machine technician

senior material handler

manufacturing engineer

extrusion operator

senior manufacturing engineer

Stratasys

Typical Day at Work:
A typical day involves operating and monitoring compounding machines, blending materials according to specific formulas, and conducting quality control checks to ensure product consistency. Collaboration with team members and adherence to safety protocols are essential parts of daily tasks.

What You Learned:
The role provides valuable experience in operating specialized equipment, troubleshooting production issues, and maintaining meticulous documentation. You also develop skills in teamwork, quality assurance, and adherence to safety standards.

Management:
Management is not great at being supportive and encouraging problem-solving and continuous improvement. Communication is not clear, and supervisors are responsive to production issues and employee concerns.

Workplace Culture:
The workplace culture promotes teamwork, safety, and efficiency. There is a strong emphasis on quality and precision, with colleagues willing to help and share knowledge.

Hardest Part of the Job:
The most challenging aspect is troubleshooting complex equipment issues while maintaining production schedules. Adhering to precise formulas and quality standards can also be demanding.

Most Enjoyable Part of the Job:
The satisfaction of contributing to high-quality products, learning new skills, and working with a collaborative team make the job fulfilling. Opportunities to solve production challenges and improve processes add to the enjoyment.

A typical day involved running an extrusion machine or disassemble and cleaning of an extrusion line. Then setting it up for a new run. 

I learned how to run extrusion machines. Disassemble an extruder. Clean an extruder. Change screw designs. Set up an extruder. Drive forklift. Run a plastic injection molder. Etc.

Management was not good. They had no sense of what was needed for us to perform our jobs effectively. They were always oblivious to how long a set up would take or how long it would take to clean up a line. They were biased and played favorites. Etc.

Hardest part of the job became the monotony over time. The lack of advancement. Etc.

Most enjoyable part was the company events.

Nearly everyday was consistent. There was little deviation unless it was a lack of resources being shipped to the assembly. I was able to learn nearly every part of the assembly in the product line I was assigned at. Near the end of my contract I was even brought in to work on a new product that wasn't been given a full assembly line at the time. I usually worked 50 hours a week for the most part, 10 hours a day, but there were also a few weeks here and there where there wasn't a need for overtime so there was a short shift on friday, allowing a near 3 day weekend. I got along with most of the people there, so it's easy to say they're all good people.

There have been so many changes in the marketing department over the years, it would make your head spin.  My predecessor's position was eliminated, so she was let go.  Less than a year later, Stratasys realized the mistake and hired me to fill the role.  A little over a year later, they eliminated my position due to "restructuring."  Its safe to say the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing on many different levels...

The culture isn't the best.  People in positions of power tend to remind you of their higher pay grade on a regular basis.  Some people in positions of power are completely unaccountable for missing deadlines, etc. and, in some cases, are downright rude.

Productive and challenging workplace.  Enjoyable to go to work.  My co-workers are friendly, helpful, encouraging and cooperative.  The Accounts payable process is the concentration of this job with credit card reconciliation and purchase card monitoring and reconciliation being a part of the monthly processes.  I enjoy working/dealing with people so to solve problems and issues is a job satisfaction for me.  With the merger the lack of communication is the most difficult part of the job.  The company has a lot of expectations and growth which doesn't come with out the growing pains.

I worked at Stratasys for 9 years. I started out as a simple packager and over the year, held all the positions in the Extrusion Department except Lead/management.   Eventually I was moved into customer returns / failure analysis. I worked alone most of the time doing this job. Part of my duties with failure analysis was working with the ATP/Testing department doing quality checks on products.
  Eventually I was moved into the quality department where I was being taught various inspection duties along with my failure analysis responsibilities

- I worked from my home and built/managed the reseller channel in the entire Eastern US, some of the Southwest US and all of Eastern Canada.
- I learned through many hours of hard work and 70% travel how to be very successful in sell 3D Printers
- Worked with a great and close group of people that I have great respect for
- The hardest part of the job was adapting to such extensive travel which was new to me.
- The best part of the job was being in the 3D Printing industry and working with great people

No management on self or work improvement and No guidance. Expected to know how to work on their terms with no real training. Managers only care about company production and not their employees. Company growth is not based on employees production but rather on favoritism. Company terminates employees contract before time and give no explanation to their actions and cuts communication all together, saw it happen to 4 employees in the one month they had me their. No interviews are required they will hire you on tbe spot, easy job to get easy to loose.

In my experience, the direct managers are great to work for. The company does a good job of training its managers and employees to be productive and to do the best they can. There is a clear effort to continuously improve things in the organization as the organization seeks feedback from employees on a regular basis, follows up and takes action to try and improve. There is also a good amount of opportunity to learn and grow.

Typical day was being someone's work horse and I never learned anything because nobody wanted to teach you anything.  Management tried to include you in things, but it only felt like they did it because they had to.  The hardest part of the job was running a 100,000 $ or more machine and not know what to do if something went wrong.   Very stressful most enjoyable was some of the people there were easy to get to know, but you definitely  knew your place.

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