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Looking from the 10k foot view the company doesn't appear bad (speaking only about the Raleigh plant).  Lets get a closer look.

First off, it doesn't matter how good of a machinist you are, they will start you off as an operator.  While the vast majority of employees are decent people and I really enjoyed working with them, there are those few who think that because they've been at the company for 10 years that they automatically know more than you.  (even if this is all they've ever done and don't have a full spectrum of machining experience)  I found this part quite comical actually.  There were times I just had to shake my head and smile.  I actually heard a guy say that being an apprentice graduate doesn't mean anything and he said that he has a machinery handbook but finds it useless.

Expect to be pigeon holed on only one machine for the rest of your days.  You may be lucky enough to run 2 machines but don't plan on it.  It doesn't matter what you know or how good you are.  They will put you were they need you and the rest of your skills will get sidelined. 

Before you start your first day make sure you got everything promised to you on paper and signed by someone important.  Let me tell you why:  

1. When I interviewed on the phone and in person I told at least 3 different HR people that I would be needing to take 2 weeks off for the birth of a child about 3 months after my start date.  All 3 people congratulated me and said that it would not be a problem.  Fast forward to a month before the big event.  Not a single person remembered me saying that and one HR person actually went as far as telling my boss that I should be fired for asking for the time off.  Eventually I was authorized one week off and part time for the second week, but not without them going back and forth right up to the week before I needed. 

2.  At the time of writing this review all job vacancies say that your shift is determined at interview.  Whatever they tell you make sure you get it in writing.  I was told I would be on first shift and then 5 months into my employment I was sent to second shift even though I told them that I physically could not do this as I had two young children to take care of at night.  

Flowserve will pay you for relocation.  Make sure you get that in writing as another employee I know never got his money.  (I can't confirm this as it didn't happen to me)

Another little known secret is your vacation time is negotiable.  There is a flowserve policy that states "new mid career employees may be granted up to 120 hours of vacation a year."  Make sure you ask for that if you're considered mid career.  I didn't know about it so they didn't give it to me.  Another employee who started around the same time as me did get it.  Negotiate your pay too.  I was told, but can't confirm, flowserve is prepared to give you three pay offers, so reject the first one you get.

I can't speak for the rest of the plant but be prepared to have your boss attempt to make you feel guilty if you can't work overtime.  Flowserve runs on employee greed and if you drive by this place at 7 am on a Sunday you'd swear that your clock was wrong based on the parking lot being absolutely full.  The end of the month is the worst.  Don't plan on taking anytime off during the last week of the month.  They'll demand that you be there trying to get work done so it can be shipped.  

That brings me to my next point.  The schedulers there have no clue what they are doing (or maybe they do because as I said, the plant runs on greed)  You will be working at your machine on the 27th of the month and all of a sudden something will show up they they NEED to be done by the next day even though the scope of work could take 3 days.  There is also no such thing as a planner at this place.  The leaders determine where the work goes.  So expect to see work at a machine on the first of the month that will take 500 hours when there may only be 300 hours available on your machine (see my comment about employee greed)  

Healthcare:  I have no idea if this is normal for company healthcare but plan on shelling out over $5k beyond your premiums before Blue Cross starts helping you out.

Timeoff:  Start out at 80 hours a year (first 40 hours not available until 6 months), unless you remember to negotiate.  40 hours of sick leave, but if you use time it won't be credited back to you for one full year from the time you used it.  Up to 24 hours of personal time per calendar year.

Schedule: 0700-1500, 1500-2300, 2300-0700.  Two 10 minute breaks and a 20 minute paid lunch.

The good: Senior management (in my opinion) handled the pandemic well overall, and enacted a generous WFH policy. It is also one of the few large companies in the industry where senior management is accessible, responsive, and competent.

The bad: By the time I left, dysfunction had reached systemic levels. There were very high rates of turnover in middle-management, leading to significant structural problems. Middle managers provided virtually no support, guidance, or training of any kind. In many cases, middle managers were actively and knowingly abusing the WFH policy to work their side-hustles, prospect for roles with competitors, and to do pretty much everything except for their actual job with the company. 

More on middle management: The abject failure of middle management to organize and assign work, taken with the fact that many such managers were seemingly placed in roles above their talents, led to disproportional burdens being placed on the individual contributors. One might reasonably expect the supervisor of a data center to be able to read and interpret graphical data; one would be wrong. These and countless other such follies led to low-level, routine technical problems being interpreted as "emergencies", with contributors being called-out to respond on weekends and during vacation for what often turned out to be non-issues. 

PTO: Flowserve is the only company I've ever worked for where I've had a PTO request denied by management. Full stop. They also expect people to work during PTO, which may have contributed to the general sense of burnout and high turnover. 

