project engineer

machinist

production technician

cnc programmer

manufacturing engineer

Janicki Industries

I have worked at Janicki for over 4 years and have watched the company grow rapidly. There were about 800 employees when I started, and now there are 2,000. Leadership has done a great job keeping the culture intact as we scale. Everyone I work with across departments are wonderful people who care, want to mentor and grow with you.
We are working on incredible projects that unfortunately cannot always be shared to the rest of the world due to customer requirements. I take great pride in getting the opportunity to work on them, then watch them fly, float or even head to outer space! It is fun to walk around the floor and see the variety of products being worked on.
People move departments and even roles if they want to chase a new passion. There is a lot of support to learn new things and grow the skills of the company.
However there are some growing pains. When timelines get tight, we are expected to work extra hours and put the hard work in. I know it isn't for everyone, but when you take pride in your work, it is worth seeing it through. Priorities are changing a lot, so you have to stay flexible and roll with the punches. I think once we go through this "push period" of growing programs and new buildings, schedules will become more stable again and these pain points will ease. This company is on track to be a prime one day, so it is worth growing with it and watch the work pay off long-term.

I have worked for Janicki for over two years now and I have loved every moment of it. I feel like you get to do something new or different every day and that really helps with being motivated to work while avoiding the typical burnout. I enjoy the culture that Janicki has built around striving to move the needle in everything you do. This has given me a great opportunity to learn so much and acquire new skills and knowledge. Something that's very unique with Janicki I feel is its management. They have created a culture that makes you feel comfortable around everyone and easily be able to strike up a conversation with them, not only that but they take the time to get to know everyone and really make you feel welcome while you are here. The company also focuses a lot on Work-Life Balance. Overtime is almost never required, but available if you want it. This makes working here a lot less stressful and eliminates the dreadful thought of "am I going to get to go home on time today".  I also really enjoy the fact that we are one big family here, everyone knows everyone and it's comforting to be able to come to work and know you're going to get to work with some pretty amazing people and have fun while doing it. Also, we have some pretty fun company events and parties that you don't want to miss. Janicki is an amazing company to work for, and I promise that if you come to work here, you'll Love Your Job Again.

Typical work day is a 10hr shift. Although I work weekends doing 12 hr shift.

I learned how to do layup, infusion, reading and following engineering drawings, how to use precision tools and how to do overall quality work.

Management is overall good.  Could definitely be worse.  They will listen to you and do their best to help fix any problem you or other workers might have. 

The workplace culture is over all good. However for me I have noticed that there is a overall... dog eats dog energy.  Everyone is out for themselves.  Other people will throw you under the buss to make themselves look better.  But that is mainly in what is called mold fabrication. Eveywhere els in Janicki is a great helpfully learning environment. 

The hardest part of the job is training. Often times the people training you are not teacher. They are there to do a job and just want to get it done and go home. So for me my biggest struggle was having someone patient enough to traine me. 

The most enjoyable part was the Hollidays.
Janicki loves to celebrate holidays.  Like Cinco de Mayo, the of July 4. And everyone's favorite.  The Christmas party .


Over all. It is an amazing place to work with abunch of growth and opportunities. 

This workplace is undoubtedly a turnover company. The high rate of employee turnover is immediately evident, creating an unsettling and unstable atmosphere. Employees come and go with alarming frequency, making it difficult to establish a cohesive team. The root causes of this issue are multifaceted.

Firstly, there's a palpable lack of job satisfaction. The absence of recognition and career growth opportunities further exacerbates the problem. This toxic cocktail of factors breeds discontent, leading to a constant exodus of talent.

Secondly, the leadership's disconnect from the workforce is striking. Management seems oblivious to the concerns and needs of their employees, leaving them feeling undervalued and unimportant. This disconnect has a demoralizing effect and fuels the turnover cycle.

Overall, this workplace's high turnover rate is indicative of a deeply troubled organizational culture. It's a revolving door where employee well-being and job security are sacrificed for short-term gains. A profound transformation is needed to reverse this detrimental trend.

