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Quality Engineers considering a job at PCC should stay far away from the Douglas, Georgia location. I’ve summarized just a handful of reasons why below. There are far too many CONS for me to list them all in this review!!

• The current Quality Manager is extremely unqualified as a leader. Very inconsistent from day to day. Will push blame onto QE’s before taking responsibility for anything. Changes stance on topics depending on who is in the room. (Micro)Manages by fear due to own control issues. Expectations for QE’s are basically nonexistent so you have no idea where you stand with QM on any given day. Even worse, you may be working yourself to death, putting in 10-14hrs a day, doing the job of 3 people, only to have QM completely downplay all your efforts and instead ask why you also didn’t get other things done. Expect to be unfairly thrown under the bus by QM on a regular basis. Worst boss I’ve ever had, and I have worked in Quality for almost 2 decades.   
• QE dept is an unorganized mess. No standard procedures for anything. Everyone does things differently with zero communication. For new QE’s trying to learn, “sink or swim” is an understatement. With a FAR above average turnover rate, the QE group is in a constant cycle of trying to figure out how his/her predecessor did things. Expect little to no training at best. Flexibility is nonexistent regarding work hours. Prepare to be fine with working weekends. QE group is extremely overworked and understaffed.  
• PCC Douglas overall is extremely understaffed. They make extensive cuts to headcount at the first sign of financial hardship. Job security is nonexistent regardless of your tenure or title. Bonus program, if it ever returns, is a joke. Don’t even bother considering a bonus in your decision of whether to work here or not. 

Top trainers get you certified fast and start working on aircraft parts in a week. Work is fast paced with a top quality welding. Take notes of parts worked on, weld wire used, advice on part, time taken, supervisor notes, and anything else weird or wrong done by other welders. YOU WILL BE SORRY IF YOU DONT KNOW A ANSWER TO SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO OR DON'T TAKE  INFORMATION. You are responsible for every part you produce until it is scraped. Supervisors watch your every move and ensure you take breaks and lunches on time. Overtime is mandatory most of the time for weekends and can often be taken during the week. One year of work was 10 hours a day  monday- friday with 13 hours on weekends 25 days straight, 63 days straight, 91 days straight and 52 days straight. We had a ton of work and we did great during this time... so they did it again the next half of the year when management promised we would get more time off. Only times off were for celebrated holidays and I was not going to come in to get triple time. Taking advice from co-workers is at your own risk-take advice from trainer. The job is extremely stressful and will take a toll on you and your family if you have one. They hate when you take time off and when your sick. Alway have a doctors note for being sick, you will get dinged for not being at work. The last three years have improved for less mandatory overtime and more weekends, this is not a guarantee and can be taken away. Best part of the job is knowing any aerospace/airline company will accept your welding skills and you get to work on some very cool projects.

A typical day at PCC included reworking castings, reading blue prints and tech cards to learn what the specified tolerances were, observing safety protocols, and providing assistance to co-workers as needed.
I learned that it is important to pay attention to detail, how important team work is in a work environment, and how important it is to cut down on re-work by doing the job correctly and to customer specifications the first time.
My co-workers were an important part of my job. They were there to help me when I had a problem, and provided advice when I was looking for direction. There was a lot camaraderie, and they were a fun bunch to hang out with during breaks and after work.
Managers were excellent at providing direction. They were always available on the floor and worked alongside the rest of the crew. They made me feel as if I were more of an equal, and did a great job of making sure the work orders were finished correctly, and that we maintained a satisfactory production level.
The hardest part of the job was also the most enjoyable part of the job. This job required excellent attention to detail, staying organized and focused on the finished product, and knowing what the expectations of my job was. 
I thrive in this type of environment. I enjoy a fast paced work environment, as well as having the opportunity to utilize my skills and learn new skills and techniques on the job.

Loved it from the start. Very thorough training, they put me through the classes and training courses I needed to become a certified xray technician. All classes are paid for. PPE all reimbursed when you're hired on. Regular and fair raises based on performance and seniority. Amazing coworkers, caring and helpful, they want you to succeed. Management was wonderful for the most part. The couple of guys in management that weren't doing a great job were let go, seemed like it was important to them to have good management and employee satisfaction. My supervisor and trainer both went out of their way to help me succeed. At work and outside of work, great work/life balance. They always pushed to help me get the time I needed off for important things. Drug tested once as a temp and once when you get hired on. Never witnessed any randoms, but they can if they feel the need. 