Money: Compensation was below average, even before inflation became an economic issue. Raises and bonuses simply weren't competitive. 

Bottom line: Great individual contributors, solid senior management. Remove and reduce the middle-men and this could be a great company. 

My day begins with organizing tasks, prioritizing projects, and addressing urgent requests from colleagues or management. Lunch is flexible, and the company promotes ergonomic awareness. I've been involved in seal failure analyses, an on-site survey, and data entry that deepened my understanding of industry practices. I also worked with designs and creating new BOM's. 
 I gained insights into the flow of a manufacturing company, mechanical seals, piping plans, and field instrumentation. I supported Application Engineers and Sales teams with sales orders, proposals, and data entry, adhering to design and industry standards. I also completed failure analyses and generated reports on mechanical seal conditions.
 Management was always available to clarify doubts, and the availability of comprehensive resources on SharePoint enhanced my learning. Fellow engineers were also ready to assist.
The atmosphere at Flowserve is supportive and collaborative. Teamwork is encouraged, and all employees, regardless of their role, treated me with respect and contributed to a stress-free and enjoyable work environment. Necessary supplies were readily provided to ensure success in my tasks.
The welcoming and respectful treatment from everyone at Flowserve was the highlight. Learning about mechanical seal failures and piping plans was particularly rewarding and will benefit my career.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The building has air conditioning. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Company  contradictions about integrity, work flow, direction. 
Being spied on by managments loyalist. 
No communication unless they need you.
Broken promises. Loss of innovation.  
Diminished employee  engagement and morale.



What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
If you are buddies with the big boss then you are having a good time. Although, for everyone else expect to be treated like you don't matter. You won't get positive recognition or decent raises. You are just a number and they have your replacement ready to go.


What is a typical day like for you at the company?
7 am clock in then go to your work cell.
Clock in again on your work cell time tracker called mii
730 go to a team meeting. Just to check in.
Clock into your meeting on mii
9am break Clock in and out of the mii.
Anytime you start to work on something the company wants you to clock in and out of work on mii. Huge waste of time.
Do not go to breaks late. Do not come back from breaks late. Some entitled employees are able to do whatever they want and thing it's their job to report anyone who misses min punches or missing exact moments for breaks.
Lunch is at 1130. There is a bell that rings for breaks.
If your clocked out lunch is more than 30 min you will have a talking to.
Another free break at 130.
Don't expect much leadership interaction. I went multiple days without talking to anyone in the company. 
Go home at 330. Clean up last 15 min. Yes they have a clock in for that also.

Completed 2 individual projects and 1 team project in 10 week program

a.	IT End User Experience Monitoring Pilot Project- Project Manager (Individual)

•	Defined success criteria and gathered project requirements
•	Created project plan, communication plan and risk management plan for entire project
•	Identified 8 different project managers of Flowserve from across the globe and collected 100 employees for the pilot project
•	Directly collaborated with vendor company Unisys who wanted to offer EUEM service to Flowserve
•	Attended all project meetings, documented minutes from all meetings and communicated the project progress to all stakeholders
•	 Analyzed the reports generated through EUEM product and made suitable recommendation to higher management of Flowserve.

b.	ITSM Aternity Pilot- Project Manager (Individual)

•	Defined success criteria for the project
•	Created project plan, communication plan and risk management plan for entire project
•	Identified resolver's group and collected 20 Flowserve employees for this pilot project 
•	Deployed affinity agent to pilot team
•	Analyzed monitoring reports and made recommendation to higher management of Flowserve to improve ITSM performance

c.	Dispute Management Analytics- Business Analyst (Team)

•	Collected dispute management data
•	Created SQL views as per the requirement
•	Created reproducible reporting templates with the help of SQL views
•	Discovered business analytics behind the disputed data by data mining
•	Presented findings of this analytics to higher management of Flowserve

I really enjoyed my career at Flowserve over a 7 year period. Some of the pros are:
1.) Great co-workers, everyone worked together on common goals 
2.) Competitive benefits & good pay for the market/position
3.) Flexible schedule & WFH provided Manager is okay with it
4.) Yearly Bonus are generous when company makes a profit
5.) Company sponsored pension plan in addition to 401K

The challenges were:
1.) Large international manufacturing company so some departments ran like individual silos 
2.) Everyone was not always on the same page due to the complexity of the company's size
3.) There were no consistent processes and structures throughout the company offices, resulted in various locations doing their own thing.
4.) The company's profits and growth are tied to the Oil and Gas Industry which is volatile in today's market. Recent massive lay-offs due to COVID-19 and petro price dropping. 
5.) They are moving a lot of their US base headcount to Europe/India based on cheaper wages to pay out to those employees. 
6.) Reactive corporate culture vs. Proactive approach 

Overall, I really enjoyed my time there learned a lot, met a lot of nice folks, and was part of many projects/implementations that enhanced my skills set. I will miss working at FLS.  



