Barry-Wehmiller Reviews

Pros

good people,job satisfaction, transparency,good morality

Cons

poor financial management,loosing good resources

Advice to Senior Management

dont loose good resource

Pros

It's a big company and less likely to fail than some others but the price comes with it

Cons

very frustrating - glossy management without much eal substance - a whole "people" department who has no idea what it's workers really think - at least in our division!

Advice to Senior Management

get a clue - get out and talk to your people in the field instead of issuing all the family and goals BS

Pros

The base pay is competitive, get to travel and always working on different things. Company works to recolonize our needs.

Cons

Lots of unpaid overtime, bonus system does not make up for. People get worn out and management dose not notice, you are forced to demand and fight for your time off when busy.

Advice to Senior Management

Doing good in lots of ways, but you need to watch for your peoples needs and if you are going to work people so much maybe the pay should be more.

Pros

Excellent work life balance. choose your timings. Very friendly people.
Huge learning opportunities since many clients to work with.

Cons

Promotions slower compared to peers.
Salary packages slightly less

Advice to Senior Management

TOO many senior management folks available. Its just plain wierd.

Pros

Good place to work for those who appreciate a steady job and an upper management that keeps a close eye on the numbers, creatively avoiding large layoffs in slow times. Company grows via cautious and wise purchases of other companies.

Cons

Company is after-market focused and sales led, rather than led by technical leaders and innovation. Organization prefers a "lean" approach.

Advice to Senior Management

Increase technical investments and more heavily weigh technical folks input when making decisions. Improve benefits, education? Continue wise financial oversight.

Pros

most people seemed happy with job

Cons

benefits and bonus/raise program need to be looked at again

Advice to Senior Management

rethink bonus and benefits

Pros

Wondeful environment to work with

Cons

No tech support at all

Advice to Senior Management

Get on & be conclusive

Pros

Very clean, especially for a manufacturing facility. Better at making sure the proper tools and supplies are available than many places I have worked. Opprotunity to learn a lot more than what you already know.

Cons

The somewhat mandatory overtime makes for long working weeks. You are typically expected to work 10 hrs M-F and another 6 or more on Sat, often also Sunday. The somewhat low hourly wage makes it necessary to work these hours to have a decent take-home pay. Once you get some experience there, it is not too difficult to leave and find a place that will pay you enough at 40 hrs that you can have your life back.

Advice to Senior Management

Notice who is simply working enough to keep their job versus the guy who is taking ownership of a job from start to finish, and don't pay them the same. There is no union there, so pay more on performance instead of seniority. Also, it takes far less time to allow someone to finish waht they started, instead of constantly pulling folks concentration and pace away from one task to start something else. Too often, there are so many things one is forced to start, that nothing gets finished in time.

Pros

Able to design my own job. able to work on my own. i do not suffer from micro-management. The nature of my job allows me a tremendous amount of personal and professional growth and satisfaction

Cons

Erratic behavior of senior management. Lack of processes...driven by overly large, overly pampered egos in some of our divisions. There is also a lack of professionalism in key support areas, which lends itself to the protection of mediocrity.

Advice to Senior Management

We have grown to the point where we have to put in processes and consolidate certain aspects of our operations. Centralization is not in and of itself is not bad. The company has grown to the point where there needs to an appropriate balance between centralized and decentralized.