production assembler

test technician

manufacturing engineer

mechanical engineer

senior quality assurance inspector

Meggitt

I am writing this review completely for your benefit. The tasks required for this position are not hard and the customers are great but there is a culture of bullying. If you are not in the in crowd you will be picked on and your work picked apart. I have only been at this job 6 months and I came with 20 years experience. The first time I made a typo it was escalated above my manager to the GM. The culture is beyond that of a normal factory with office personnel asked to go faster, faster, faster but if you click A instead of B with someone standing behind you the whole time then you will be written up for it. This place is write up happy. Never in my professional career had I ever received disciplinary action. Yes the pay is good but you will quickly learn that the soul sucking back biting environment is NOT worth it even if you are the main or only breadwinner. Please don't think I am just a disgruntled employee. There have been 5 others leave this position within an 18 month period. I am just trying to save you the heartache of leaving any job to work for this company. Management practices are antiquated. This place is rule heavy and ruled with an iron fist. There is no culture of continuous improvement, in fact they have the highly qualified and talented continuous improvement team doing entry level tasks such as scanning and filing. I have never been talked to so rudely by a manager in my entire career and I have been working since age 14. I was told by upper management that they do not "trust" anyone in those positions so they are setting you up for failure. The training is another trainwreck, there are some large manuals and you may get a little hands on where someone shows you once then you are on your own but there is no time to read the manual and you will not be permitted to take it home, I asked. You will however be asked to perform tasks that you have not done for 3 weeks to 6 months and you must do it quickly and accurately or you will be chastised and made to feel small. Please don't take this job unless you know someone and have friends on the inside, then they may take care of you.

I am writing this review completely for your benefit. The tasks required for this position are not hard and the customers are great but there is a culture of bullying. If you are not in the in crowd you will be picked on and your work picked apart. I have only been at this job 6 months and I came with 20 years experience. The first time I made a typo it was escalated above my manager to the GM. The culture is beyond that of a normal factory with office personnel asked to go faster, faster, faster but if you click A instead of B with someone standing behind you the whole time then you will be written up for it. This place is write up happy. Never in my professional career had I ever received disciplinary action. Yes the pay is good but you will quickly learn that the soul sucking back biting environment is NOT worth it even if you are the main or only breadwinner. Please don't think I am just a disgruntled employee.  There have been 5 others leave this position within an 18 month period. I am just trying to save you the heartache of leaving any job to work for this company. Management practices are antiquated. This place is rule heavy and ruled with an iron fist. There is no culture of continuous improvement, in fact they have the highly qualified and talented continuous improvement team doing entry level tasks such as scanning and filing. I have never been talked to so rudely by a manager in my entire career and I have been working since age 14. I was told by upper management that they do not "trust" anyone in those positions so they are setting you up for failure. The training is another trainwreck, there are some large manuals and you may get a little hands on where someone shows you once then you are on your own but there is no time to read the manual and you will not be permitted to take it home, I asked. You will however be asked to perform tasks that you have not done for 3 weeks to 6 months and you must do it quickly and accurately or you will be chastised and made to feel small. Please don't take this job unless you know someone and have friends on the inside, then they may take care of you.

A typical day at work was full with documents to review and update/type as needed. After 2:00 p.m.I went to the Metallurgy Lab for the part file documents to be scanned to my drive for electronic placement into the  designated part numbered folders for the engineers, clients, and trade compliance officer to view, print, and/or fax.

I learned how procedures are to be written, what the Metallurgy lab was, how when parts were made which ones needed to be forwarded to the Trade Compliance officer. This is just a little of what was learned in the time I worked for the company.

The Management personnal always had a lot of work to do and didn't hesitate to ask for my help with their different projects from time to time. I also liked meeting people from different cultures around the globe as they came into the plant for one reason or another.

I got along with everyone I worked with on the factory floor and the 18 different Department Managers I met with from time to time.

