die cast engineer

cnc operator

machine operator

operator

maintenance technician

Pace Industries

While I enjoyed the day-to-day work, I found many aspects surrounding it to be frustrating at best. Job security is quite poor and many people will come and go very quickly.
Similarly, the workload would shift a lot (due to several factors). Some days could be handled by just one or two people, other days I might not even be able to get two whole audits in (when the expected amount is four). This wasn't really an issue until they permanently reduced the size of the quality team.
We would also have to cut corners to actually be somewhat effective. Certain procedures would be skimmed, done only once a day, or skipped entirely because it would be impractical to do it each time while remaining on schedule. Because of this you end up having to make a call on these things and the blame could be placed on you if something goes wrong, even if you never had time to give it attention in the first place.
Required overtime was quite common, and for certain positions it's just a given. It wasn't a major issue for me at the time, though.
The organization of quality was flimsy, with contradicting information and sudden changes to treatment of issues, and failing to get solid answers with ongoing situations.
Production wouldn't always listen well to quality, and it would take pestering them 4-8 times before getting certain issues taken care of. This was partially related to other departments' issues (probably also a matter of being short staffed).

The company 11 years ago was a great place to work and took pride in training and advancement of each employee. That sadly went away and it turned into a numbers only sweat shop. New corporate HR in house seems to be out for blood and not actually helping employees when times are hard and someone is needed or needing to be understanding. The pay is good and the benefits are good if you are in union. The changed all of this for the company people and really screwed them over. Which is why they lost a lot of there good engineers and management leaders. The union is also a joke and in no way helpful other then keeping those that shouldn’t have a job working. After 11 years they did nothing to help me the one time I needed them other then give me wrong information which lead to me leaving my job and loosing my home. I advanced in my work and took pride into being a cnc foreman on two different shifts. And even though I paid the same union dues as everyone else. I got treated differently and used as a display for others due to my title.  The actual workers there are great and you will get to know them well because the horrible management makes sure that you work 6-7 days a week non stop, the only reason I got days off was because I put 10 plus years in and moved up in seniority. Other then that all your vacation will be used. Just for a life break away from that prison. Good luck you will need it. 

Machines old and outdated maintenance done on them usually just gets it to the next breakdown, failure to order parts for some machines makes it to where a machine can not be run the way it could or just not use anymore because not willing able to fix. Modifications to some machines does not take into account physical limitations of some, when before some modifications rate was made and exceeded. No security anyone can just walk in shipping bay door 90% of the time open all shifts cause usually will not open or close properly so left open rather than fixing it, no gate or badge scanning to enter parking lot or door. Some departments overworked because other departments did not properly process parts, creating unnecessary and unexpected work for others making it difficult or impossible to make rate. Having to find equipment or tools to do certain jobs. Some shifts able to do pretty much whatever they feel like and others shifts getting reprimanded for not being able to do their job but not for lack of trying. Overtime mandatory instead of on a rotating or volunteer basis for some other departments Overtime is volunteer n rotating. 

it was great job for me, every one who is my senior they help me any situation. I am sorry to say that it was very hard to continue my job due to long drive & too much traffic jam. It was almost 33 mile from my home & driving time 45 minutes to 90 minutes, it's depending on road jam situation. I tried to continue but my family suggested me to find-out same job near of my location. Any way   when I resign but my boss was disagree about it, but I was bound to say sorry for long drive situation also I was new driver. I believe if I get any chance again on this field near of my location, I will do better again. There was a problem with HR department about my salary. They hold my salary if I don't leave the job, I explain fairly that it is long distance for me, long distance is not a matter but I drive 3 free way, unfortunately most of the time I had to suffer road jam on 3 free way. Night time when I back from work, I feel danger in bad weather as new driver. I say them in future I will be back if I re-locate in that area, but the refuse me, say it's ok, no need. I never mind it, why not they teach me everything so they can hope more from me.