I've worked here going on 9 years. I started at the bottom doing what ever I could to move up and turn my life around. They offered countless hours of overtime, and were very enthusiastic about me cross training anything I could. Everytime I found another position I thought would be interesting, management was eager to give me any info I needed and get me started in Training for that pposition.they don't hold your hand, but they definitely don't stop you from reaching as high as you can. They give you the tools to succeed and the rest is up to you. I wish I had gotten on here much earlier then I did, but im glad for the chances I've been given. I've worked from the bottom, and now am the supervisor of my own department. This isn't the end of the road either. This is just a new road I'm barely starting on. At PCC you aren't given everything, and spoiled as if you're owed the chances, but you are definitely rewarded for doing your best, and trying your hardest. It's all up to you. Your path is written and walked by you. Take it to where you'd like to go, and PCC won't stop you from trying, they'll root you on along the way. 

Worked there for years. Management is always new and rotating from plant to plant, so they never seem to actually learn enough to do anything productive (you know the saying "a little information is a very dangerous thing".) Employees are harassed by new management constantly and they fire workers they dislike the most. Then a few months later these new managers are rotated to another plant to wreak havoc there.  Overall the production teams are weakened and production slows while years of working knowledge and skills are lost.

The HR department is only concerned with protecting the company from law-suits. And employees, despite all their skills and work knowledge are discarded for often made-up accusations. Some employees are fired by new managers and HR reinstates them and informs the new managers they they can't fire them for that reason.

Workers where so scared of losing their jobs that we lost the Union Vote by 156 votes out of over 2,300 people.

Integrity and Leadership have been replaced by bullying and managing without concern for employees.

Reading other reviews or the company it appears that if you're an office worker it's a great place to work. Guess they're treated better then those that actually produce the products that make the company it's money.

I’ve been working at the Jenkintown facility for over 25 years. I’ve noticed over the last year a lot of people walking around with clipboards.There’s a lot of waste employees”Non Production” that cuts into the profit margin of the building.The amount of work in the building is drying up, I’ve never seen it this slow in all my years. I believe most of the work has been outsourced to a plant in Brazil. Precision castparts is America last. There’s also too many bosses and production schedulers to production employees. With less work I’m still expected to hit my production target as if it was when we were busy. I use up my vacation days when there is no work.When there is no work they treat you like badly like it’s your fault. The group leaders in a lot of the departments can’t even run a machine and are strictly administrative and they make about 3 dollars more than the set-up men who keep the departments running which is very unfair, Group leaders used to run machines for at least 4 hours a shift, now they sit in air conditioned offices most of the day. It’s just not fair they make more than the Set-up men. The group leaders are just very overpaid secretaries for the managers in most of the departments 

Do not accept a salary position at Precision Castparts unless you are desperate for a job. PCC has a reputation for being a harsh and toxic work environment. Supervisors are forced to commit to unachievable goals. When supervisors don't meet said impossible goals, they are berated by upper management at the daily line walks. HR is present while the plant manager, president, etc. yell and scream at supervisors. This poor leadership is a direct result of a company culture that has adopted the inappropriate behavior of its CEO. The CEO, Mark Donegan has been described as a hot headed screamer who uses threatening tactics during business review meetings. His behavior has been normalized and evidence of this is present throughout the company. There are very few women in leadership positions. The Safety Manager, my boss at the time, would often refer to PCC as a "good ole' boys club." During an internal HR audit in 2019, nearly 90% of salaried employees stated they would not recommend a friend or family member work at PCC. Valuable experience could be gained at PCC, but not without suffering through verbal abuse from upper management, a toxic work culture, and a poor work/life balance.

PCC is a good place to work if you like getting paid pretty well for physical labor. I highly recommend going to school while working, so you can leave ASAP, rather than trying to move up in the company. Job and schedule stability are non-existent. Shifts are decided by managers for each department, and which shift each individual works is decided by plant-wide seniority. This sounds fair, but what it also means, is that higher pay, more desirable jobs could involve employees from other departments bumping lower seniority individuals off their shifts, regardless of their experience in their department.

I've worked here for nearly 10 years and got promoted to Lead, but I still have little to no say in what shift I work or for how long I work it. Every 6 months I have to prepare to potentially upend my entire life based on the whims of whatever supervisor upper management decided is in charge or my department.

My department is also being understaffed and upper management is refusing to hire more, regardless of what the supervisor and leadership of the department pleas. The company always comes first, hourly employee wants and needs are never ever prioritized. 

While I was there, company had a pretty decent focus on safety with continuing improvements. Could have taken it more seriously for the maintenance team but for the floor employees it was pretty solid. However, given that the location I was at was essentially a job shop, the upper management really put all of their eggs in one basket and thus the entire division really took it on the chin (think 80%+ layoffs) when certain things happened with a major manufacturer's planes crashing inexplicably. Hours were inflexible, not much consideration given to comfort (ie wild temperature swings to the point that they affected equipment function), pretty shortsighted choices by management (didn't insulate the roof when expanding into a new section of the building, really?). Also, extremely high turnover in management -- I went through 4 bosses in 3 years, almost 100% turnover per year in my immediate coworkers, and about the same in middle management.

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