Woodward reviews

Not a lot of written procedures, desk to instructions, etc. Management sometimes is to hand offs and does not make solid decisions. Direction and decisions are never documented. Action items are never recorded.

-Terrible decisions are made at the director and vp level by people that have no idea what the jobs of the people beneath them entail. - Micromanagement at the director level. - Non-degree operations positions (cnc programmer, machinist) have higher earning potential and less responsibility than an Operations Engineer. -CI Specialist level 2 salary is equivalent to an Ops Engineer level 3 salary and doesn't require an engineering degree. -It's nearly impossible to move out of operations engineering at Woodward without moving out. -Poor hiring practices and ineffective leadership on the shop floor creates unnecessary work for Operations Engineers. -Takes months for the company to post backfill positions leaving the Operations support teams overworked, understaffed, and looking for the door. -In spite of keeping the floor running, Ops Engineering is treated as the redheaded stepchild of engineering at Woodward.