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I worked for nidec as an engineer for many years. The only good I could say about them is  that they have an ok insurance package, and a good 401k plan.I was trained by senior engineers at the start of my career, that stated if you wanted to advance to higher leadership positions in the facility, then you needed to be the dumbest person in the room. Sadly, as I stayed longer, I found this to be very true. In the facility I worked in, there were only two qualified staff level managers (the vast majority had no degree or relative manufacturing knowledge). The rest could not even tell you what we made in the facility, our customers, or how we made the products we made; to be in a leadership role and not know these things shows the high level of “buddy” management that was allowed in the facility. This combined with stringent budget cuts and projects being limited to those that were pushed by those within the “buddy” management only allowed for systematic deterioration of the facility as the capital expenditures did not truly upgrade the facility in the means for sustainability. Such poor management schemes along with poor moral character by upper plant management including the hr manager caused distrust for anyone who had to rely on the staff. The design engineering group in St.Louis was also extremely under qualified. Most designs had to have retrofits made in the facility to allow the products to actually be built, pass testing, and then shipped. There were only four experienced senior engineers that could make designs and stand by their product; the rest relied on platforms that made the design for them, which caused multitudes of issues as these engineers truly did not have a clue about the machine they designed. When these issues were then passed to the plant, there were only three qualified technical engineers that could work through the issues to have a useable product.  The lack of skilled engineers in the facility was a direct correlation to poor salaries offered, along with poor management approach to hiring such engineers. Such lack of knowledge, lack of management support, and poor business decisions made for a less than ideal place to work that was very stressful. The hourly personnel were also underpaid for the region, and as a supervisor you had to sign their review showing their typical pay by job title in the region was much higher than their actual pay awarded. These conditions all combined to create the worst moral of any company I have ever worked for, and I will never work for a company again that shows so little care for the people they hire. There are a lot of good companies out there, but this one isn’t it! If you have a choice, choose another company to work for!

For an engineer, the place was depressing. They never obsolete anything they've ever produced over 30 plus years and with no sustaining engineers,  R&D has to support this stuff, mostly scrambling to find replacements for obsolete components. They usually wait until the shortage is a line stoppage event and then the pressure to fix the problem is ramped up. Everything is priority 1 when this happens and it was not unusual for multiple priority 1 things to be running at the same time. Plus they scrimp on building maintenance so there are world class dust bunnies under every desk, the cubicle panels are dirty, and carpeting is grimy. Tiled floors are stained and dirty. Test equipment is shared and old and finding test probes is often a treasure hunt. Many things are make-do with nothing to make-do with. Little in the way of perks, basically a lunch room with 3 refrigerators and 5 microwave ovens. Now owned by a Japanese company whose corporate culture is a poor match to American  culture and which is even more penny pinching than before. Hard-on-the-eyes lighting was finally replace with all LED lighting, not for employee comfort but for lower power bills. The place reminds me of grimy old Japanese factories I had occasion to visit in the eighties. Enough said.

This job offers very competitive pay and solid benefits—some of the best in the industry. If you’re looking for financial stability, strong health coverage, and dependable hours, this position checks all those boxes. The work itself is straightforward, and the team members are (for the most part) hardworking and supportive.

That said, the biggest drawback is the leadership environment. Over the last three years, morale has steadily declined due to inconsistent and ineffective management. The current leadership lacks strong communication, emotional intelligence, and basic people skills. Feedback often feels dismissive rather than constructive, and decisions are made with little regard for employee input or long-term impact.

If you’re someone who can tune out the noise, stay in your lane, and focus on the paycheck, this job may still work for you. But if you value a healthy workplace culture or strong leadership, you may find the day-to-day frustrating.

If you are qualified you'll be treated like you're stupid.  If you are unqualified with a high school diploma you will be treated like a genius and when the unqualified person's idea blows everything up then we will bring in the qualified person to clean up the mess but we will still give credit to the unqualified.  There is zero mentoring.  We don't even mentor our interns. There is no one left who can actually answer questions about anything.  The only training will be on company policies but Nidec absolutely refuses to enforce those company policies so its a giant waste of time.  Leadership? There is zero leadership on any level.  We don't even replace our management so everyone just kind of guess about what they should be doing.  Every time we turn around benefits are taken away.  We have insurance at this point and they would take that away if it wasn't required by law.  If you want to grow and/or accomplish big things in your career then Nidec is the wrong place for you.

Worked as a winder, I was provided with adequate training and a team that was extremely helpful with advice or supplies as needed. Management was helpful as well although they were often absent and difficult to find. They were very forgiving if you messed up or got behind schedule as long as you showed initiative and worked hard. Overall, I really enjoyed working at Nidec except for one reason. Overtime. The longer I worked there, the more time I spent working there. Initially, I was supposed to work Monday - Friday, 3:30 to 10:30. That quickly became working everyday, and extended my hours during the week until 12:30. As if that wasn't enough, management would constantly pester me to get me to stay until 2:30 in the morning. So within a month, what was supposed to be a 40 hour a week job, became nearly a 70 hour a week job. I no longer had time to go to school, no time to do anything with my life. It's a shame because I really enjoyed working there, and worked hard, but it was not sustainable to work seven days a week while I'm trying to pursue a higher education.

The work itself isn't hard. Very hot. They don't even bother to ask you for your side of things in the event something happens, they just fire you. 
The employees are lazy and the leadership(shift supervisors) primarily 1st shift, is lazier.
Be mindful as to who's training you as I personally know of trainers training people wrong to get them fired if they don't like you.
  Only positive thing I can say about Nidec is the management seems like they have good intentions but are completely clueless as to what's happening on the production floor to make effective changes. I'm not blaming them for that. Can't change what you don't know about, right? 
Nidec in lexington has a long way to go before I'd label it a good place to work. Best advice I can give to any future employees is to mind your own business and talk to as few people as possible. 

When I first started for this company the hourly rates were great and it was a vast improvement from my previous job. Since then they have continuously gone down hill, they have not raised rates to compete with other companies or rising inflation, and have taken away most incentives to work here. With exception of only a few the management staff is awful, communication is terrible and the morale of this place is at an all time low. I hate it because I enjoy what I do but not where I work or the company I work for. Unless you can deal well with mass amounts of b.s. and little to no communication I would not recommend this company. I hate to be negative towards any company but unfortunately at this point in time these are my honest feelings.

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The job itself is good and most of the people are fun to work with. There is a lot of drama, favoritism and good old boy. If you are not from here and don’t have some good connections they will find a way to work you out. 
Those that are educated and have good ideas and are good workers don’t stay very long compared to those that wander around and know the right people. Management will say you are doing great and then suddenly say you are not and move you or fire you. Again they will find a way to get out those that are good.
The pay is decent, better if you have a degree. They give paid holidays with days before and / or after off.
You will have better luck if you are local and your education stops at high school. Keep your head down and don’t have any opinions.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The coworkers were the best part of working there

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Getting assigned to the 6S team without asking to join or showing any interest in joining 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic. Management only cares about management. The union has zero protection for employees, and the union stewards will quickly throw people under a buss to make themselves look better. 
From an operations side, good luck getting anything done because either management or the engineers are constantly stopping you. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Check my email, wait for something to break, and clean up the maintenance area.

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