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Saginaw Control and Engineering

You need a job? Then you should apply and work here until you find a better job. It pays pretty decent for the area. Where else could you work and make around $14 per hour with free healthcare? Maybe you will really like it and decide to make a career there but most people don't. I worked there from March 2020 until August 2020. I left because I was offered a job making about $10 more per hour. Can you really blame me?

I don't have anything personally for or against the company. I've read some bad reviews on here and in my personal opinion and limited experience there I have a feeling that there was more that was going on rather than they just showed up to work and we're automatically treated badly.

"You are treated like a number." Really? I mean, what were you were literally looking for? You went there and filled out an application to join a family or get married or join a social group? You are just an employee just like they are just a job. It is what it is.

There are some good things about working for that company. The first thing is it pays well and the health benefits are great. If you've ever had to pay for your own health insurance then you will understand how great it is to have free healthcare. There is room for advancement if you are a good worker and have a good attitude But don't expect that advancements to be anything other than a better position in your department. For example, my first position was helping someone out a press machinbut don't expect that advancements to be anything other than a better position in your department. For example, my first position was helping someone out a press brake By basically helping them lift heavy sheet metal. Eventually I was put on my own machine bending sheet metal.

I suppose you could move around to different departments but at the time they seemed short staffed and they needed you to be in the position where they wanted you rather than where are you eventually wanted to be.

I felt my direct supervisor and coordinators in 2nd shift fabrication were great. The upper management I felt were sketchy. You wanted people to wear these cheap, uncomfortable masks to "protect" us against the virus? You send out BS emails on how we are essential because we were making enclosures for medical equipment? Then also included links to medical products that we made enclosures for as if thats why we needed to be there? People made more money sitting at home collecting unemployment then I was coming to work full-time. No one there was stupid enough to believe that we were essential because we were making medical equipment. At the very least you should've paid more to make it justified to come to work.

If you do decide to work there, ask around and you will find out that most people there have only been there for six months or less. There is a pretty large turnover.

SCE is one of the worst jobs I have ever had.  The company does everything in its power to nickel and dime employees, forcing them to pay for expensive tools out of their own pocket, giving insultingly small raises, and hiding behind their health plan as a shield against improving quality of life for their employees.  You will be paid the same barely livable wage no matter how difficult a job you are assigned, whether you have a relatively easy task of stacking parts coming out of an automated machine or the extremely high-stress and dangerous job of press brake operator.  There are no paid sick days, however they will "allow" you to sacrifice a vacation day if you still need to be paid while you're at home with the flu.

Work involves 10 hours a day 5 days a week of mandatory overtime.  Which sounds profitable at first until you do the math and realize you're only making about 12-13 extra dollars per day on top of the base wage for sacrificing 10 hours of your life to this place.  The breaks are short and infrequent for such a long work day, only two 10 minute breaks which are strictly determined by bells that mean you actually only have 7-8 minutes of break time depending on how far you are from the break area.  If you work in Coatings you don't get a lunch break at all, meaning suffering through a 4-5 hour stretch of completely unbroken labor in the middle of the day between your two breaks.   Also depending on your position, you may be forbidden to go to the bathroom without explicit permission.

Management only cares about speed and productivity and will regularly discipline you for even the smallest (less than .5%) decrease in efficiency.  They will still happily discipline you if that aggressive focus on speed causes a lapse in quality, however.  If an employee is exhausted or in pain from the grueling work, management and HR will respond with veiled threats covered with fake concern, and any attempts to raise issues with the stressful and hostile work environment will be met with "If you don't like it there's the door" or full blown termination.  This is all in spite of the fact that HR regularly encourages you to talk to your supervisor about any problems or concerns you may have at all times, claiming that supervision "works for you".  One of many lies HR will tell you while being employed at this company.  Ultimately it's one of those places that wants you to have a positive attitude and put in extra effort while not providing any reason or reward for that attitude and effort in the first place.  Nothing is their fault.  Everything is your fault.

 Do yourself a favor and get a job delivering pizzas or something.  You'll probably make less money but you won't want to kill yourself every day.

If you are not career driven and would like a place to just clock in and out each day with no advancement opportunities, this place will work for you. It is family owned, which means that mostly family are in the 'leadership' positions, but they do not exhibit any qualities of leaders for the most part and have not received valuable leadership training. 

