cnc operator

controls engineer

quality engineer

machine operator

entry level associate

Norwood-Medical

The discrepancy in Job Work/Life balance would have been much more manageable if wages were competitive. It felt like employees were exchanging job security for career advancement, as most of my fellow employees and I were hired when jobs in Dayton were still extremely scarce. As the market opened up and more companies began opening their doors, a flood of employees left for better opportunities, namely, better wages. 
A typical work day for me was a 12 1/2 hour work day from 5 pm to 5:30 am. We worked 4 days a week, for a total of 48 hours per pay period. My coworkers were great and direct management was great. It just seemed that money allotted for our yearly raises was extremely scarce and the repeated promised opportunities for me to climb the company ladder were put on hold due to a decrease in work and/or our customers pulling back on large scale orders.

Norwood Medical is a great place to work in an ever-growing and competitive medical, manufacturing world. The company strives for excellence and thrives on the knowledge and expertise of its employees as well as through the passion of the private ownership to continually improve medical devices. The ownership also places emphasis on growing the company from within as well as the local areas surrounding Dayton, Ohio. Stress is placed on pleasing the customer in every aspect.

While at Norwood Medical I've learned many important skills applicable to lean manufacturing. Along the way I have earned certifications in Quality Engineering and Six Sigma that have provided me with the tools to successfully help the company identify root causes to issues, improve processes, reduce scrap, realize financial savings and increase throughput. I also spent a lot of time interfacing with the customers to better understand their needs and wants and raise our level of manufacturing to the highest level of customer satisfaction.

I walk into the room, get assignments for which Tumblers to run and which skiffs to get finished for that evenings shift.
I have learned how to run machinery and am currently learning how to read measurements for the parts and how to opperate cranes and forklifts.
My managers are very hands-on, dependable, and helpful in solving problems and finding solutions.
My co-workers are all extremely nice, open, friendly, and dependable. They don't see the job as a battle or competition, so the work environment is very friendly.
The hardest part of my job is working the third shift. I am still struggling with getting used to the hours, but have never been late.
The most enjoyable part of my job is working with all of the extremely helpful co-workers, who make the third shift bearable and keep me awake during the long hours.

This place like many others shat the bed during covid. We are deemed essential and kept open following up with the governor's suggested PPE. After the initial rush to install hand sanitizer dispensers near high traffic areas, and shutting down the break rooms/vending machines in all 9 buildings, not much else was done. They normally struggle to keep soap dispensers full in the bathrooms or maintaining the paper towel holders. Sometime around early summer we all got a company branded lunchbox, ice pack, small thermos, and a neck gater... It felt like a smug flex, we have multiple buildings as I mentioned earlier, approximately 1200 employees working 10hour shifts on days and 12's on night shift. Our half hour lunch break is now in the parking lot, in you car, hot, cold, rain, sun, or snow. 

It was a good place to work at first, until it just wasn’t! At my orientation they said nothing but positive things, plenty of positions to move up, raises, good work life balance, them taking suggestions to make things better,

All of them did not happen, 10 hour shifts is not a good work life balance, and the pay is very minimal for the work you actually do.
There is very obvious favoritism from group leaders and management and if you don’t fit their criteria they’ll find an excuse to give you points for attendance, while others do same thing and will not collect any. Also the board where you can put suggestions to make work a better place are never taken into account as well! Don’t bother writing them. In the end you learn the parts hold more value than you, the person who made them.

its ok for a little while not hardly any room for growth or advancement. But ok if you don't mind longer hours and a fast pace. You have room to change buildings and learn but not very much room to advance a career. Management is ok they want you to do your job correctly which you should but you are often rushed to get job done..  I think when rushed often mistakes are made and if giving proper time to complete better quality reaches the customer. Customers are the main goal of any company for you should always ensure quality products reach them. They have good benefits at this company like 401k health insurance paid holidays  vacation and profit sharing. They have grown into a big company but need to work on quality of products. but overall not a bad place to work if you don't mind 10 and 12hr shifts. Just  overall not to bad for a company that size to work for.

I have currently put in 8 yrs at Norwood. Co-workers, job security, and insurance are the only reason I've stayed as long as I have. I learned a lot the first 3 years at Norwood, but since they're growing so fast, they don't take the time to promote within the company anymore. The head of human resources is a very untrustworthy person. She will smile to your face and stab you in the back. You can't get fired from here and that is a huge plus. The hardest part of the job is that you have to constantly watch your back. Another hard part is coming in everyday knowing that this is the furthest you will ever go. Pay here is a joke, but the owners are great people.

What is the best part of working at the company?
It is best place that I have ever worked at because everyone is so kind and understanding , and helpful. It was like a family setting. Very pleasant place environment.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Clean ing a large machine alone and the only reason is because one would like to be done before the shift ends.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very pleasant , polite, helpful,easy going no stress at all team oriented.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Coming in being  greeted with very positive attitudes Every morning  it almost makes one encouraged to want to be there

The company is clean and it is a steady paycheck. They pay engineers at starting pay and raises are far and few. It is good for an inexperienced engineers right out of school, but i would not recommend for an engineer with experience looking for a challenge. Management is not trustworthy. To many chiefs, not enough Indians is a good representation. President stands out at the end of the floor watching everyone. Company just got bought out by a holding company so future is uncertain. 401k matches 2%. Not really much benefits unless you consider a cookout a year a benefit. 

If you do not kiss the ring, then you are looked at as an issue. Norwood has a Moto. There is no problem till you make it a problem. If you report issues then you are the issue. As a supervisor I once reported finding some drugs in the break room and then took it to the plant manager. Where as he began to question me and my motives of bringing them to him. He asked if we should drug test every person in the shop, if it was mine, did I plant it to bring to an issue to the table. He then advised that he would take it to HR. I was called to HR the next day and explained that there was no way to know who's it was and that was it.

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