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I read the reviews before I started working here, and have to be honest I was scared about the workplace but needed the job. After being here less than a year i recieved 2 raises. (the old timers got their wages restored after the start of 2011 too) The place has seen many improvements including a new lunchroom and now they ordered new machines for thier laser area.
There were some supervisors that didnt know how to treat people but i have watched them leave or be asked to leave, one after the other. There is a pretty new team here including managers that really seem to be making a change. The pay is pretty good too but still working a lot of hours.
I just wanted to share my experience and would reccomend this job to a friend (I have)
Being vague is the thing i guess, to "protect" people. They don't deserve even one star or dollar. They want IMMEDIATE adjustment of your ablity to perform beyond optimum at EVERY second, jumping straight into a 10 and 12-hour/day work schedule, which they will change start or finish times from week-week, even as a new employee of only a month. Even if you clearly demonstrate the ability to learn, do things properly, and even the willingness to move at an extremely fast pace continuously for hours at a time, it doesn't matter. No time to work up to speed when working on a new part. Supervisors in one area are apes and chest-beaters, not very helpful, and display no patience when asked questions, yet think they are the best the industry and world have to offer. They can mention quality as part of a company statement all they want, but quality and caring are not on their list, only production. Grinding burrs off parts as they are produced, is preferred to sharpening tools. If you are an honest, hard-working individual who only commands so little as just some respect and cooperation, and are willing to put up with the other garbage, (yes FILTHY bathrooms, and strictness,) I definitely do not recommend this place as an employer.
After reading the two reviews here, I feel compelled to post my experience. Both reviews are harsh, but I must admit I felt the same way after working there a year. Rumors spread quickly there. (I heard rumors that there were lawsuits against the company and that they were being investigated for employee abuse--may not be true, but was scary to me!) I can confirm that the police were onsite three times during my time there.
Overall I had a decent experience, but it seems that was only because my job was separated from the main work at the company. I too was disgusted by the bathrooms and shabby office environment. One office was completely redone recently and is quite nice though.
They have indeed lost many (over 10 by my count) professionals within the past 2 years. Professionals with positive attitudes don't last long there, especially if you tick off the family members who work there (many employees are relatives of each other!) I felt betrayed from day 1 and should have turned around and left right away. So I feel I must warn people to be careful about this company and research it very well. But I stuck it out for a year or so due to the economy. The physical, emotional and mental environment is dark, dreary and very very negative. I felt my profressionalism was in jeopardy within a few months.
Salary was decent, but seems like everyone was treated separately; if parts get behind everyone even in the office, are demanded to work Saturdays. The end of the year "perks" can be quite embarrassing. If you are chosen by management, you might get a president awared as a perk, but then other employees feel snubbed because there is no rhyme or reason as to who gets the award (which I heard is quite generous). But if you make a mistake or two, you will get a buffalo award and be made fun of in front of the entire company as a joke. Bonuses are good however and generous. So if you can put up with the garbage and withstand being unfairly treated by other employees and sometimes by management, the pay might be worth the suffering. Oh and another perk is that porn is often shared on the shop computers because there is no one taking care of the computers!
Although the review of Progressive Metal above is a bit harsh, the facts seem accurate. And I would agree with the conclusion: Run away! They gave no notice of termination or other changes; they just spring them on you one day, no matter how long you've been there.
Work conditions, even in the so-called offices, are horrible. Offices look like something out of a 1970's movie, with dark panelling and yellow chairs. Men and women share the same dirty, ugly bathrooms in the offices. I couldn't believe they don't have a Men's bathroom and a Women's bathroom!
The turnover rate at that company seemed to be like McDonald's. If you get an interview here, please ask them how many people have been hired to do the job you are interviewing for in the past 5 years. If they are honest, it will be at least 3 people. Average stay for most jobs there has to be only about 1 or 2 years. They couldn't keep most of the last 10 people they've hired for office positions.
Salary seemed ok. Vacation was ok too, as long as you negotiate up front. They do try to keep you with random bonuses from time to time.
PMMCO is a pit. Don't even waste your time interviewing with them. They will tell you exactly what you want to hear at your interview and then never keep a single promise they made you. I wasted 7 years of my life in that rat hole and I regret every single second of it now. The day after my 7 year anniversary the "H.R. Manager" called me in her sad little dump of an office and said, "Yeah, so we're gonna go ahead and lay you off too". I kid you not that is exactly what she said! One would think that after 7 years she could've come up with something a bit more professional than that. No severance package not even a goodbye from the owner and his wife who had been at my WEDDING just 4 months earlier! Oh yeah, did I neglect to mention that? The so called "owner" LOVES to act like he cares about you as a human being but please trust me on this; you are nothing more than a slave to him and he will turn on you and dump you just like you were a piece of gum on his shoe. He didn't even have the courage to come out of his shabby little rut of an office and say goodbye. They never gave me the amount of money that they promised they would pay me. In addition to the fact that they never gave me the raises that they promised me they gave everyone a 10% pay cut in January (for those of you still working there; you don't REALLY believe that you'll ever get that back do you?) which meant that I was making less there after 7 years than when I started. The benefits are pathetic the building is filthy and probably a serious health hazard. It's just an awful, evil, nasty place. Stay away from it if you value your soul.
Perks? Are you kidding me? They change insurance carriers every single year so every single March you have to re-enroll with a new company and pick new doctors etc. They stopped the 401k match and there is no such thing as sick time. The only people who get bonuses are whoever happens to be their current favorites at the tacky little holiday party they force everyone to attend every year. They hand out these awards called, "The Presidents Award" and we're all supposed to nominate people and the MANAGEMENT TEAM votes on the winners but no one really knows what it takes to win one so the same people win every year and they all happen to be their little pets. Yeah, don't count on bonuses or anything else. Oh, there is free coffee in the front office but it's horrible. Maybe you can call that a perk.