process engineer

operations associate

senior process engineer

senior engineer

operator

Hitachi

Trying to make a fair assessment, I'll list the pros and cons of working here.

The pros are, starting at the bottom as far as pay goes is pretty good. I would say one of the best in the area. Also, you are eligible for benefits, which are VERY good, after 90 days. You are paid weekly, your benefits come out of your check weekly. Be careful if you miss a week of work without PTO, you will need to go to payroll and sort out that week's benefits.

I would say hands down the best part of working here is if you're in manufacturing, they need you. They will give you every hour you can work. If you need a team to do it, Hitachi's management will find other team members for you to work with. Anything over 40hrs is time and 1/2, the 7th day of the week on the clock is double time. If you thrive in a manufacturing environment with daily goals and you like working overtime or need to, Hitachi has got your back.

The cons are where you see the double edged sword. This place is always in need of more employees. They use several staffing agencies, and the doors are pretty much revolving. Most employees do not last more than a week. Because supply and demand factor into how much work you're doing, you might have several months of 6-7 days mandatory. When you have mandatory overtime, you get penalties for not coming in even if you have prior arrangements outside of work.

The worst part about it is the attendance policy. In most places, a doctor's note will remove the penalty for an absence, but not here. If there is any difference between time worked and time scheduled, for any reason whatsoever, you receive a penalty. This includes for any mandatory overtime that you've been scheduled for. Also, you cannot take prescheduled unpaid time off. It isn't offered. If you miss time, your PTO is automatically deducted to cover it.

All in all, it's an okay place to work.

I can't say too much in terms of long term experience with the Berea factory, because I only worked there for a month. The hours is what was awful, they said usually it was 6-7 days, but the part of the factory they put me in was behind on parts, and had been for months. So I worked 7 days a week, 12 hr shifts, and that can be rough. Another complaint was that the machines were over worked, not just the employees, with little maintenance work that was done (not because the maintenance team was bad, just because they were stretched so thin). The best thing they could do usually was to put band-aid fixes on the machines, just so they could run long enough to meet the numbers for that day (which normally didn't happen for that reason). They constantly tore up, and because of this we didn't meet the numbers they wanted. I can't remember a day where the machines where I worked actually ran for a full shift without messing up, sometimes being down for an hour(s). I had a couple of nice managers/supervisors, but some of them were less than professional. The only positive thing I can say about this job, is that the pay was good, that's why most people work there for a couple of months and then quit. The benefits they had gone over initially were really good. There is good options health insurance, however, have fun trying to get time off to go see a doctor, they don't take doctors excuses. Anyway, I've heard that other Hitachi factories have a better work environment than this one.

Worked for the company for 5 years, every year it gets worse. In truth the only thing that Hitachi had going for them was the PTO and insurance. The amount of PTO they give new employees is a joke compared to what it was. Insurance has gone way up and if you want to put your family on your insurance you’ll need to do a day of overtime every week to pay for it. Management has no idea how/what their jobs are and in turn makes your job harder. Management will lie right to your face to keep you happy and ignorant. I’ve asked several Management the same question and each will give me a different answer. The 10.5 hour shift usually is mandated to work 12 hours. Sometimes you won’t know it’s a 12 hour shift until the day of. Frequently you will have to work a day of overtime. You will be asked regularly to work multiple jobs when not required too. Breaks are as follows if you work on the weekends you’re not allowed to leave the “campus” at all and your total amount of break time can’t be over an hour. So usually it is 10 minutes- 20 Minutes- 20 Minutes- 10 minutes. However if you work during the week you can leave the “campus” on your lunch which is 30 minutes and you get an additional two 10 minute breaks. 

The most enjoyable part of the job is leaving to go home and trying not to get involved in the workplace drama, gossip, rumors that is easily spread by coworkers that are toxic, want to easily control you, jealous and want to see you gone/ easily fired for no reason at all. 
The workplace culture the toxicity of drama and the gossip of coworkers that think that they are the boss when they know that they aren't the boss. 
The hardest part of the job is have to deal with coworkers that will glare at you for no reason at all, will drilled you if you will take days off without take days off by asking multiple questions and they will get mad at you for not telling them when you will take time off, will get tired of rumors getting spread about you. 
typical day at work - same routine but with different length of tubes on different lines 
I learned/experience from all of this from working here is that since the day I started working here I already been looking at other jobs because of the toxicity and the drama from other coworkers. 
Management, like some of them but they tend to pick their favorites and tend to pick sides and tend to stir up drama and gossip along the way. 

