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Pennsylvania Transformer Technology

Just horrible I was a Welder there for 3 years. The supervisor was a stoner who knew nothing of fabrication. He was later replaced by a paint shop supervisor who was a military wanna-be and just plain odd. And of course, he knew nothing of welding. The Human Resource manager had to be the most incompetent person I had ever seen. All he did was cause trouble. The whole shop would shut down when he would walkthrough. Constant company Union strife. The owner is getting up there in years and he keeps hiring people he meets on airplanes to be the CEO...And of course, they would come in and make a mess of things. Good welding or bad welding didn't matter. all that mattered is if you kiss tail. You kiss tail well you can goof off, come in early and sleep for a couple of hours. Lay down some bad leaking welds and be praised as a good employee because you worked overtime (even if you were sleeping). I hear now they just made one of the laziest, sleeping   I have ever seen a supervisor. The guy was "working" 20+ hours a week overtime sleeping and goofing off. The place is nuts I would not wish my worst enemy to work there. I have not seen such lousy welding in my life. Safety is only a concern when they can harass people

This company is a wreck. Management has no idea what they're doing and they're running the place into the ground and ruining what was once a decent place to work (or so I'm told). 
It's not a bad job if you don't have anyone to support, but I would look for something better paying if I had a family to provide for. Some of the workers can be jerks, but most of the people I've meet are pretty cool. Definitely don't apply if you're easily offended. You've got to be able to take a joke and give one right back if you want to survive and thrive. 
The union here is almost useless. They barely fight to get us higher wages and when they do it's only a couple cents. It's also a double-edged sword; for instance after 90 days you're in the union and the company can't fire you without a just cause. That means all the lazy P.O.S. employees can do nothing or do they're job poorly with little to no consequences.
Overall the company is doomed if there isn't a major change in management soon

Been hemorrhaging experienced workers lately. Upper management somehow confused how production can stay down after trying to replace someone who was there for 15 years with somebody off the street who didn't know what a ratchet wrench was. Department supervisors look visibly depressed trying to keep up with the poorly made schedule. Monday-Friday work week is a plus unless you're a supervisor trying to explain every week why you can't get a full crew to volunteer to work all weekend. Good place to get your feet wet but have to be a special kind of glutton for punishment to stay as long as some of us have.

Pa Transformer Technology is a nice place to work as a whole. Co-workers are on the most part good people.  You will definitely learn a lot. Management is the downfall in this company. Communication is horrible and Management seems clueless at times. Overall I would go back because the work is meaningful and necessary.  Even though the majority of times it's thankless. Also there are some really good people that work there and I remain friends with some of them still. 

No job has security. The CEO will easily fire anyone without cause. HR ensures people are underpaid. If you go with a complaint they will ignore them and continue helping their favorites (even if violence has happened)  It’s a very toxic and unhealthy work environment. They are the type of management to be kind to your face and then stab you in the back. 

When I started here in 2003 it was a great company and a lot of great people and great products being built, but after it turned in to a  horrible place and the products were trash and hiring supervisors who knew nothing about the job, unless you want to live there the pay is not very good, HR  can not do their job, and benefits are expensive, there are multiple safety violations throughout the whole building, my advice would be not to apply and go to a better company.

I've worked in several departments and overall the company wants to make money fast and quality is second place. The owner doesn't listen to good advice and he's driving the company into the dirt. It has been a stable job, however, wages are below national average for the skilled workforce required to build transformers. 

PA Transformer is a great place to work! With expanding facilities and the need to hire more workers, there is a lot of room for an employee to grow. There are a variety of skilled and semi-skilled jobs available and continuous training is offered. The company has been around for almost 100 years, and it looks like the demand for its products is only increasing. This safety-first company is always on the lookout for people who want to join the team.

Day started by taking care of emails and work from the past day
Then following up with vendors and an issue that came up

I learned to further my negotiation skills and to close deals with vendors

Management was always very concerned with their people

Hardest part of the job was trying to get answers from vendors in a timely manner

I enjoyed meeting and learning from new vendors

Way too much favoritism; however, I understand drastic changes in management have taken place since I left; don't know whether good or bad. Produced a pretty good product when I started there; went downhill quickly. Way too many test failures by the time I left.

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