Janicki is a place where everyone knows they're always being watched by half a dozen bosses, supervisors, managers. That said, don't expect to see a lot of diligent work going on. It seems most people emphasize looking busy over being genuinely productive. If people like you well enough, then you don't really have too much to worry about other than occasionally getting chewed out by a manager who feels he must look busy by chewing someone out. I've had a lot of jobs where I am lukewarm about the work, but I enjoy the people. This is a job with really interesting work, and largely lazy or difficult people. Most of the time, when a project gets to me I have to backtrack through the work order and do a bunch of digging to figure out whether the work has really been done because most people don't bother themselves with recording vital information.

Janicki is a good place to go to get industry experience - they work on a lot of different things and everyone’s day-to-day jobs can very a lot. This really builds everyone’s skills. But the company underpays all except the highest managers and routinely hires in newbies at wages higher than employees of 12+ years. The owner LOVES UW engineers. 
They don’t schedule work well at all so they go through periods of working 6 or 7 ten hr shifts to laying everyone off. When it comes time for layoffs, it’s all based on favoritism: doesn’t matter if you’ve been there 6 months or 15 years or how good you are at your job. You’ll be gone with no chance to defend yourself. 
There is no training for any employees, you’re just thrown to the wolves to see who survives. The few Managers who want to help train new people are so over worked that they don’t have time. Overtime compensation for salaried employees is inconsistent - depends on how much your manager likes you, not how much you work.

Coming from a company where I felt respected, acknowledged, appreciated, and one that gave me a sense of purpose, I can't help but feel quite the opposite here. Yes they pay well. If that's all you care about then I'd consider this company. But if, like myself, you want to work and also feel enjoyment, this is not it. Of course, that's my experience. I feel on edge at this company, everyone throws everyone under the bus. It's a point fingers and blame everyone but yourself sort of place. I feel like I went back into time and am in high school again. There are cliques, gossip, and no matter how hard you try or how nice you are, it's never enough. I tried to talk to my boss about it but was told, "everyone complains and talks about others, that's just how it is". Definitely not an answer I want to hear. The work itself is not bad. In fact it's fun and you learn something everyday. But it's hard to work in a toxic environment. 

Janicki is a good place to work if you are in the area, it's one of the only large contract manufacturers in the Bellingham area. The culture is good, and people generally care in my experience. The pay has improved recently and is competitive north of Seattle, at least for the lower ranks of engineers.

In terms of the work, it's a good place to pick up a wide berth of engineering skills out of college. Everybody does a little of everything (CAD, project planning, vendor/customer coordination, floor support). However it's difficult to find anywhere that develops any sort of deep knowledge. It is a build to print shop for better or worse. The customers have done all the engineering for the most part, and a lot of what you will end up doing is fixing their mistakes rather than using what you learned in college to build something from scratch. Deep design work is mostly relegated to old boys cliques. But you learn a lot as a grunt nonetheless.

Janicki has changed a lot. They took on a large contract that is changing the way the company operates. They're bringing in an entirely new demographic, Retired ex-military. Everybody who was hired prior to the contract is getting shafted; stuck at the old pay scale. New guys come in making almost DOUBLE what their trainers are making after years with the company. I guess this is a good place for you if you fit that description. I can't recommend this company for anybody that doesn't fit that description. I estimate in about 5 years time, Janicki will be exclusively ex-military. Just ask anybody you know that works there now. It has become a joke. 

Janicki Industries is a horrible place to work.  As a salaried mechanical design engineer I was constantly asked to work unpaid overtime even though my contract that I signed on the day I started stated that I was only required to work 45 hours per week.
The pay is far below industry standard for a Mechanical Design Engineer working for large companies in the Aerospace industry.  Pay raises are minimal if at all.
Changed jobs to work at Boeing and started at 150% of what Janicki was paying.
Janicki would rather pay low wages for low skilled employees and have a high turnover rate instead of paying competitive wages and create a work culture where skilled people want to work.

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