Clearly two of the guys in management have issues. They think they know you for ages and starts interfering in your career and personal lives when you literally have nothing to do with them. They will keep on interfering and spread rumors about you even if your working for other employers and stress you out to the max because this is what makes them happy. They will keep on playing around with your career purposly until your screwed up. As a result of all these negative acts, people in your work area will start harassing you and make it difficult for you to work. Not only that, but one of this guy in mngmnt kept on talking really terrible and private & personal things about women which went to next level. This person didn't even realize that people around his office can hear. But I guess this person completely forgot that walls do have ears. And you guys have "inspire the next" as part of your logo?? Suprisingly, these people talk about others not having a class. After noticing all these negativities, now tell me who is classy? 
Focus on your own life and not others who are trying to improve their career. No one is interested in your guys gossips and dramas. No wonder the turnover rate is high.

I had a good 10 year+ run with HDS - they treated me well on the way out with my severance and thus I'm not reviewing to throw shade.
HDS is loaded with really sharp and impressive people.  This being said, too many middle managers are simply protecting their little fiefdoms and are most intersted in covering their tails then doing what is best for the business.  Moving projects and improvements forward is painfully slow and riddled with internal squabbling.
The 8 years of continual outsourcing to EMEA takes a big toll on morale and many people I know are simply sticking around for their packages at this point...writing is on the wall. The team I was on was a complete mess for three years but largely due to appaling management and ignorance from our senior manager. Real shame in the end.  There needs to be a much more effective mechanism in place to properly review Mgmt. chains.  They do what they like with minimal consequences. It's a real problem at HDS.
The future of HDS seems to be up in the air at this point...lots of internal changes with the changing focus of the business.

Challenging, multi-cultural environment with high expectations for professionalism, excellence, effective application of skills, ability to learn and explore new skills, and adaptability.

Each day, we hit the floor running, and worked as a team to anticipate and satisfy the needs of our customers.  I learned a lot about the Japanese work environment and culture, and taught myself to speak some Japanese during my commute to work.  

My co-workers were hard working, professional, and dedicated.  

I very much enjoyed working for Hitachi Cable.  The most enjoyable part of the job for me was exposure to the Japanese culture.  I have always enjoyed learning about languages and cultures of people other than my own, so it was a great fit for me.  I've always had a very strong work ethic, which was expected, so I felt comfortable.  The Japanese dedication for doing the right thing gave me a great feeling of security.

This is a great job if you are looking for temporary and entry-level work with a high pay-rate. Would not suggest long-term though. 

This job has a great starting pay rate overtime opportunities, and benefits. While there are some plus sides to the money earned and benefits, depending on what area you work in, it can prove to be quite difficult. 

There are other draw backs such as work-life balance. Be prepared to work a bare minimum of 50 hours a week and as much as 80 hours some weeks with not much time off. NOTE the company DOES NOT take a doctor's note as an excused absence. Attendance is very strict. Another thing to mention is the quality of the work area. Depending on where you work the air is very stuffy and the plant is generally hot and messy.

Again, this is a wonderful job if you need something temporary. With the pay rate and the overtime, this is the most profitable entry-level job I have come across. Just be sure to prepare for hard work with very long hours.

A negative management style made for a contentions work environment. I found HRU to be a difficult place to work due to the negative culture. The HR Head of Dept. does all kind of stuff for upper management yet does not take the HR duties nor the employees seriously or professionally. HR & upper management (all US execs) set up people to fail in order to ensure opportunities for personal friends, or other agendas, obviously not based on merits. The company is constantly behind the technology trends so that made it extremely difficult for certain IMPORTANT task & DEADLINES to be met without working extreme hours under a huge constant pressure because the systems, Network & INTERNET are slow or simply do not work at some point of the day. It's ironic that a multinational with technology specific business units allows this. Dubious HR & upper management behaviors & transactions are observed by all employees, which make ethical, descent employees extremely uncomfortable. If an employee speaks about the reality or does anything to try to not be involved they will retaliate.

Hitachi America Ltd. was an excellent place to work. The employees had a sense of belonging to each department and the shared responsibility made communication and successful interaction a breeze. It was a great experience working side by side with Japanese expatriates here in the USA; we had a wonderful repoire and our different cultural methodologies worked together for a near flawless delivery of service. My immediate boss, the Travel and Expense manager, was a visionary whom I hold in highest esteem. The work was often grueling but the sense of teamwork made the end of each day seem like a major accomplishment, and it was. All in all, a great company to work for. Hitachi America Ltd. closed their travel department and moved it to Japan.

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