senior production operator

design engineer

production scheduler

production operator

maintenance technician

Pall

Pall Corporation has well below average compensation despite the experience, education, and performance of the employee. I spent 9 years as a full time employee with the company and my final pay was only a few dollars more than the pay temporary employees receive, despite having multiple degrees, vast experience, and a proven track record. There was near universal consensus among other employees that the compensation was sub par as well.

Pall Corporation does not promote qualified employees in a timely fashion, if at all. On average, an employee had to work for at least a decade performing at two or three levels above their job description's outline to be considered for promotion. Even when promotion occurred, it was only ever one or two people every two years within a department out of about one hundred employees. Further, some managers simply did not promote their employees. One had to work for a particular manager to hope for a chance of advancement.

Despite employees not receiving recognition in the forms of compensation or advancement, Pall was all too happy over use employees like tools, replacing them when they finally broke from wear and tear, often with temps and interns. In the decade I spent with the company, the culture fetishized lean efficiency more with each passing year. By the end of my stay, teams would be a quarter of the size they once were in years past and project timelines had collapsed from three year cycles to developing and releasing new products in as little as three months. Chronic burnout and poor morale plagued my department.

To make matters worse, our new parent op-co, Danaher, has made a regular habit of semi-annual company wide layoffs. Despite trimming all but the most efficient and productive employees in previous cycles, layoffs would continue anytime financial goals were not met, even if the company was extremely profitable that year. In the end, it seemed that a lottery system was used to pick people to lay-off. This caused further losses in morale as key individuals on a projects would simply disappear one afternoon without any period to transfer their workloads to the thin ranks of the remaining team members and demoralized the remaining employees as not even high productivity could save them from being laid off.

Got hired through Kelly Services to work at Pall Aerospace.  I received a week of "training" by shadowing a worker who had been there for only 6 months, the managers then immediately tried to move me into the "high volume cell" which moves at a much faster pace and consists of two jobs in one. Most of the days there isn't enough work to do so you have to ask others to share jobs or stretch out any work that you do have just to get through the shift. You sit in an old, hard, uncomfortable chair or stand throughout the day and are able to listen to headphones, but with the lack of work most days and the repetitiveness of the job it is incredibly boring and draining, though the fumes, loud machines and cutting your fingers help to keep you awake. The managers, if you can call them that seem to just sit around and socialize the entire shift or aren't really around. I had messed up an order once and a worker from the prior shift talked to me about it on the managers behalf instead of the manager himself. After about a month's time I received a call from my Kelly recruiter that my service with Pall has been terminated, when I asked why he told me the managers had sent an e-mail over the weekend saying I was messing up too many parts and refused to work in other areas. Now not once had I been asked to work in another station and not once did a manager talk to me directly or help me if I actually was messing up parts. Overall it felt very sneaky and strange, I truly think that they didn't have enough work to keep the new people on or they didn't like that I wouldn't work overtime every weekend, which they declare is optional. To be let go for the bogus reasons supplied, completely out of the blue and with two weeks until Christmas I was left in a very bad position for finding another job. Would never recommend Pall or Kelly Services to anyone.

Excellent company as far as benefits and salary are concerned. 

The only issue, of which is a major issue in today's economy, is that you are always looking over your shoulder for the next layoff in order to meet shareholder expectations. 

Because of the fear of layoff....a professional will always need to look at sites such as Indeed...... just in case.

Loyalty must be a two way street.  An employee should not work in fear for their job quarter to quarter.

I rate Pall a five star company if they were to control job layoffs and not blind side employees with unexpected layoffs. Especially, knowing the company is making money and doing very well.

If Pall is to layoff those whom are at the mfg facilities, then they need to also look at the numerous VPs as well.  If a company indicates that its hurting then all levels should feel impact not just the middle management.

A nice company for single employees a bit disconcerting for those with families. An unexpected loss of job is devastating for a family. 

I hope that they strongly evaluate this major issue and find a solution in creating a feeling of stability.  This would benefit the company in retaining talent and not lose them due to employees having to feel as if they should keep an eye on job websites.

It starts getting early to my work place to make time to greed my fellow co-workers and catch up the work load of the day from the previous shift, then starting focusing on the duties of the day.
    I learned that when a person works with a strong professional team of co-workers, a work day is more productive and better incentives for the company that you work for, as well as better pride of what you do.
    The greatness of management is the KEY player for the success of any business to progressively take the company in the next level in the market place.
    I have a strong believe in the respect that I have to show for my Co-workers to create a positive and productive relationship to make the work place your second home.
    The hardest part of the job is not to get the resources to perform it to the maximum of my capabilities. 
    Get the most out of each employee to raise the company to the highest standards and Specifications for each product that goes out to the customer to stay in the strong side of competition.