There are good health benefits if you have a family, but if health insurance is the only reason your employees are staying, you've got bigger problems. There is no flextime, so if you have children that start school later, there is no chance you can drop them off later and work later to make that time up. If your report time is 7:00am and you clock in at 7:00:01, you are considered late, even though it's one second. Even if it is 7:00:00 when you clock in you are considered late. If you stay later, you will not be paid for the extra time unless a supervisor approves that time. So if you are not on good terms with your supervisor, you will lose overtime pay. 

You start at 5 vacation days if you start on January 1st. If you start January 2nd, you will only get 4 1/2 days due to it being "pro-rated". Michigan has a new sick time law where employees are supposed to get paid for taking a sick day. SCE loops around this by saying you can use your vacation time to pay for the sick day, thus burning both a vacation day and sick day at the same time. 

It is okay busy work for the most part. Management will listen if you ask to sit down with them, but whether they do anything with what you tell them is a toss-up. 
The pay is decent, but to work in an environment where it's discouraged to communicate and collaborate makes it difficult to enjoy your job or advance your career. Many people gather a year or more of experience and then find another employer that gives them better perks and benefits.  You will not be treated like an adult but like a child here. Many of the more senior members are not valued with their opinion and some aren't even evaluated to get their perspective. 
You will also be treated differently depending on who you are. Some employees get more perks than other employees. 
If you are only in it for the health care and pay, but do not care about anything else, you will be fine here.
Many of the practices and policies are also outdated and conservative - beware. 
No matter what you review here, they will find an excuse and place blame elsewhere about what you wrote and not take it into consideration, including this review.

I’ve spent 8 years with SCE and expect many more.  I enjoy the work I do and the people I work with.  Managers are fair and the company has outstanding benefits.  I’ve watched the company grow and make improvements in technology, production equipment and training. I’m happy to work for a company where my feedback and suggestions can make an impact and I can go home feeling proud of an honest days work. 

Although SCE is nationwide and a leader in the industry, it’s still a small family run company.  Everyone has to pull their weight in order for the company to succeed.  I like that the company recognizes hard work and holds everyone accountable for their actions. If you do good quality work and are a reliable person, you’re rewarded with raises and advancement. 

One of the best things at SCE is that it promotes from within and trains employees. I started in an entry level position and worked my way up. They gave me a chance to prove myself and build new skills.  I know that as my interests change or positions become available, I’ll be able to move around the company as I build my career.  The company is big enough to offer opportunities in every area of business, both in the shop and in the office. 

My job supports my family well and provides excellent benefits.  In 8 years, I’ve never paid a premium for health insurance.  No weekly deductions for health coverage for me and my family, plus the coverage is excellent. With the merit based pay and outstanding benefits package, I’ll be at SCE for many, many more years to come.

This would be a great job for a young man with some machining background. For us old guys having to start over, not so much. It is very physically demanding while being monotonous and boring. I went into this company giving them the benefit of the doubt after reading all of the negative reviews thinking you don't survive as a company for over 50 years and continuing to grow by treating employees like dirt. All of HR I met seemed very sincerely interested in wishing you to learn, grow, and be successful in the company. Shop management however is a different story. You are expected to, with very minimal training, be autonomous and do as I say. Directives are given with no explanations and training is reactive, not instructive. When something happens you are certainly let know it was the wrong thing. If you try to explain you are accused of having a bad attitude, being argumentative, or making excuses. There is an air of ruling by intimidation which honestly only works on the young guys. I found there are very few long term employees here and the turnover is high. I met many decent hard working young men which is good to see in today's climate. I do believe the company is trying hard to take care of their employees and produce a high quality American made product which I give them credit for. However shop management and training leave much to be desired. All in all, if I was a younger man and willing to be a robot, I would have loved it. If you're not stay away.

I worked at SCE for over 13 years and ended my career voluntarily. When I first started it was a horrible place to work, no work life balance, 12 hour days and saturdays, and horrible management. It had gotten better later in my career with changes in management (my supervisor at the time that I resigned was actually a pretty good guy), ten hour days and no weekends. Opportunity for advancement is still lacking there and is one of the reasons for ending my employment with the company. Another reason I left is because upper management refused to hire anybody for my department since before the pandemic, we’ve lost numerous employees in the past 3 years and no replacements which had led to the few employees we had left to pick up the slack. This is physical work and requires employees to be lifting items alone that any other company would require “team-lift” techniques. This has been voiced to HR and from what I hear from current employees, has gone unanswered. This gives the impression that the company doesn’t care about employees wellbeing. On the other hand, this company has a great benefit program with 100% employer paid health insurance, a employer matched 401k and vision and dental insurance. Pay is pretty good too. 

