Abuse, Nepotism and Incompetence - Employee Gatan Employee Review

Great staff and tech, loved the people and the products

Didn’t love the office space and it was a bit siloed but nothing major

Gatan has a flexible schedule. PTO is granted without question. Raises are on par with what one would expect at any other company, but still less than inflation. There is also a quarterly luncheon which is nice.

Working in production at Gatan can be incredibly frustrating. Management has a strange relationship with inventory. The inventory system itself is abysmal. But the biggest problem is the company’s reluctance to take on the necessary inventory to complete production tasks. Needed items are routinely received at the last minute. So this often creates a monthly cycle of what can best be described as lull and crunch. You spend a majority of the month with very little work, and then suddenly in the last week you need to rush to get a bunch of things done. This is particularly bad at the end of quarters, and even worse at the end of the year in December. The end of year rush is often even further exasperated by the holidays. There is also a bizarre practice of a yearly inventory count in October. I’ve never worked at another company that does this. Every item in the building is counted and tracked. This often results in a very late night for all employees.