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I worked at Natoli for about 6 months. The company itself is growing and they absolutely take care of their customers BUT, they don't show that same respect for their employees. Employees are expected to get to work 30 mins early and stay at least 30 mins late. If you show up later than 30 mins before your shift or leave immediately after your shift is over, they assume you are not a good employee. They do not give paid time off work until after you have worked there for a year. If you need time off for a doctors appointment, they give you a hard time and make you feel like you are letting the team down. There is absolutely no work life balance and they make it impossible to maintain any work friendships. Upper management is so twisted. Nothing management does is for the employees-- there is always some benefit to the company. The turnover rate is high because they fire people without giving them a chance and the people they keep, end up leaving because they are miserable due to the way they are treated --  with no respect and are constantly talked down to by management. They like to mention that it is a fast paced environment, but what that really means is that they set unreachable expectations on employees so employees are constantly running around on the verge of a breakdown. Employees fear for their jobs so they are constantly throwing others under the bus to save themselves. I would come home from work everyday feeling like I was a complete failure because I couldn't read my managers mind. There is a lot of room for growth at Natoli.. but its not necessarily a place where people want to grow.

All of the benefits of working for a smaller, family-owned company are negated by an intense atmosphere of hostility and mistrust. Natoli Engineering should be a good place to work but I would not recommend working there for the following reasons, and this is by no means an exhaustive list. 

1. The president has a terrible temper and is prone to rage-filled screaming fits. It does not happen all the time, but it happens often enough to make everything needlessly tense and and needlessly unpleasant. 

2. The company's culture does not value its employees which results in extremely high turnover. High turnover not only results in short-staffed departments, it also puts the burden of constantly training new employees on the over-worked people who are trying to stay on board.

3. The operations manager is a pathetic doormat of a man and the rest of management isn't much better.  No one in management ever stands up for their team, and whats worse, they actually seem adamant about maintaining adversarial relationships with their employees. 

It's a shame the place is ran the way it is because it is a good business and there are a lot of good people there. Hopefully the atmosphere and culture will get a major overhaul but until then I would stay away.

Dead end positions, no advancement opportunities.   Abrasive work environment that will teach you to blame others and cyoa, no team players.   Horrible work atmosphere, there is a metric ton of stress in the atmosphere there due to the lack of qualified managers/supervisors, it's a very militant atmosphere.  HR nightmare, stuff being conversed there would make HR cringe.  Very low pay, a lot of positions there barely make above$20 (positions viewed here on Indeed), no real training setup.   Unorganized chaos, the shop work space was too small and way too cluttered, parts on job carts that nobody knew anything about, inventory laying out on the floor space not put up properly, customers machines collecting dust for months without knowledge or reason of why it's there, etc.  

You could spend a lifetime learning every facet of a remarkable industry here. 
While every tool manufactured could be a basic format, many of them were extremely customized so every project had the potential of being an industry-first. 
Management was very tenured, took for granted that newer staff did not have the same level of exposure to certain concepts and could be overly critical as a result. Hardest part of job was circumventing staff that brought too much life-drama to work and finding the right person to give a straight yes/no answer. Best part of job was when you realized you actually absorbed the source material and could provide a technical response to the client and offer viable solutions. 

i was an mechanist who did a multitude of things, first off i started polishing dies and tools made to make pharmaceutical pills and different candy's. then i was a sizer meant to grind down the tools to the exact size so when they compressed inside the die to make an item they would not shatter.i learned an assortment of things ranging from mathematics, heating elements and how to operate a large amount of machines. the management was spectacular! the owners worked with us and always made me feel like family and always took care of me when i needed help. The co-workers taught me how to speak different languages ranging from Bosnians to laos, i got along will everyone at Natoli. I had no problem with my job nothing was hard i just needed some practice and i was good but the most enjoyable was learning the different types of languages ive been taught.

A typical work day there is to figure out what kind of mood certain members of management will be in. Walking on eggshells is the most accurate way to put it. The HR Department is the most poorly treated department in the whole company. The turnover in the department should be a clear indication of how that department is ran by management. The smart ones get out while they can. There is one common denominator of the cause of the turnover in the department. It's not hard to figure out. Silent treatments are often given when management is in a bad mood.  Any type of conversation while in passing in the halls is literally an issue and management will get mad if they see a friendly conversation going on particularly in the mornings.  No matter how bad you need a job do not apply! 

As a summary I have 20+ years of executive experience in For-Profit manufacturing public and private, as well as Not-For Profit.  I have been responsible for operations with $1.9 billion in revenue, as well as for smaller companies with less than $10 million.  I have reported directly to  the owner,  and have reported to several individuals at the same time within a shared service organization.  Over my career I have spent an extensive amount of time, doing all aspects of accounting as the company Controller or CFO.  I have also been responsible for other areas outside of accounting including HR, IT, Business Services, and Operations. I have experience presenting to Board level individuals and to various subordinated Committees.

The benefit packages at Natoli are unbelievable for a small, family-run business. My medical and dental are amazing, especially coming from a job where my previous employer nickel and dimed our benefits to death and I was paying out of pocket for almost everything. 
We also have an on-site café for employee use that encourages eating together – just like a family. Even though management and the owners do so much for their employees, there have been a couple of new hires recently who think they know better than the rest of us how things should be run. They come in and immediately start trying to change things. No surprise, none of them last very long.


I feel very lucky to be part of the Natoli family. The company has a friendly atmosphere and management excels at supporting employees to help them achieve every single business target. It’s not an “every man for himself” mentality, but more of an “all for one and one for all” mentality here. 

I greatly enjoy working in my department, it has its ups and downs but I learn something new about the work I do and what it means to truly work WITH people and utilize their innate talents rather than fight an uphill battle every day trying to get square people into round holes. 

Overall, Natoli is a wonderful organization where hard work is valued, recognized, and duly rewarded.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The hours are good.  Most employees are good too. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management is out of control.  They allow bad behavior to happen with no consequences.  Good employees do not stay due to the hostile work environment. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful and hostile.  I suffered harassment, screaming, cursing and inappropriate work conversations.  

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Dreaded the whole drive there, cause unfortunately, coming to and then leaving were the best parts.

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