Save yourself the headache and stay away from this company. HOT!!!! humid conditions from early summer to late fall. Mandatory company clothing requirements include long sleeve shirts and hardhats. FILTHY is a understatement for their cleaning practices. The only time you see plant wide cleaning is when a customer is visiting in the near future. You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. Management rides on the coattails of the real workers below them, with little appreciation for the work we do. It's like a culture of "Do as I say, not as a do".  Job advancement comes easy for those who have family members higher up on the totem pole(supervisors,managers, and higher), even if their not qualified for the position they applied for. Jobsite safety is maintained adequately, unless a piece of equipment needs to be running immediately. That's when you need to be extra careful, because management will turn a blind eye to your safety in-order to get production running. FIND YOURSELF A BETTER EMPLOYER, I AM..........

The pay wasn’t half bad but what the issue was overworking, machines breaking everyday and leads sometimes had to do the work for maintenance unless it’s completely out of their hands. Sometimes you’d have to try and fix the machine if you know how to. Management doesn’t care about you, only rate and not only that, but if you keep up with rate then they’ll just keep on raising it. Breaks are super short and they don’t give you a grace period to walk to and from the break room unless you’re maintenance, most of them take an hour break and work on a machine for an hour or 2 then back to break. Oh! And totally forgot, forget about vacations, Between Christmas and New Years are days off but here’s the catch you want the days between Christmas and New Years off you’ll need to use vacation days or even if you’re sick because nobody can’t get sick in their eyes. Then you got the convicts that give a bad rep in the town because they will break in peoples houses.

A typical day started with KPI reviews and meetings with other managers, followed by follow-ups on ongoing issues and projects when possible. Unfortunately, there was little opportunity for growth as no budget existed for outside training. Most of the management team was great to work with, but a few individuals made the work environment difficult and demoralizing. The culture was decent overall — people on the floor were in good spirits — but corporate promoted a bare-minimum mentality with below-average wages and inconsistent raises. The hardest part of the job was dealing with those who created unnecessary conflict and weren’t held accountable. The most enjoyable part was working on improvement projects when resources allowed, which made a meaningful impact.

I was let go because I had to have back surgery because of the work I performed. The only thing I got from them was fired. Now they say I quit and I am having to fight for my unemployment. Management does not care about their employees. Employees are replaceable. If you don't meet their requirements at any point you are made to feel like garbage. Most of the requirements were made when the machines were new with no flaws. The machines are all old and flawed now and it takes more than twice as long to do what they need. It doesn't matter though, it is your fault if you don't get it right. Half the place recently burned to the ground so maybe they will buy new equipment. The hours have changed to allow for more of a life outside of work, they have a history of changing at a whim, so it might not last. Management is not changing though, so the place will still be horrible to work at.

hardware administration support was more reactive to performance issues than proactive as opposed to my approach to be preemptive. I was given freedom to create bottom up new capabilities, and enhancesments to present capabilities(deem it extreem improvement). at odds with parent company Primex which was returning to 3rd generation software (IBM vindage 1980)development as compared to the Pace provided tools that were 3rd,4th,and 5th generation(object oriented programming) software development. Shown highway, Pace morphed into parent company Primex. Hi end production said bye bye on their own.

There was nothing fun about this job as CNC Tech. Always had to work through breaks. Extremely hot in summer. Not enough fans to keep operators cool. Supervisors and Techs had to choose which operators were worthy of a fan and had to use the fans to keep machines from overheating. Nothing gets fixed, just band aided. Hydrolic fluid and coolant are always on the floor so you have to walk like a penguin everywhere you go. Management works you 7 days a week, shifts are 10 to 12 hours long. They all so dig through scrap bins to fill orders they cant make because nothing gets fixed. So there is immense pressure on keeping things running. I would not ever leave my car unlocked or leave something on a table. A lot of operators dont try or care, making the ones that do pick up the slack. They can miss over 200 hours of work and not get punished. In short, only work at Pace if you absolutely have to and do yourself a favor and keep looking for another job.

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