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My daily job is extremely varied daily and shifting from insurance topics and issues to travel management issues/items, which are not usual combinations.  I inherited Travel Management as part of my position 4 years ago and this has really given me a understanding how important that prioritizing is for my daily life.  Some people do the same things every day, but my days are always different.  That makes life interesting and sometime "busy" beyond belief, yet there can be quieter days. I have felt like I've been drinking from the fire-hose since shortly after I arrived, but as I look back - my experience gained and skills learned have been tremendous.

Because my responsibilities fall under the Finance group, this has been my most challenging part of my duties.  My experience and background is not finance, so I have always felt a bit isolated in what I do vs what is going on in my department.  There are not other insurance professionals around me, nor are there people that understand the intricacies of insurance and risk management.  For my travel responsibilities, there are plenty of people around me that travel - and oddly enough, I don't travel that much.  So, I have had to take the "bull by the horns" since I am tasked with being the SME for Insurance and Travel.  I did learn early that I need to find my own answers when I am not sure of an answer.  I also have to be an "investigator" of sorts and really rely on my own self - but more importantly I rely on my outside teams that I work with.  My insurance broker and my travel management company (travel agents) are a few such examples of key "vendors".  Realizing that the importance of those relationships for me, are key to my success and my ability to do my job.  I have placed a high priority on working WITH these vendors, and now these people and the work they do are MY teams.  They have helped me to be good at what I do - because without their knowledge and resources I could not know all that needs to be known.  Relationships are KEY.

My experience at TBCT has been so diverse, but it's been welcomed and crucial to my personal and professional development.  Also, the company as a whole is one I've been proud to consider myself as a part of, and the quality of our product and the work that it takes to be top notch, is something I find most admirable in our work "culture".

Working 4 10s in a clean control room is easy but yet hard work. On a daily basis, I am on my feet all day or most of the time, as a floater and CSP/CSP inspector. When your a floater, you would help with the work flow on the line and making sure that the line is moving smoothly with good product parts. Helping other assemblers with making more bonded parts to put on the flow line. Assisting with CSP/CSP inspections; making sure that the products have great quantity and quality to them. Our management team is great with communicating to the individual lines and within they're own line. The level of structure they put into leadership is outstanding when it comes to delegating projects or communication or meetings. Floaters and leadership works closely with each other as they rely on floaters to cover a specific assembler's spot for training, meeting with supervisor, bathroom, or pushing the line for a better run rate. In all, because of the work we do and the amount of workers in a clean control room. We are bound to have our good days and bad days, most of the time because I'm floating or CSP inspecting. I rarely get to socialize but when I get to just work on the line. Talking to your co-workers is a plus, exchanges ideas about how to better ourselves on the line such as our pace, to family events. The one part that would be the hardest for me, is that I tend to let my co-workers take advantage of me. Most of the time, I'm either covering they're spot while they use the rest room constantly or making parts for them as they are behind because of talking matters or not in the mood to work. But what makes my day enjoyable is, when I get to just work on the line as a assembler. I get to work and just enjoy talking to my co-workers, while working hard at the same time. I get to work on my pace and how fast I can get parts built correctly and onto the flow line. This is the part I enjoy the most.

Over time, the work environment deteriorated into one heavily influenced by internal politics and micromanagement. Innovation and collaboration were consistently stifled by unclear processes, excessive bureaucracy, and a fear-based culture.

There exists a clear inner circle within senior leadership, where decisions are made based on alignment and loyalty rather than merit or input from those on the ground. Constructive feedback is neither encouraged nor acted upon, and individuals who challenge the status quo may face subtle forms of marginalization or exclusion.

The HR department has been ineffective in supporting employees and at times appeared to align with the dominant leadership group, enabling toxic behaviors through inaction or selective engagement. This eroded trust and created an environment where transparency and psychological safety were virtually non-existent.

Opportunities for professional growth are limited unless one is part of the inner circle. The culture strongly favors control over empowerment, leading to disengagement and high turnover among talented individuals.

This company does not care about it's customer's, employees, or adhering to federal regulations/laws in regards to product cybersecurity. The company used to be a very warm and welcoming, collaborative work place to be at and now, it is sterile and cold where nobody wants to be bothered. Managers spend more time walking their cubical area of their teams to ensure they are working that it's like being in an elementary school rather than a professional work environment. This company has had an internal "return to growth" mindset for over ten years and it's constantly pushed to the point that most outside of management have turned it into a long running joke. When they have a goal of hitting $2 billion in profit in the next 3 to 5 years, it is very easy to see that their priority has shifted from customers and patients as they still claim to driving up that bottom line. Honestly, if you have integrity and have an issue with staying quiet in the face of flagrant disregard for regulations and laws as well as internal policies, you will not do well at this company.

