machinist

machine operator

quality manager

quality engineer

manufacturing engineer

Gardner Denver

Every day at Gardner Denver was fun and kinda challenging. After I learned the job well it became a challenge to be the best I could be. So I set new records in pump building to increase productivity, and efficiency. I wanted to build my department to first time pass in in the productivity department, and 100% efficiency, and for almost five years I did just that. Always learning new ways I could improve on my technique until I had it down to a science. I took great pride in knowing it would take four men 12 hours to do the job I did in eight. My co worker was the best. I had so much fun that until some times after work I would hang around just a little while longer and have a laugh with them. We had a special camaraderie. The hardest part of the day was leaving. It was just that much fun. I loved it when orders would come in and the supervisor would say; this is a hot order, and it needs to be out today. Some times I believe he would wait until last minute to keep me over time, but as fast as he gave it to me. I would knock it out, and would be leaving at my schedule time. The real trying time on the job would be when parts were not machined and had went through QC, and when they get to me I have to find the faults before installing. To have a pump fail would be heartbreaking for me. Not only because I had to go and repair it, but because I put my stamp of approval on it. 99% of the times it would be some thing out of line, or something out of tolerance that could not be seen with the eye. When Gardner Denver did well we they would through the company a party. Everybody in the company would get together laugh, and enjoy on another company. At Gardner Denver I had no enemies, only comrade, and friends. I love the place, and I'm truly sorry it is no more for me.

Pros:
-Makes a product you can be proud of
-Stable company, which is hard to find in oil country
-Equipment and facilities are clean and well maintained.
-HR is very friendly
-Pay is okay
-Benefits are pretty good
-There are a few good managers who actually care about their people
-There is plenty of work to be done, so you'll never be bored.
-Upper management is relatively accessible, they don't just lob emails out of their high-rise offices. You will actually see them around, and have a chance to talk to them.

Cons:
-The job will follow you absolutely everywhere. You will be fielding phone calls, emails and texts all the time, especially when business is good and especially the latter half of each month, or when projects are going on.
-Job description means very little, be prepared to adapt on the fly. Make sure you have constant conversations about what your job is and what is the highest priority.
-Management structure is very tumultuous, as a result you will need to learn to take orders from a lot of bosses at one time and balance their importance/political impact on yourself.

Manage several large customer accounts.
Purchase order receipt, entry and acknowledgement for customer accounts.
Work closely with Shipping and Receiving Department to ensure on time delivery for customers.
Assist Sales Department with customer requests for quotes on pricing and delivery dates of products.
Creating spreadsheets for Accounting Department to determine where customers stand on credit.
Work closely with Engineering Department to create new part numbers for upcoming orders. Also, researching past sales and configurations for customers.
Work closely with Production Department to verify availability, price and best ship date for customer orders.
Helped develop and initiate plan to go paperless.
Helped save company thousands of dollars annually by reducing use of paper and unnecessary extras that have been used in the company for years.
Involved in setting a record year in 2011 in sales for the company.
Involved in the roll out of a new company website and other media and social media.

Gardner Denver is a good ole boys club unless you are so good at your job they cant send you home.   I was a machinist for them for 15 years. The floor workers are a family and you can learn a vast amount of machine knowledge from the senior machinist. If you dont show signs of being trainable they will shun you out the door.  If you are bound to Sedalia its about as good as it gets factory wise.  The 15 or so core programmers/senior machinist are vastly underpaid for the skill level.
If you can move to a union/union competitive pay shop do it. With the need for qualified machinist GD has, anyone with machining background will get hired (screw the temp agency GD abuses the free help just walk in to HR at the front door and drop off a resume if you are qualified machinist). IF you are young working for a few years to gain knowledge would be fine. Then apply to bigger city shops and make over 30$ per hour. no climate control is ruff.

Management looks down on everyone but they get fired a lot so you always have new management cycling threw.

I was in training and let go for no reason, they just didn't think it would work out, they had no good excuse to let me go, but did anyways, definitely not worth working 48 hours a week at $9 an hour, they should of kept me because what they didn't know about me is their loss, I used to be a warehouse floater at a different job in only 4 months (where I hold a record for fastest time ever while being 100% accurate), was in line to be a manager at a different job, and was also the first one hired on at another job out of tons of temps where I learned to be a machine operator, maybe if they would of let me finish training and see how I did they would of changed their minds, but I really didn't even get a chance to show them, I was told accuracy first then speed, so the first week I took my time making sure I did things correctly, even correcting my mistakes, the second week I would of shown them just how fast someone is able to go and still be 100% accurate

This company is a horrible place to work. Any current and former employee who can say they enjoy or enjoyed working there has been threatened in some way. I worked for them in Fort Worth. And the plant manager was big on making threats towards his employees and micro-managing them.  And justifying it some way. And if the employees didn't like it, he would fire them. The management staff would find individual employees to grind into the ground until they quit or get fired. An industry leader keeps their employees working and not lose customers on a monthly basis. Doesn't work them to death for 6-8 months and lay them off. And carry poor quality ratings with big name oil companies. This company has so little integrity in the workforce, all anyone has to do is look around the industry and see how companies feel about them.  There is no pride with this company and they do push you and punish you if you go against what they want done.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Working at Gardner Denver is literally being a part of a large family. From the plant manager down tho the helpers in the maintenance department. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It's a production plant, so there are obstacles to overcome but with great people by your side, any issue can be resolved. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's demanding but rewarding and has a great work diversity 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
430 am start time, morning meeting to review and talk about the days goals. Healthy and productive days are what we aim for. Usually end the day at 1pm or 3pm, depending on company needs.

They have a slave driver atmosphere and don't care about you or your family.  They would work you 24 hours a day if they could get away with it. When you can't fulfill what they are asking, you are threatened with termination. They plant is run like a prison and you are not given proper breaks. When a problem is presented to management, they throw it away.

High turnover because management is horrible. Terrible leadership. Lack of engagement because of terrible management. Company is run too lean - expectation is that you do the work of 3+ people. Work-life balance does not exist here. Risky company with the way it is currently being run. It's not possible to run a company this lean without major issues in the future.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I was given room to find ways to get the job done safer and faster I was part of a great team of very capable techs as well as a healthy sense of competitive vibes to bring the best out of one another 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of support from the management team as well as poor communication yet again this was 4 years ago hopefully they've corrected that problem 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It was a let's get done vide and I was ok with that

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy focused setting goals and accomplishing said goals

Serve as a second shift mechanic responsible for the initial inspection of equipment for repair used in the fracturing process for natural gas.  Additionally, perform disassembly, parts inspection, identification of replacement and rework parts for the power end and fluid end components.  Other duties include the inspection of new and used parts for the assembly and repair of pumps.  This includes gauging clearances, tolerances and recording information in accordance with company ISO certification procedures.  As a member of second shift, required to be functional in disassembly and assembly procedures rather than specializing as done on first shift.

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