The hardest part of my job was chasing down the writers of the procedures, forms, and work instructions when  finished with the scrubbing of the newly written or re-written documents for errors then re-typing for approval.  I either had to leave and come back for  the document at a later time or wait for a rewrite to be done, make the changes then return them for signatures again.

The most enjoyable part of my job was I was constantly learning something new about what Meggitt/Thompson Aerospace & Defense did, how they did it and being a world wide business, I learned about ITAR, Trade Complience, FAA complience, and what the DOD required for making of parts for their military watercraft or planes. Always something new and interesting to be learned.

Pros:

-Due to the importance and complexity of the product you're working on, it's easy to be proud of what you're making.

-Predictable daily work for those that like predictability.

-Pay (at the time) was good and seemed fair for the nature of the job.

-You only work 15 days out of the month due to 12-hour shifts, so the extra full days off are nice.

-Compared to other factories in the area, the work isn't as strenuous or hard on the body.

-Didn't see any discriminatory DEI or ESG policies in the company while employed.

Cons:

-Can get quite hot and stuffy inside in the summertime.

-The job can be quite dirty. Whether it's small carbon fiber strands irritating your skin, or carbon dust from the machining process.

-While there are mostly good people working there, I have seen some older workers try to bully and mistreat the younger ones simply due to their age. No matter how polite, professional, and hard working the younger ones were.

-A few (not all) shift supervisors have a tendency to micro-manage to the point that nothing you ever do is good enough (as is typical in manufacturing).

-HR will be nice to you during the interview process, but if you ever need them for anything after that (even something small) they act like it's a big inconvenience.

-I have seen up to two in senior management try to play unprofessional power games to intimidate new workers, and generally have a cold attitude towards anyone that wasn't employed for 20+ years with the company, and on their favorites list.

Advice to Management:

Micro-managing does more harm than good in the long run. For those with great work and quality output, it's even more unnecessary.

Unprofessional power tripping and generally cold attitudes from senior management are completely unnecessary and childish. The employees were all consistently hard working, honest folks, and should be treated accordingly.

Spent 7 years with this company before they shipped most of the manufacturing overseas.  I have worked at multiple locations in the US, and seen operations at other Meggitt manufacturing facilities, so I feel well qualified to speak about the companies operations and future. 
The management and Leadership turnover is high, mostly because Meggitt does a poor job of setting a strategic vision and reacting to market changes. It is essentially a rudderless ship.  Meggitt is somewhere between 5-15 years behind the power curve compared to their aerospace partners and competitors, constantly trying to catch up to the quality systems of competitors, and wasting millions of dollars in rework and wasted materials. 
The culture of Meggitt is slowly improving, and they are trying to implement high performance team ideas, but again they are late to the accountability and team building initiatives. 
The hardest part of the job is the lack of support you will receive from management and HR.  I have seen people who raised concerns about inappropriate behavior who were ignored, or outright shamed for trying to address toxic and workplace harassment issues.  
The shared camaraderie with other good people in the trenches is the most enjoyable part of working at Meggitt.  
Pay and total compensation was low to Fair over the course of my time. 
I have seen people who were well qualified who were very poorly compensated, and others who were well compensated for poor results. 

A typical day - Just like the other posters said - every plant must be like a "mom and pop" shop running half-assed while they try to implement all these fancy corporate ideas while acting like there's no money to spend (that's one of the excuses).

Just like the one reviewer said: "If you want a job were you will be watched by managers and team leaders all shift this is the job for you. Dont like you talking. You need to be brain dead. Don't bother putting ideas forward as they wont listen."

This place has a real bad problem with Favoritism, therefore you get inept, unqualified management who are obsessed with micromanaging, along with lopsided enforcement of the rules depending on who they like, yet mortified that you could think the department is less than perfect. You get no chance of advancement, and high turnover rate, all in an environment of corporate toxicity. What you're left with is the typical soul-sucking factory work environment.

Be warned, if you don't 'know somebody', if you aren't the 'favorite' or 'selected', you will be passed over and will waste a decade hoping for a transfer. Seniority only counts when it's convenient. An associate degree will not help you. Veteran status will not help you.

