Hatteras Yachts Reviews

Pros

Pro safty, great team effort.

Cons

limited room for advancement and recognition

Advice to Senior Management

more recognition of individules effoerts

Pros

Location by the river and beautiful boats. Amazing artisans and hard working people.

Cons

Legacy within certain sectors doesn't allow for new ideas and change. Fear of job loss and lack of information sharing leads to very low morale. Many members of senior management turn a blind eye to HR issues because of long term relationships, church centered relationships, and old boy network.

Advice to Senior Management

I would recommend management training and a renewed focus on communication. In addition a change to a more disciplined culture where decisions are made, shared, and followed through.

Pros

Owned by Brunswick, