I hate my job. - Anonymous employee Janicki Industries Employee Review

2.0
30 May 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

1) Can learn skills and gain work experience in various aspects of composite manufacturing if motivated to. 2) They gave me a decent paying job despite many character and personality flaws. 3) Always hiring. 4) Often have opportunities for overtime. 5) When I was hired I was told there was no chance I'd be working swing shift. 6) Short commute if you live in Sedro Woolley, or Lyman/Hamilton for the Hamilton plant.

Cons

1) You can only learn everything if your properly motivated and a certain type of person. 2) In order to overcome those flaws I had to get an engineering degree then take a tech job. 3) Always laying-off. 4) Often overtime is mandatory. 5) After 2 weeks I was told on a Friday to show up on Monday for swing shift, a fellow employee was told on a Tuesday that he was supposed to have been on swing shift starting the day before. 6) An hour commute for me. Additional: Training is lax, after just a couple days you're expected to know your job well enough to do it on your own, I know guys who've been there over a year but still have no idea what they're doing and then are berated when they make mistakes. Cost cutting seems to be a priority over making a quality product. They claim to be a family company, and will arrange for you to see your family once in a while at your own expense.

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5.0
1 July 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Janicki is a large company and expanding quickly, but still has the feel of a family owned company. There is a great work to life balance and they focus a lot of the core values. Although its a 24-7 operation, communication from the floor to uppers is always open. Everyone is genuinely willing to help and are happy to train. I have worked here over a year and don't regret the move. Its a fantastic company to work for.

Cons

Its a faced paced environment that requires you to think on your feet at all times. Its not a plug and play world. So if you can't function in that type of work environment, you won't succeed.

5.0
10 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pay and benefits are good. Company is growing like crazy. If you are able to stay away from the corporate politics and gossip, you will thrive. Management honestly wants employees to have a good work/life balance.

Cons

Company is growing like crazy and there are changes coming to the org chart. Lots of different tech solutions being used and support for all of them can be a challenge. No pay boost for obtaining government clearance unless job is 'engineer'.

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