The health insurance is expensive and it's a hassle to use; set aside plenty of time to appeal their frequent denials of legitimate, routine claims. It's a company-funded health plan, so the state government has no jurisdiction over any grievances.

You get very little vacation until your 15 year anniversary. Just work hard and keep your head down. Good luck!

I worked at the Akron, Ohio office with some great people. There were so many broken tech and business processes in place from 2014 to 2016 all over. It took a month to get purchase orders approved, no automated processes were online. They use a PDF for every kind of process in HR. This is the worse on-boarding experience you will ever go through. I had to fill out 20 forms to get on-boarded. HR was in disarray most times. You have to wait a week or more to get a response to a simple question.  It took IT a week to get a laptop and 5 days for a phone. All processes were written for a formal and mature Fortune 500 companies, but they were executed at a small business level with chaos and terrible results. Expectation for job success were vague and undefined most times. No negotiation on starting salary either take it or leave it. Interviews were skewed to make you think you'd be doing one job, then day one, you get a different title! Most people in management were struggling just to keep their heads above water. Projects were always being delayed by UK for one reason or another, usually no funding. Robbing one projects funding to replace another's was common. No money to replace anything, but the infrastructure was crumbling all around.

There is a major disparity between the managers and workers here. Most of the technicians are good people and work hard, but get paid poorly. Meggitt touts that they have great benefits and compensation, but that's only if you are  a manager and above.

I cannot think of one manager or director who takes care of their people  here. All they care about is production and meeting their quota. They do not do anything to build teamwork, make you feel valued, or make sure your pay is good.

If I have to work for bad managers, at least give me a few extra dollars to make up for all the stress that they put us through. The jobs easy, the managers make working here a huge pain. Also, Politics is huge here. Do not get expect to be invited into the club. The director only buys lunch for other managers and supervisors. Workers will get to eat the leftovers as if they are peasants.

Lastly, the facility is huge and loud. They have this open office concept. Unfortunately the director never thought this through because your computer and desk is next to 20-ton heat presses, lathes, CNC machines, and other loud dust creating machinery.  It is a very uncomfortable place to work. Also, you cannot listen to music at your desk because it is a "safety" issue.

This place has really easy work, I’m coming from a Commercial MRO/ military background and believe when I say kids can do this work just as well as any one else. The only problems with this company is the management which have completely no experience and can’t even tell you what you're working on. Some of the leads Are also unprofessional due to lack of experience of ever holding a lead position. Most of them are fresh out of the technician floor, which makes things most difficult when trying to get a point across of “what is needed and how to properly achieve the best possible outcome”. They like to shun other people’s abilities because of fear of losing their positions but would gladly trample and abuse any employee they don’t like. Whether it be by direct harassment or indirectly. Also only certain individuals qualify for overtime, not all like they imply. This also keeps the employees morale low. working at meggitt is the perfect place if you want to work here and just make free money, but beware it comes at a cost

Quality is only determined on how close to a due date is on a order.  Pressure by managers to let quality issues slide on a need to have order.  Small order plenty of time. Quality is better. Short term till order is due quality can be expected to be "good enough."
When issues are found, quality is the first people to get thrown under the bus. No one is accountable for their work. A lot of careless floor workers. Tons of fmla being used by employees, on top of sick pay and vacation. Floor workers get slim mostly on Mondays and fridays. A lot of 7 days a week. Salary has no real schedule unlike what you are told once hired on. 
Management: all friends and family. Mangers, supervisor, ect. Most are all related. Mother, daughter, cousins,  and best friends who mainly move up in the company. At one time was a great company. The workers with decades of time are just waiting to retire. Everyone elese is looking for another job. Loosing contracts and orders for the next year make the idea of a lay off is coming. If you are a yes man. This might be the place for you. HR is a joke. They are there for the company's benefit. They will only do as much as they have to. Leaving the company was a great day for myself and other's in the past.

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