This is hands-down the worst place I have ever worked.

The horrendous work environment is evidenced by the insanely high employee turnover. I worked on a team of about 15 people. In 6 months, 6 people left either by quitting, transfer, or termination. No one enjoys working here.

There were some good employees but you are discouraged or outright forbidden from helping or asking for help. This is coupled with immature, incompetent, and vindictive management. 

There is an air of tension and unease in the office. Due to the behaviors of the manager and a couple employees, no one trusts each other. The only thing anyone talked about was how stressed they were or how much they hated the manager and their #1 lackey. Employees are insulted, threatened, and deliberately given tasks meant to waste time. Working here means dealing with catty employees, zero support, thankless work, and ruthless office politics. It is the definition of a toxic work environment.

They do have an espresso machine that makes pretty good coffee, so if you think that's worth sacrificing your happiness and mental health for than this is the perfect company for you!

Company is established through firm technology. On a typical day I review current demand and plan materials and operations accordingly. Review customer backlog as part of the daily management with Team Lead, cell lead etc. Work load is almost unbearable due to companies inability to hire due to a current hiring freeze. In a typical days worth management ("Executive management") is involved in the most minute parts of the business leading to meetings which are generated on a daily basis with no prior planning. It disrupts the employees day and task ahead. Much of the energy if placed on gathering data to provide "executive management" then there is to actually carry out the tasks to better enhance the business performance. Co-workers are absolutely great people to work with, but there are many of which their character and stress level have been impacted by the executive management demands. Hardest part of the job is maintaining productivity while reporting to executive management the intricate details of shipments and status. There are moments of enjoyment, though not many co-workers around make it a bit less bitter.

I worked there for 4 years in multiple positions. 
The shift supervisors on the back half show heavy favoritism. Some positions are more strenuous than others but everyone gets paid the same. Some people have extremely easy work while others have ridiculously busy work. The production technicians on some shifts are worked like dogs. There are a lot of senior workers tgere who aren't compensated at all. Meanwhile random people are hired off the street and make more than senior operators. The environment is really great. There is controlled AC. Its a clean well kept place. The management is completely horrible. The maintenance department probably the best thing about pall. The front half shift is the best shift and tge back half shift has great workers but the very worst supervisors and the worst technicians

Pall is the equivalent of McDonald's in manufacturing. There are better higher paying jobs to work. It's a roll of the dice as to how youd get treated. Also some supervisors are racist and stir up mess. 

I worked my way into the MRO/Buyer position based on my organizational skills and ability to complete tasks in a timely manner.  

A typical day at work would consist of purchasing of items on the fly, machines parts from broken machines.  Materials that the planners may have missed in their ordering. Basically I purchased items that were needed ASAP.   I was also required to keep inventory of operation items, chemicals, packaging materials etc.  

The hardest part of my job was the pressure to make sure items we needed were there when we needed them.  Sometimes we needed items yesterday and it was my job to make sure they arrived as quickly as possible.  

I worked with a varied demographic of co workers.  We were a union shop and sometimes the breaks in communication between management and union would cause problems for me.

The most enjoyable part of my job was being thrifty and being aware of where we could save money.

CEO is only driven by greed and power as he off-shore jobs, crashes the economy and every week sends more employees to the unemployment line.  The longer you have been there the more at risk you are. Benefits may sound good but even new employees are ushered out before they can be vested. Stock price and savings to the bottom line are all that matter to Pall.   

High level employees are leaving as the writing on the wall becomes clearer every day.  Even the CFO did not last two years -  he offshored the US based Accounting / Finance jobs so can now collect his big bonus for 'restructuring' and head back to his previous employer. 

If you are just looking for a paycheck and long hours, low moral and backstabbing does not matter then Pall may be a good starting point.  Don't bring to many personal items with you as it will only take you longer to pack when you get the boot ......

All management is bad. They lack the skills to communicate, lead, delegate, and keep information confidential. They have way too many meetings to not have multiple plans in place to ensure the facility is meeting corporate expectations. They are overly emotional and lead out of emotions. They promote based on their relationship or friendship with others. This is why there are family members in leadership roles or working in the same departments but no experience. Supervisors are awful, lazy, and lack any leadership skills. Individuals emotions are being catered to instead of  processes. There is no accountability for people who do not do there jobs or perform poorly. Individuals are angry, and discouraged because it is not what HR portrayed it to be.  I am hoping corporate will step in and hire new supervisors and managers. I strongly believe the current management and supervisors need to be replaced. The company will not succeed with the current leadership and it has the potential to be a really good facility. 

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