I have been with SCE for over three years.  I started in entry level position and with any job in this world, you show up when you are suppose to, you work on learning your job and keep improving at it, you keep a positive attitude and show that you are an asset you will advance in this company.  I had no experience in manufacturing before I started here.  And doing the things I just listed above I have advanced through this company into new positions with more responsibilities and more income.  From what I've seen written on these reviews, I have never witnessed an employee being let go without numerous chances on fixing the issue they had.  Employee retention is key to this organization.  There are many things this organization does to try and keep employees happy along with many incentives.  Yearly raises, employee review raises, company picnics, weekends off, nice vacation plan, 100% employer paid healthcare!!, cheap dental plan offered, 4% matching 401 retirement plan, along with many other incentives I can't think of at this time. They will invest thousands of dollars on training new hires and current ones that are learning new positions.  I can agree that there are some coordinators and supervisors that could use some extra help on leading their people (which you get anywhere you work) but I can say that the majority of these coordinators and supervisors are great to work for.  I highly recommending working at SCE.  The experience has been great for me.

Its a good place to work.   People are treated fairly, there is minimal drama, and good job security.   But you are expected to work.   People that don't like to work tend not to last very long at Saginaw Control & Engineering.   

People that are willing to work, but aren't thrilled with the exact job that they are doing are often given the opportunity to move to different positions in the company.   This allows employees to try different things and hopefully find something that they really enjoy doing.    

The managers at Saginaw Control & Engineering all take a "hands on" approach and want the company to be the best that it can be.   That often means making changes.   But one thing that I like about the company is that if the changes do not bring the desired results, or if the managers see ways to improve things  even more then they will re-evaluate the changes they just finished making.   Sometimes this brings comments along the lines of "make up your minds" or "don't know what they are doing" but I see this as a positive thing.    No one wants to be stuck in a un-productive work flow and the managers work hard to ensure that doesn't happen.   

I have been here for a few years now and I have seen a number of occasions where they have done more than could be expected to take care of their employees.    Seeing the extra things have increased my respect for the owners, managers, and the company.    

I am proud to work at Saginaw Control & Engineering and I hope to stay until I retire.   I think that it is a good place to retire from and that is my plan.

i started here with no manufacturing experience. This isn't required. The only thing that is required is a willingness to learn more and improve every day. If you show up with that attitude, this will be great place to work.

A typical day here isn't just about doing your assigned tasks. You are also required, on some level, to come up with ways to make things better. New ideas are always welcome and discussed fairly. This company is constantly changing.

Management allows you to learn from your  mistakes for the sake of your personal improvement. If you are willing to admit your own faults and work to improve them, you are going to do well  here.

The workplace culture here thrives on continual improvement. This touches on all levels of the company: production, sales, order scheduling, etc. We are all working to improve both the process by which we deliver the goods and our own element by which we complete our daily tasks.

The hardest part about this job is also the best. People who "go for it" here are the real winners. If you are willing to test yourself and take on new challenges, you're going to catch eyes.

The most enjoyable part about working at Saginaw Control is that you are producing a real, tangible thing that is used globally in every single industry. You feel a real sense of accomplishment knowing you're helping the world turn.

I have worked at Saginaw Control for over seven years. I began my career in the shop, worked hard, and was given more and more responsibility. The shop work is hard and demanding but nothing out of the ordinary for factory labor. After a few years in the shop I was promoted into a position in the office and continued to learn new skills and advance in the company. A lot of other reviews on here talk about how you need to be family with the owners in order to advance, but I am proof of the opposite. I didn’t know anyone going in and now I manage three departments. The pay starts off great and continues to grow if you are a motivated worker. Fully paid medical insurance is included in the benefits package, along with dental and a 401k match. In the last few years the company has focused more on the culture that it fosters with employees, granting more paid vacation for everyone, implementing shop-wide raises, developing and administering structured training programs, and training supervisors and management to be more educated on how to better lead employees. These types changes are still being implemented and developed, and I can only see improvements in the balance of work life and home life for all employees coming from it. SCE really is a great place to learn new skills and earn a living.

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