I worked at Terumo BCT for over 2 years and the company itself is good. Lots of good ideas and great infrastructure. However, it is very important to distinguish between the company and the people that work there. This company definitely has a deep rooted culture of favoritism. In order to be successful you have to be well liked by management. You have to be extremely political and be strategic about who you align yourself with. During my time there I observed many employees that were not very good performers and where very successful because of how they interacted with management. On the other hand, I also witnessed great performers either be terminated or left on their own because they were unsuccessful in wooing the right person. Beware, if you are not good at politics stay away. Terumo BCT shows absolutely no loyalty to their employees. On the other hand if you thrive on office politics, then you could very well be successful at Terumo BCT. Just depends on what you're looking for. On a side note, it seems like they over promised results and are struggling to meet sales goals. Recently, I observed much downsizing in the workforce to meet operating costs.

The job was easy, it was literally management and the people that made it awful. Remember that management is not your friend, and people you work with are coworkers. They hire anyone so you will be hired, don't stress about it.
The job is easy, they will teach you how to do everything. Just keep your head down and finish your work. This is a clean room job so you can't have your phone or anything like that on you. If the machines are actually running then you have a chance to go home early if you finish all your bins, when you're on the assembly line. If you doing quality control you're there for the full shift.
You may have to do work in the warehouse which was just recycling old product, and building boxes to put the spools in to be reused. There a other jobs you may have to do, but it's all easy work.
One week you work 3 days, and the next would be 4 days. You may be able to get more hours if you sign up for it. This is a 12 hr shift job.
Again the job is easy, it's just whether or not you want to deal with the people. It felt like high school when I worked there. There was so much harassment and people talking about gross things that it was exhausting to be there.
Maybe it's better now but I doubt it.

In my postion as an assembler at first when I started back in 2004 the company then was GambroBCT very good management and a very pleasent work environment. Within my eight years, there has been two major name changes. First to CaridianBCT when CaridianBCT took over the whole morale of the company changed for the worse. CaridianBCT's table of representives took alot of things away from us so called production workers. In example ("personal repsect") we became just an employee ID number and all they wanted was mass production for a big pay out to sell. After CaridianBCT met thier goal they sold the company again to TerumoBCT now the work morale is getting worse on the production level. The production management pushes us daily to make numbers and at times it feels that numbers have become more important then the qulity of the product for the paitent. There are daily concerns about where our future is going to be with TerumoBCT. One key point is if you do not know someone in a higher held postion of management you will be overlooked for advancement.

Management and all co-workers were very great. Never came home from  a bad day of work. The work is light, the pay is great, benefits are great, and one of the easiest job to work at.  Paid time off covered your days in case you call in sick or take a day off. Yearly team bonuses were great pay outs as well. What Terumo BCT does is to save lives and not just to build any health product to put out there. The blood technology of Terumo BCT is very advanced and makes big impact around the world daily. The hardest part about the job were when  products had to be recalled due to bad products being made on the assembly lines. Though those products were up to engineers to decide whether the products could be sold to customers or not, each department from each shift made up for those bad products together. I learned to work with all of my leadership and co-workers' ideas when issues came up. Everyone had different ideas but when new ideas didn't work, I had ideas that worked from previous issues before.

most days at work it seems as if they are rushed. I'm also a student, scholar, and laborer at home, but the environment there is very unprofessional, most associates act very immature on assembly lines, and some of the trainers as well. there are some noticeable gestures that I have seen among multiple people not to mention some equipment technicians, managers, and supervisors that act extremely rude at some times. I learned multiple things from this company's work environment such as how to act in a professional manner even when others are not acting in that same manner. the hardest part of the job is dealing with the people that are always trying to tell you how to do the job, and they won't suggest a different way of maneuvering around your problems. the most enjoyable part of this job is the experience with the equipment and machinery.

A typical day at work involves dressing in a clean room suit. The lights are very bright in all the work rooms. You cram 50 people in a room where the meetings at the beginning of the shift start. You then go to the station you are scheduled for and prepare your shift rotation. I learned how to work in a fast paced environment and how to work in a clean room. The management has the easiest job of standing next to you and just watching you work so if you can, get a management position. You will make a lot of friends, but there will also be those who dislike you. The hardest part of the job is you are constantly moving your arms like a robot up and down. After a few years, you will get arthritis or a shoulder impingement. The most enjoyable part of the job is that you can meet a lot of different people and make a ton of connections.

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