kept me. because cell leader didnt like him so shift manager fired him. but if your good with cell leader, your golden. why we called one new kid golden boy for the favoritism, he gets everything. they treat contractors worse then in house. As a contractor you can wait 2-4 years average to get hired in and get all the benefits. But you can be a contractor forever if they want. no benifits to contractors at all. Bosses are a hit and miss. But directors, and clients are there all the time.so you cant be talking. they have very strict rules, and rightly so on some of the stuff for safety.  they have some weird rules. like no blue pants but can on friday.. Alot of back biting, so watch what you say in there. word travels fast. some people are nice a friendly. some just want to make it hard on you. 2nd shift boss was alright, but he can be trouble some. i give it 2.5/5. i expected FANUC to be a better company. disappointed. 

As a professional, working at FANUC was a mediocre experience. This was mostly due to the fact that the majority of the employees are contracted through one company or another. For the business, this is a wonderful, cost reducing investment, for the employees it creates an unstable work environment. Working everyday and not knowing whether your job is safe really puts a damper on morale. The managers have a tendency to power trip and lack professionalism.

The one positive part about working at fanuc were my coworkers. Everyone there was wonderful to work with. In fact, many of us got along so well that I now have lifelong friends whom I spend time with outside of work on a regular basis.

A typical day at FANUC America never happened. That was one of the things I liked most working there. It wasn't hectic but, always something interesting and productive.
 The work culture changed from a relaxed environment to a corporate environment in what seemed like overnight. FAC, which was its own corporation was taken into the FANUC Limited World Corporation. Many employees,  mainly Engineers, and support Technicians left the company. Some to start their own business. They did well due to the training and reputation FAC provided. 
 I would recommend to anyone that has the skills or would be interested in learning the skills needed to work in the field of industrial robotics and a high-pressure corporate environment to work for FANUC.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Not a good place to work. You will never get hired you will always stay a contractor. Never missed a day in 2 years If they get slow, be careful, you will be gone.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
You never know if there's gonna be work or not for the day

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Managers are out for themselves and don't really care about the worker as an individual

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I was a CNC machinist there and when the work got slow in  that department they kicked me around for a year and a 1/2 trying to find work for me it was awful.

What is the best part of working at the company?
There was no good things about working at fanuc.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
My coworkers. They long hours and the mean comments that were made on a daily basis 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful. Hostile. Can't really say much more then that.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Waking up early . Dealing with mean statements and comments made by coworkers. Crying in the bathroom if I had time. Going home.

Culture still has an old school vibe.  Lot of corporate politics and nepotism in upper management but if you can ignore all that the engineers and lower level grunts are all pretty great people.  Compensation and benefits in general seem to be lagging the industry.  Advancement opportunities can be lacking and engineering promotions are pretty underwhelming.  Work life balance could be better, when projects get behind (which they often are) long days and weekends are expected.  Lots of holiday installs because of the industry.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Good pay, good work/life balance, great benefits. Culture of respect and appreciation.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I was in quality control, and I found that upper administration was a bit resistant to constructive criticism when it came to compliance issues. Also, there was heavy emphasis on making manufacturing times at the expense of quality.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The culture is one of respect and appreciation

You start at the bottom at Fanuc, and they make sure you know your place. It feels militant in my office (Cleveland), the manager is constantly hounding the engineers. 

When you leave, they do not pay you for vacation time accrued. You are better off using all of your vacation then giving notice if you are quitting. 

Working on machines and with customers was cool and but there is a ridiculous amount of unnecessary paperwork and the supervisor is disrespectful.  



Great place to train. Fanuc is a fantastic place to work if you have a solid foundation at home, for me it was just the travel and some of the work environments that you encounter will not be worth and you cant even have a pet of any kind with field service nor relationships of any kind and that lifestyle will ware you down without and leave you life empty....How much money is that worth? Sooner or later your family or your loneliness from your unpredictable lifestyle will catch you from a remote location.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Warehouse associate 1 salary reported	$16.50 per hour
Field service engineer 11 salaries reported	$84,832 per year
Service engineer 3 salaries reported	$72,500 per year
Order picker 3 salaries reported	$16.00 per hour
Cnc mill operator 2 salaries reported	$27.00 per hour

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