calibration technician

senior calibration technician

business development manager

shipping and receiving clerk

customer service coordinator

Transcat

But then you realize that those promises are empty. Management brings down unrealistic expectations and goals to meet, which is impossible given their timelines without working 60+ hours a week. Company rather would spend millions on acquisitions of other related companies to inflate their stock prices instead of increasing their workforce to compensate for the increased workload. The most enjoyable part was the people I worked alongside and who worked for me. I cannot say enough positivity about the people who keep the lights on. The decision makers are another story. Nothing is structured, nothing is uniform, and nothing makes any sense. The technology is a hodge-podge of "let's just make it work and deal with it later" solutions to keep upper management happy. Then when that solution is no longer viable, the mid-level management gets the short end of the stick for not having enough resources to implement a proper solution, despite the warnings to upper management that the solution was not viable long-term. They don't care. As long as management gets their bonuses and shareholders see gains, they don't care how it gets there, but don't call them out on it, or you'll find yourself on the unemployment line. They fired me for "unsatisfactory performance", but I never had a single review or performance improvement plan. It was coincidentally the day I was about to ask for a LOA for my father-in-law who was dying of cancer at the time, which was disclosed to upper management a week prior to my dismissal. They're so disorganized and disconnected that when I politely asked them to send shipping labels to me to return my work equipment (as I already had the shipping boxes to return them, they instead shipping two giant boxes overnight with labels inside, wasting even more money. Further, when the state unemployment office received the paperwork on my discharge, they found insufficient evidence of wrongdoing on my part and approved my unemployment claims. Stay away from this company, I've worked for many companies with networks and environments much larger and never had the enormity of issues and red flags as Transcat. After leaving the company, their stock tanked 40%, further highlighting the mismanagement going on from the top of the company.

My day consists of customer order entry through six systems and contacting customers to schedule and advise about onsite work for equipment to be calibrated, either that which is coming due or that which is past due. I do daily billings for onsite work. I also track many internal assets and maintain records of active or inactivity for those items. Along with these duties, I work with my team to help oversee that all job functions get completed in a timely manner by running daily reports and advising where there is needed improvement. I also help advise my management team of what specific skill set an individual may possess for certain daily tasks. I unfortunately do not get challenged enough at my job and sometimes it becomes a little monotonous.

I really enjoyed my time working for Transcat. For the last 1.5 years I have been working on a compliance remediation project doing qualifications of systems through out the plant, where this project is based. I've learned how to "walk down" entire HVAC, water, and compressed air systems using schematics. I was responsible for inventory management of all of the plant's instrumentation and equipment that will be a part of a robust, compliant calibration program. I enjoyed very much working with all of my Transcat co-workers along with various independent contractors on this job. The hardest part of my day were the long hours I would dedicate to the job, which were typically between 12-14 hours days. The most enjoyable part of this job was seeing this program from conception to completion in less time than what was given to us to complete it. Transcat management didn't put in place for myself and my 8 co-workers on this job, any future growth within Transcat so that was very disappointing.

Overall, my experience there was very good. I experienced a lot of personal and professional growth, thanks to the guidance of several of my managers. My role was a unique one within the company which made the most of my desire to learn new technologies and industries. This role was cut short by new management that came into the company, and their focus shifted me out of my previous role. Typically, my day began before 8:00 Am and ended at 5:00 PM, and consisted largely of outbound calls to new and existing customers to ask about new equipment needs, and to promote new products. My co-workers were great: well-trained and professional, The part of my job I enjoyed the least was dealing with shipping problems, which thankfully were rare. My most enjoyable part was solving a problem for a customer, and getting them the right equipment. I had a niche within the company selling IR cameras and Vibration meters to our prospects, which I never got tired of.

currently at the san diego lab, good place to work, most people there are great,  but some you just want to throat punch after a 5 minute conversation. the two main people there are good, knowledgeable and can have a very good technical conversation with.  the third not so much, she can be a real hand full and vengeful person at times so we do are best to avoid her at all cost; Not really sure why she's even there; Her normal activities can be performed by 2 temp positions that can also help in a lot of different areas.
Definitely need more experience technicians and start getting rid of the bad apples that have cost good people to move on rather than deal with them at a daily basis.

One of the main focus that need to be address at this location is training, training, training. just because some of us can figure out how to do the work doesn't mean we don't need training on some areas or  expand are field of expertise.

definitely need a bigger lab

Good place to work but very hard to advance. Not a lot of ways to better yourself. They value technicians and know that good technicians are hard to find so the reason for little chance to advance. This company serves customers across various industries that include Bio Pharma, Nuclear, Aviation, Transportation.
Benefits are good with paid vacation and 401k along with a fair medical plan. The California locations have very good technicians mostly with military PMEL schooling and years of experience.

The hardest part about the job was dealing with the poor management. They only care about the numbers and not about their employees. Also, very unprofessional and rude. It was often emphasized that we are all easily replaceable.  Everyone was stuck on "mandatory overtime" for months at a time, unless you were given special privileges. (10 hours a day M-F and asked to work Saturday's) On top of that employees suffered with large workloads because so many people were quitting. There is no room for growth there. They'll have you cross training and not compensate or give recognition to you for it. Most of the technicians here are very hard working and deserve more than what they are receiving.  

Transcat has managed to higher good nice people. I enjoyed my work, but the reason I liked going into work was because of who I worked with. A great team atmosphere where people really care about each other. 

Everyday was different from creating emails to developing a strategic plan. However, management has too many meetings. There were multiple days I didn't get any work done because I sat in meetings that were not always pertinent to my job. 

The hardest part of my job was prioritizing projects because management changed their priorities but would forget to update the group. The most enjoyable part of the job was the wide variety of tasks and the team I worked with.

Management pushed relentlessly for productivity. They were more concerned about making money than doing the job correctly, which is very disturbing because that is what their business entailed. Our job function was testing equipment to ensure it worked to stated parameters, management encouraged shortcuts at all levels. The turn-around for employees was atrocious, only 3 people were there for 10 or more years, half the workforce, including management, was there for less than 3 years. They required overtime more than half of the month, and it was a stressful and disorganized environment.

Manager leaves a lot to be desired, very robot like. 
Zero compassion. 
No foresight to solve constant employee turnaround. 
Lack of training
Lack of communication of required travel requirements
Doesn't consider the opinions or repercussions to his employees when making short sighted logistical or personnel decisions

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Calibration technician 53 salaries reported	$27.42 per hour
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