senior electrical engineer

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Textron Specialized Vehicles

Most of my projects are to reduce costs on vehicles while improving the products. All of my projects are self-led, as we do not have project managers for the team, therefore, it is up to me to gather resources, create business cases, test parts for changes (i.e. fit-ups, FEA, test track runs), speak with suppliers to transition changes to current products, and see the project through implementation. Designers aid in the changes of the CAD models and drawings, and the sourcing team helps with finding projects, resourcing components, and getting pricing negotiated. 
This position has given me a lot of experience managing difference groups, and working with different people, from the production line workers all the way to the president of the company. I get to interface with everyone to make changes to the 80 current products we offer. 
I have learned a lot about managing large and small projects, as well as, multi-tasking between projects to meet deadlines, and meet marketing demands. 
The hardest part of my job is getting the testing done on the vehicles, because we adhere to different standards and certifications. Some tests can take a long time to complete and things have a tendency to go wrong. Running tests and dealing with the emergencies has helped me in understanding the different systems on the vehicles, why certain standards exist, and how to solve problems quickly.
The best part of my job is seeing my change on the vehicles once the project is complete and getting to work with different teams. Working with the different teams has given me insight into how different teams think, function, and what is important to them. This makes it easier to communicate across the different commodities of the company that all touch the same project.

They lie, buddy system is alive and well. If you work in production  you may work 12 shifts 5 days a week for  6 months. They may then tell you at the last minute they want 12 more on Saturday or you will receive points leading to being fired . Slavery on the installment plan. If you work on the assembly line, you can be sent home any time and called back anytime any day as needed with no on call pay. Immoral like no other company in my life experience. Management is indifferent. Human resources often doesn't even open emails sent them.They promote high school dropouts [ grandfathered in)  that are in charge of manufacturing and  degreed engineers. They do this because they know they will be ruthless, These individuals spend all their time obsessively trying to hide their ignorance, laziness, incompetence and shame though aggressive demanding behavior. They love new engineers because they can over work and under pay them. There are very few senior engineers, so the young ones have no mentors of valve. The smart ones get out before their careers are ruined. I never met so many functional alcoholics, maybe over half the workforce.
 This company doesn't valve it's employees. It treats them as disposable liabilities.

Personally, I love the flexible schedule. Yes, we typically spend 9 hours Monday through Thursday, but having every other Friday off is wonderful. The Friday's we do work are reduced by one hour to get to the 40hr requirement. Management sort of depends on personality, I had a manager who you had to ask directly for projects instead of being asked about something specific. My second manager for a new project is far better at motivation. I have learned a lot about sports vehicles, harness development, schematic practices, testing procedures, and a great deal on part number creation. The hardest part for a while was figuring out what to do between projects. I may not have been as experienced in the industry though, which causes a big gap in knowledge. Some of the standard operating procedures are a bit complex due to Teamcenter complications. I have enjoyed most of my time figuring out Capital and 3D routing. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The pay raises and bonuses.  They come regularly and their very helpful with income raise.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Getting hurt on the job with inconsistent accomodations.  You're told one thing but given less than.  


What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment is good at times.  Being trained for your position is out of sync with company policy.  Things you're told in orientation is done totally different at the job.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I did quality inspection and it was always different things I wasn't trained for on the floor
  When I didn't know I ask but I was told someone should have already told me this procedure
  When I say that I wasn't told the procedure I was told I had to be mistaken because someone had to tell me by this time.  I knew I wasn't told because I kept a notebook.

I worked at Arctic Cat for a summer internship. During this internship, they taught me a lot about the Manufacturing Engineering world, and they helped me figure out what I wanted most out of a job. They had me try different types of jobs and gave us freedom to try new things. 

Working for Textron also gives you a lot of room to grow.  They are more than happy to relocate you to a different facility or different company within Textron.

Now for the bad, even though it is not that bad.  The one thing I found the most frustrating is their human resources department for their interns.  They only had one person working with all the interns, which there was quite a lot of us interns across Textron.  This made it hard to get a quick response or any response from the intern's HR because they were so busy.  Luckily, we were able to reach out to other people in the HR department to receive help if we needed it. 

Work-life balance
Work-life balance at Textron Specialized Vehicles is non-existent.

Pay & benefits
My pay and benefits at Textron Specialized Vehicles were adequate.

Job security and advancement
In terms of job security at Textron Specialized Vehicles, employees had to be alert and were constantly on edge because any day could be the day  of being escorted out. Poor management led to constant reduction in force.

Management
In general, managers at Textron Specialized Vehicles are unprofessional.

Culture
Collaboration with my colleagues at Textron Specialized Vehicles is difficult since no one is held accountable for anything.

Overall
My experience working at Textron Specialized Vehicles was a very bad one. Maybe you'll have a better experience. Managers would pass you in the hallway without saying hello. Basic lack of manners is always a tell-tale sign of a company's culture.

A typical day at Textron where upper management and office associates don't speak to you unless they want you to do something. Majority of the time they walk by you and wont give you eye contact, some will look you right in the face and will not say a word. Lack of communication between management and employee's are a problem. management will tell you Friday that you are working the weekend even if you may have already made plans.  This company have no compassion for there employee's home life and they don't care if you spend time with your loved ones. Management will tell you " oh well your making money", that just didn't work for me any more.

When I worked here it was miserable, the only thing that was good was the pay and 45 min lunch. They only care about the numbers of vehicles produced. Management was horrible. The people in charge spent more time worrying about what you're doing than letting you  actually work. Room for growth is a joke. They only let you move up if you're one of their favorite people to talk to rather than the work you put in. Favoritism is huge here. Safety is another issue here. Lots of big red flags, when you're hurt, they will try everything to not let you go home or to the clinic/hospital. Also HR is a joke, don't rely on them to solve any issues you have.

There are no words for how poorly upper level management functions. The sales management team could not be more unorganized. The last thing they prioritize are their employees. The pay could be great but unfortunately you'll never get paid what they say your commission will be. They promote a dishonest environment and are slowly driving the company into the ground. This company will be under in a number of years unless they finally realize that they need to clean out the current management team and start over.

Textron ended up having one of the poorest management teams I have worked with. I was disappointed because I expected more out of a Fortune 500 company. The place was completely unorganized and no member of management will accept or implement new ideas.  The layoffs are ridiculous because they turn around a few days later and post job openings for the same ones they laid off but with a slightly different job title.  Because of their Fortune 500 status, they attract some of the best and most talented candidates out there. It is just a shame they will be chewed up and spit out due to the company’s own inability to manage its business.

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