cnc machinist

machinist

field service technician

software engineer

shipping and receiving clerk

SHAPE Technologies Group

Plant manager is very superior. Promotes and encourages hostile/toxic work environment.

Shift managers follow the same procedure. Lie to their employees on a frequent basis. Don't have your back for anything. Even set you up for failure, I witnessed it just in my few months. Had to leave because of these issues. Couldn't stand watching them treat people this way. Talk bad to you and others behind their backs. 

If your not in their buddy circle you are quickly ran out. 

They claim OT is voluntary but if you don't volunteer you are treated like trash. 

They don't treat their good employees with respect they treat them like trash. Employees who show up everyday on time and only take PTO get no reward. They favor those who show up late and take off whenever they feel. 

They fail to recognize an employees hard work but are quick to find any flaws. 

Co workers are very immature and like to stab others in the back. 

Human Resources are very unreliable and very difficult to reach. Also provide you with lots of false information. 

Shop is not ISO creating an environment very difficult to learn new machines. Training is limited to the operators training you and what information they want or do not want to share. 

Frequently see shift leads and shift managers going employees wrong information and later claiming they never did so. 

When you first get hired it all sound great but once you work a couple months you quickly realize why they are constantly hiring and can't keep help. Go find somewhere else this job is a waste of your time. 


The company is not all bad there are good people here, the job itself is not difficult. 

West Coast Region is preferred as far as a tech perspective. 

Central Region is okay 60% of the time. 

East Coast Region is an absolute s*** show and is run through hefty micromanagement and has had issues brought to the companies awareness and the people who have approached HR were terminated, without addressing the core issue.

That to say,  some of the people in positions of power use their influence to manipulate and scheme. They do not take accountability for anything and view anybody underneath them as easily replaceable scum. 

They have little to no structure in their training process unless you happen to get taken under the wing of someone very senior with their own solid process. 

The QC is sub par. Logistics is sub par. Many times I get sent the wrong parts in right packaging or the wrong parts altogether. 

Customers are looking at you as the face of the operation with little to no communication from some of the project management when things are needed on the job site. 

If you have any integrity, whatsoever, the company will throw you to the side in favor of dollar signs because you don’t fall in line to their consumer scheming. 

As a tech I was expected to meet certain sales numbers that effect my promotional ability, which was divulged during my performance meeting, none of which was mentioned upon hiring. 

Over the course of the last 5 years since American Industrial Partners (Investment Banker Firm) formed Shape Technologies by consolidating numerous companies, the positive employment landscape of these entities have entirely diminished. This is especially true in the case of Flow Intl. and KMT Waterjet Systems. Both of these organizations emphasized their above par treatment of production employees in the years prior to the AIP takeover. Over the span of 5 years reduction in employer benefits, work/life balance, low to no compensation increases (well below U.S. inflation rates) have taken hold. 

KMT once had a 100% of 6% 401K employer match through a top tier 401K brokerage firm, only to be replaced with a low end firm matching only 50% of 6%. 

Health Insurance premiums have continued to rise extravagantly with deductibles sky rocketing. 

This employer often forces mandatory overtime for non-exempt employees, sometimes to the tune of over 30 days without a day off work. 

PTO is often denied and was switched to an accrual system. Often the production employees here are forced to use PTO at management's discretion. This is due to poor business practices and decisions and used as a financial save haven for mismanagement of funds. 

I highly recommend looking elsewhere.

Never before worked in a place with worse morale overall.  Turnover was high, and I had been advised to leave several times (by wife and doctors) but didn't until I was forced to (re-location of manufacturing operations to the Midwest).  Management completely focused on shareholders to the detriment of employees, customers, and product quality.

My typical day was 10-12 hours, usually starting very early in the morning (so as to be able to accomplish something before the chaos began).  Over twelve years I received only two or three training opportunities.  As a Manager, I was unsuccessful in obtaining needed training for my employees.The last 8 years saw a reduction in benefits (elimination of sick leave, company 401(k) match) and elimination of company sponsored activities (holiday party, summer picnic, service time recognition).

