Bastian Solutions Reviews

Selfish management who is willing to screw over their employees for their own benefit. Before the buyout in February of 2017, they bought back all the stock owned by employees at the price it was 4 years ago, not the current valuation. This rendered many employees hundreds, thousands, and in some cases around a million dollars of loss at the buyout while management walks around boasting about the European vacation they're going to take their kids on and the sports car they have their eye on. They're willing to keep people who provide absolutely no value to the company in order to save face or because Daddy's on the board while they terminate employees who have worked hard their entire career there. This "family-owned" company that prided itself on its values must only value selfishness and greed. I've never been so happy that I am not apart of a company.

- They don't negotiate salary. When you are offered a job and try to counter their offer, they will try to sell you on their "amazing" incentive package which will get you close to the salary that you want. These incentives are based on goals that are set by your management. The issue is that they don't communicate those goals to you. When you ask about your goals that you are supposed to meet, no one, including management seems to know what they are. Then, when it comes time for the quarterly payout, management pulls a completely arbitrary number out of thin air without any explanation as to why you received what you did. To top it off, bonuses get paid out late (by months) simply because a manager didn't have time to submit the ratings or they went on vacation and "just didn't get around to it. Pay is definitely on the low end not getting paid when you think, when you think certainly doesn't help. - Benefits have improved slightly since the acquisition by Toyota but they are still grossly lacking. The 401k match is low and there are very few investment options. Plus, you are not fully vested in your 401k until year 4 of employment. - Their brand new Advanced Manufacturing Center is not advanced at all. The most of their "advanced" pieces of equipment are ten year old machines that they can't keep running. The other cutting edge manufacturing capabilities they have are thirty year old drill presses and lathes purchased from flea markets. All this is to say that parts that come out of that facility are consistently out of spec which causes a ton of heartburn for everyone involved. - Aside from the onboarding boot camp shortly after you start, there are zero training opportunities available to you within the company. The experience for new employees across the board is that they are completely thrown into the fire with zero guidance. - Very limited advancement opportunities due to the fact all of Management is a pretty young group and will be at the company until they retire. - Documentation is non-existent. Processes are non-existent. The typical approach within the company to address issues related to these is to come up some ad hoc band aid and continue to kick the can down the road. - Travel can be last minute and of extended duration depending on the role. - Travel policy is pretty strict so don't expect much benefit from being on the road.