machine operator

operator

laser operator

senior automation engineer

manufacturing operator

Tegra Medical

Upon my initial employment at tegra medical i was a very starry eyed young worker ready to put everything i had into helping not only the company thrive but increase my self worth as a machinist in the process. What i was met with was a very unfortunate structure issue that is rooted at the very core of the company where there is an abhorrent lack of accountability on not only the manufacturing floor but the offices aswell. Ranging from small things like annual reviews being six whole months late to the head of quality making jokes about an extremely high priority parts quality being inconsequential and alot more gossip in between it is a place that if you strive to contribute and grow you will be left feeling frustrated, depressed, and ultimately defeated. I could only recommend working here if you are literally just starting out in manufacturing or attempting to leave an extremely toxic work environment to one that will be less brutal on your mental state. Tegra has unbelievable potential, its just they seem to squander it at every turn due to a myriad of reasons that would leave you in awe. In the end its just a job, just dont plan your future around this company. They can only keep nudging their employees so much before it reflects in the product quality and customers start asking questions.

Everything starts from the top and unfortunately at Tegra the upper management team doesnt have a clue where they are headed.  Its hard to get behind a management team that blindly looks to just bark orders without having the slightest bit of an idea on how to solve company problems.  They do not promote teamwork.  They do not promote leadership.  They do not promote individual advancement.  There is an ignorant inner circle amongst the management team and if you are not part of that circle you are screwed.  No sense of urgency.  Tons of buck-passing.  Morale....whats that?  They embrace and enable excuse makers.  They do not empower mid-level leaders but micromanage them.  They perpetuate the rumor mill instead of calming it.  The more the work force expresses concerns the harder and more stubborn they become.  Just dont bother if you are the go-getter type.  The workforce hates the management team but their arrogant stubborn self entitled attitudes supersede their own team's concerns.  They literally promote their unqualified friends which causes deep resentment throughout the ranks.  The CEO is cool but he is so out of touch as to what is actually going on on the floor.  The HR Generalist is the only great addition to that team. 

There are tons of other medical device companies to work for in that area with amazing reviews and reputations.

As a 5+ year employee of Tegra, I feel as if I have worked for 2 different companies.

In the first 3 years or so, management of personnel and their development was terrible. Supervision was lacking, favoritism ran rampant throughout the shop floor, and people outside of cliques were excluded, targeted, or pushed out of the door, with no repercussions for the offenders.

But, in the past 2 years (especially the past 9 months) with new management, a restructuring of supervisors and promotions of driven workers into key positions, Tegra has become a much better place to be employed. The work culture has shifted to becoming a more inclusive environment where you are supported, and if you are driven, you can rise through the ranks. 

The “open-door” policy with management is no longer empty words, but is actively practiced. Words of all employees are now valued far more than under the previous regime.

There are still many improvements that need to be made, and some “bad apples” still employed, but the added talent and proper utilization of employees has given Tegra many welcome improvements, and makes the future of this company much brighter.

Company expects more production while pay remains low. Arbitrary policy changes have made it so workers more heavily monitored\limited on breaks and have to put in longer days. Most workers have to put in 50+ hours to make ends meet. Very clear divide in privilege\flexibility\opportunity between production and office workers. Some leads are petty and more concerned with finding ways to get people written up than fostering a well-trained and communicative team. Only certain types of diversity are "celebrated" and both production and office workers feel comfortable saying slurs. Advancement opportunities seem to be based more on favoritism than any clear skill based criteria. Some of the machines, and processes are fun to learn and operate, the work itself can be rewarding in that way. May be a good place to learn while looking for better employment, but can be difficult to covince coworkers\leads to teach skills. Regardless, most of the people here are kind, hard workers who will help you out in a pinch.

Don’t ever work for this company
Wages are really low
Raises are even lower
Too many cliques
Only can hire ones family members 
HR is very unprofessional 
Management is clueless they’ll lie right to your face and call you the liar
You never can get a straight answer 
CEO is clueless 
You’ll never advance in this company 
Way too much drama and it’s caused more by management and HR instead of production workers. Nothing is confidential 
If you start on an off shift don’t ever expect leaving that shift 
I could go on and on. Trust me this company isn’t worth anyone’s time and your skill set would be better utilized somewhere else. 
Probably won’t be long before company is out of business because of poor decisions by management most employees there just don’t see it happening

Not a bad place to work, seems like these reviews are all from sour employees who didn't get what they wanted. 

Very clean for a manufacturing plant, wages are actually good.  Mostly starts out temp for 3 months then you go full time.  Some mandatory overtime depending on department and overall plant performance, but otherwise plenty of available overtime. There IS a lot of opportunity for advancement.  Company paid training on pretty much anything relevant to your position you want to take. 

Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, PTO, life insurance, bonuses when yearly milestones are met. Tuition reimbursement isn't great but they offer something at least.  

Overall a good company with good benefits, but you can find negatives with any job.

I typically go in for 3 x 12 hr. night shifts per week and run Citizen Swiss CNC lathes to produce quality parts at an optimum rate.

Have taken company offered online courses in percision measurement and Swiss lathe operation.

Good group of co-workers, friendly and helpful.

The most difficult part is being unable to control quality or productivity, even when experience shows a non-capable process.

A clean modern facility, with a gym, and also longer weekend time with a condensed work week.

Tegra medical is a growing company with numerous technologies and capabilities. They are located worldwide. I possess a great experience from both sides as a customer and as a supplier. I have been the VP of QA/RA for the company for nearly four years. My co-workers are very professional, knowledeable and exhibit a great deal of experience on many levels. The hardest part of the job in a contract manufacturing environment is competion and be able to implement major programs such as six sigma. The most rewarding part of the job is to implement all the continuous improvement programs such as lean, six sigma, process control...

The company is ran terrible. The plant manager hired all his friends and put them in supervisor roles and him and his friends shouldn't be in this business at all because they have no knowledge of it. A few of the other people in charge of day to day operations have no education what so ever. They treat there employees like slaves and only the brownosers are the ones who work overtime and get special treatment. I left there a while ago because I was hired for one job and they would put me somewhere else so the favorites could get overtime. It's a waste of your time if you consider working there

I experienced a mostly stressful and uncomfortably toxic environment with little HR assistance. HR does not help the employee; they carry out orders from upper Mgt. There are many coworkers that are friendly and hardworking but unless you have worked there a long time I would avoid joiningTegra, especially in the front office. Biggest mistake I ever made was leaving a good job to come to this toxic workplace  and retaliatory style management. 

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