A great stepping stone for something better
Pros
Fabrication, machine, and integration leaders are great they have a wealth of experience and have grown from the groups they lead. Engineering is a group that is learning to walk again. The have a few experienced designers but most are learning as they go. Project management groups are hit and miss. There are a few that really know their stuff and a few that don’t. It’s apparent quickly who is who.
Cons
As many other reviewers have noted there is a group of a management has out last many others one or two are genuine leaders, and the rest have gotten whether they are by knowing where the bodies are and by being willing to knife anyone in the back. Previous reviewers have noted ownership issues. He is gone now and the problems persist. He drove accountability to the extreme. Now it’s the reverse. It’s a ship without captain and a course. They preach higher standards and that’s only to those that have issues with. Lincoln electrics ownership has come at the cost of employee insurance premium increases over 200%, spousal surcharges, and now even our monthly employee recognition pizza. Let talk bonuses, because that’s all there usually is, on why you don’t get them. KPI’s are structured at the companies advantage. Cost overages from market factors, misquotes, and quality issues all erode a meager bonus to the price of a good night out. Safety is reactive not proactive. They punish you for reporting near misses, and safety fighting a culture fostered by the few managers mentioned above. Just because something’s a safety issue doesn’t mean operations will do anything about it. Especially if it cost money or requires some one capable of fixing it. If you have an HR issue it’s a game of where’s Waldo. Maybe you can find them. Best of all if you have actually found this by researching the company the. You have already beat them at game. All new opening are advertised under Lincoln Electric to hide their dirty little secrets shown here.