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Element Materials Technology

Is this your company?

All about, and ONLY about the MONEY! - Anonymous employee Element Materials Technology Employee Review

1.0
May 24, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The work can sometimes be interesting. Generally colleagues are good people.

Cons

Where do I start?! Element, despite the nonesense about wanting to be the best, most trusted etc etc, don't really give a damn about their own buzzphrases. It's ALL, and I mean ALL about money. In the last few years, there has been zero investment in the tools for the job, new equipment, or maintaining equipment they already have. People leave and are not replaced, leading to drop in morale in the remaining staff due to increased pressure. Formal training is non-existent, or ad-hoc when the overworked subject matter experts have a chance, which isn't very often, so generally new or inexperienced engineers are put on jobs they are not ready for. A lot of people are employed to measure the performance of others, which costs time which the people at the coal face don't have. All it measures is a reduction in performance due to lack of time, people and working equipment.

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Cons

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Pros

The job is fun and you will get to see and do cool things. The skills you learn here are rare to obtain anywhere else in the industry, which makes you an attractive option to other employers. Sadly, that’s where the positives end.

Cons

- “Good ol’ boys” culture. Practically everyone already knows each other, with people hiring friends and family. Coworkers and management engage in cliques and favoritism. Two-faced coworkers will exclude, snitch on, blame, and backstab other coworkers repeatedly. - Awfully poor training. Certain senior technicians have no interest in involving or teaching you how to do the job. - Severely undermanaged and understaffed, which management has no idea how to fix. Management is only ever involved when something goes wrong. Accountability is a one-way street for certain individuals, and finger-pointing/blame culture is rampant. Depending on who you are, honest mistakes will be reprimanded severely while major safety violations warranting termination go completely unpunished. - High turnover. 30 people have left within the past year, with 11 of them not even making it to 1 year before jumping ship. The site averages a headcount between 50-60. There are less people year-over-year. - Zero growth opportunities. They hire new grads at the same or higher pay grade than people with years of experience.

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