Pros
-Non-management staff is easy to get along with and tend to look out for one another -The non-management staff works hard and wants the company to succeed -OB - O'Brien Corporation, CSI - Controls Southeast, UA - Universal Analyzers, BU - Business Unit consisting of OB, CSI, and UA, Ametek is the parent company
Kontras
We are told that promotions are based on meritocracy, unfortunately meritocracy is a big word that management doesn't use correctly. Instead, promotions are based on the following: -You must work at CSI -You must be a yes-man -You cannot be smarter than the BU management -You must praise the BU management and tell them how great they are -You must play golf with the BU management -You cannot have ethics or morals -Being unqualified for a position is a plus. Especially at the director level and above. Customers, Employees, and Regulators are lied to: -Customers specify and purchase electropolished tubing in their sample lines and are intentionally provided with lower grade non-electropolished tubing instead (fraud?) -Employees are told that degreed engineers are valued. The actions of management show otherwise -Employees are told that the company values experienced and long-term employees. Multiple positions that were eliminated during covid were held by experienced and long-term employees, while positions held by less experienced and younger personnel were kept. (age discrimination?) -Directors instruct employees to falsify documentation to be sent to customers. If not done, employees are told that they are not team players and pushed aside. -Employees are told that that their jobs are safe. Meanwhile, jobs are being created in low-cost regions. Engineering in India and manufacturing in China and Serbia. (How long before the local jobs are eliminated?) -Temporary and contract workers are used to boost diversity numbers, but management is still a good old white boy’s club -Shipments have been falsified to meet monthly quotas by site management – They were caught by Ametek’s regulators and not punished. They were told not to do it again…but the culture is such that there is incentive for them to do it again