If you're looking for a workplace where you can come into work everyday and just simply do your job, look elsewhere.

This facility is in despair, and anybody working there will not hesitate to tell you that. For such a small office, nobody has any respect for one another and they're not afraid to hide it. Harassment, gaslighting, arrogance, condescension, and bullying. All of these things run rampant with blatant efforts of retaliation for those that dare speak up. No leadership qualities exist in the office.

The culture here is to "make the numbers look good at the end of the month" by whatever means necessary. As you can imagine, quality of life in the workplace is not factored into this. Individuality will be disregarded and product quality will be sacrificed first; all just to make that extra dollar. There is no accountability and asking questions will only hurt you. Be expected to be thrown under the bus if anything goes wrong. 

In my experience, if you're looking for camaraderie, it can be found out on the shop floor. There you can find real genuine, authentic people who enjoy what they do. I have nothing but top-tier respect and admiration for the people working in the shop, especially the shop floor management. 

For a production based office, nothing productive ever actually happens. 

TYPICAL WORK DAY MANDATORY OVERTIME ESPECIALLY AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THEY CONSTANTLY ROB WORK FROM THE NEXT MONTH TO SHIP IN THIS MONTH TO MAKE THEIR MONTHLY NUMBERS LOOK BETTER. THIS ONLY INCREASES THE OVERTIME AND EXPEDITING COSTS.
A LOT OF GOOD CO WORKERS THAT ARE UNHAPPY WITH MANAGEMENT AND PAY SCALE. ONCE HIRED EXPECT TO HAVE YOUR RESPONSABILITIES INCREASE BUT WHEN REVIEW TIME COMES AROUND THEY FORGET ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE COMPANY. ALL THAT MANAGEMENT CARES ABOUT IS THE MONTHLY SHIPPING NUMBER. THEY FORGET ABOUT WHAT THEY SAID OR PROMISED. THE MANAGEMENT HAS NO CLUE HOW TO RUN A COMPANY CORRECTLY, YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE CLICK TO GET AHEAD. THE PAY RAISES ARE LOW , 1 - 2% A YEAR THIS DOESENT KEEP UP WITH  YEARLY INFLATION.  THEY TWEEK THE NUMBERS OF THE YEARLY INCENTIVE PAYOUT TO PAY AS LITTLE AS POSSABLE .  EVERY YEAR THEY JACK UP YOUR YEARLY REQUIRED SHIPPING  AND PROFIT NUMBER WITH OUT ADDING PEOPLE OR EQUIPTMENT TO DO SO SAFELY.  NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU SHIP PER MONTH THEY WANT 20% MORE. THE 401K IS GOOD
THE COMPANY IS MAKING MONEY FROM YOUR MEDICAL PAYMENTS EACH PAY PERIOD BECAUSE THEY ARE SELF INSURED AND ONLY PAY SOMEONE TO MANAGE THE HEALTHCARE. I WOULD ONLY RECOMMEND FOR A BEGINNER OR TO USE AS A STEPPING STONE TO ANOTHER COMPANY IN A FEW YEARS.

Flowserve hired me knowing from the interview that I was in school to finish my degree. After I was hired I worked for 3 months and was able to continue with my school to finish my degree. The branch manger that hired me left the company and a temp manger was assigned to the location. I was then informed by the temp manager that. Flowserve does not promote or support their employees attending school while working for the company, which I found questionable due to Flowserve having a tuition reimbursement program....... I ask to be put on a night shift for 4 weeks to finish a class then I could continue my education and work without my school interfering with my work schedule. I was denied. I reached out to the HR to see if there was something we could work out. I was told no. So I had to resign. After leaving another worker who worked In Same department was attending a school to finish his degree. From my experience I had had with company he thought he had to leave because Flowserve refused to work with me on my scheduled informed the company he was going to resign so he can continue his education. They offered to move him to a different shift so he could work. Flowserve discriminated and does not treat their employees fairly. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this company.

Flowserve US Inc is a great company to work for. From great benefits to schooling opportunities, this company supports the development of their empolyee's personally and career wise. 

In the time of my current employment, I have become a stronger individual while immersed in the culture of supply chain in the Control Valve Industry. Allowing to grow my talents in customer service, production planning, inventory control, and product management. 

The most enjoyable and hardest part faced was the daily challenges to be resolved in a fast paced demanding environment. Customer requirement drove demand for product and I facilitated many successful planned acquirement's of products and expedited sales.  

Management is top quality, possessing personal qualities, yet maintaining a healthy balance of ethical work relations with employees. 

I would recommend this company to any personal seeking or applying for a position. They are reputable and quality.

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