Hardest part of the job for me was keeping up with all of the responsibilities and timelines, and the ensuing stress and long hours.  The most enjoyable part of the job was working with some great people, including my QA staff, which were long-time employees with great experience and fun to work with.

I worked as a Receptionist and moved up without the title of Administrative Assistant. When I first arrived in 2016 I started out with the basics: filing, answer the phones, check the mail, greet guest and clean up the kitchen and restock bathrooms/offices supplies. After a month, I got bored and started picking up my coworkers were doing such as AP and AR. (Accounts Payables & Receivables) during the end of the month, we have a task in order for our parts to be complete. After, I understood how to do payables and invoicing it was very easy and so I completed it at the end of the month and gained more tasked. With this said, none of the tasks were given to me. The Accounting Manager is too controlling and will not push a person up if she doesn't approve. My main reason I left the company. The boss. Don't work for a manager who is possessive and controlling. Working for this company don't expect to move up only thing is to pay attention to everything. Even if it seems small everything. It will come in handy when you don't know what to do or how to help.

This was a below average place to work. 

Pros:
- Free coffee and popcorn. 
- It was climate controlled which is a perk for local shops. 

Cons: 
- As a machinist, the pay was low for what they expected their machinists to know and perform.
- Sub-par, every 18 month raises. 
- HR was mostly unavailable and unapproachable when they actually showed up to work. 
- Toxic upper management and supervisors. 
- Micro managing upper management.
- No training program at all. They set you up for failure. You are at the mercy of the guy they stick you with to train you, and it is up to him if he tells you anything. You might get stuck with a bad trainer who won't show you anything, then you get stuck with being expected to work on your own in 2 weeks. 
- No set rules or employee handbook. Dependent on if you are in the "club" or not. Some employees are held to high standards while others show up late and drunk everyday and get away with it.


What once was a good place to work, no longer is. All of the long timers are retiring and the turnover is crazy now days. 

I learned more at this company than anywhere else I worked. I was fortunate enough to have worked under some GREAT supervisors, both my Sr. level Manager and my upline VP were fantastic to work for! 
That being said, the company went through a LOT of changes, in the years I was there which was really tough to see. I was laid off in a company transition from publicly held to private ownership, but I still have good things to say about this company! I would work for my particular supervisors again, but not for just any of them. Most of the employees were very hard-working and committed to excellence. 

The company also provided some fun activities associated with the customer base. We enjoyed seeing people from the racing industry, the motorcycle industry, and aerospace. They provided many wellness-related activities too, and great benefits!

Good product line but struggling for many years with constantly changing management and customer dissatisfaction.  In the last year that I worked there, they implemented significant staff-level terminations with no regard for the personal toll on the individuals and the morale of the remaining employees.  I know of several employees with over 25 years of tenure with the company given no notice and offered reduced separation packages. The company implemented reduced benefits, increased employee cost sharing of medical programs, and rarely paid individual contributor bonuses.  At the same time the company hired new executives with packages that included lucrative guaranteed bonuses, extended reimbursement for housing, and other perks.

This place is downsizing, there is no opportunity for new employees to be hired full time/permanent. Flow is a great place, its quiet and friendly. There are all ages of men who work here, I am comfortable as the only female on the floor. I work hard, I work just like men do on this floor, but the men who work here always try to help and always offer their hand if they see me. I learned about international shipments and all of the terms that are necessary in order for Customs to approve of each shipment, and my boss has helped with that. The supervisors have very little to do with the production floor until something goes bad, and they will come out to chitchat with anyone anytime, but do not offer help even when they see you are really busy and could really use the help.

The company has hardworking employees and a collaborative shop floor culture. Many team members genuinely care about doing quality work and supporting each other, which makes day-to-day operations positive.

There are opportunities to strengthen leadership alignment and accountability at the supervisor and management levels. At times, responsibilities can feel siloed, and processes tend to be reactive rather than proactive. Empowering supervisors with more ownership and decision-making authority could improve efficiency, communication, and overall performance.

Overall, it’s a stable workplace with good people, but continued investment in leadership development and clearer accountability would make a big difference.

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