welder

cnc machinist

machine operator

associate

manual machinist

Kadant

What is the best part of working at the company?
Very inbred sales culture. Good company benefits but an ancient sales employee culture based upon antiquated sales culture.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The employee relationships. The good ole boy system is very alive here. It’s a treadmill where you never will advance if you are not in the “clicks”. Even though they are public ally traded. There is absolutely no sale training for the staff. They try to make Paper mill employees  into regional managers.
The product line is very antiquated and needs to be updated. It’s a game of selling nuts and bolts here with no real engineered sales opportunities.


What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Old school inbred with favoritism galore

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
They mainly leave you alone because there is no real sales management supervision

If you are fifty or older, always keep your resume up to date.  If you like having no communication, no vision, and no guidance of where or what the company is doing, then Kadant Solutions is the right place to be. 
Workplace culture is one of pitting co-workers against one another.  The upper management is separated from the others by doors that are kept closed thus creating an atmosphere that they are better than the others.  The sad part is that the company has great products but has no vision of the future and is relentless in counting beans.  Any downturn, even short-lived, results in "reorganizations".  Pay is pretty good, benefits are pretty good but its everything else that goes along with it that is poor.  

What is the best part of working at the company?
Leaving the company. Horrible moral no one cares. Just a number


What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management, the worst get promoted as talent is let go 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It was tolerable. People in general were nice

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful to say the least.  Made for a long day.  The stupidity was ramped only  least experienced people got bonuses while the people doing g the work were never recognized or told good jib.  They only point out the negative like clock I g in one minute late would get you a black mark

What is the best part of working at the company?
Work Week
Vacation 
401K Match
Stock Plan
Company Events

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Metal Manufacturing, Repair and Assembly.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Challenging yet rewarding, blue Jean attire. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Manufacturing planning, estimating, following up, pushing g our products out the door.

Always here at 2pm, Get things around, Clock in At 2:30pm. Look at the list of jobs, and punch into the first one. Had Learned tools of measure for the parts and how to operate a 4 axis CNC Machine. The hardest part of the job is determining whether the programs are reliable or not. Not all of the information is displayed on the screen, threading is a guess, check and adjust style of work. The best part of it all is the atmosphere of people and listening to music all day.

What is the best part of working at the company?
It is a good company  but management is very bad they don't car about the employees 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not having the support  you need from management 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful  they show favoritism  to other employees 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
No guidance from management at all whats so ever

I've worked with Kadant for over 30 years. Started in an entry level manufacturing position and worked hard to grow within the company. They paid for my education, provided opportunities, and allowed me to grow through manufacturing, into sales, and now responsible for sales, service, marketing, customer service, and applications. If you are capable and work hard in this company, you will have opportunity to grow. 

Typical day involves preparing proposals and sizing equipment while in the office. When not in the office we are installing equipment, providing field service, and starting up equipment. It is an excellent company if you're interested in traveling the world. It can be stressful at times but is very rewarding. The negatives are that traveling can interfere with personal life.

There's nothing special about working for kadant unaflex. They don't care about the people that work for them. They lie about advancement. They play favorites with there rud supervisors. Your complaints fall on deaf ears. If you are considering working for this company run run fast. I worked for them for a year and it gets worse the longer you stay. So Run and run fast. True story.

I have been with Kadant almost 6 years and just recently had knee replacement surgery.  They sent me a very nice fruit basket with nice encouraging words missing me at work. I truly appreciate the thoughtfulness that went into sending this to me while recovering at home. I am also been able to work from home as I recover.  Appreciate that they give me this opportunity.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Welder 9 salaries reported	$26.11 per hour
Cnc machinist 10 salaries reported	$31.28 per hour
Machine operator 5 salaries reported	$24.20 per hour
Associate 6 salaries reported	$21.75 per hour
Manual machinist 1 salary reported	$32.00 per hour

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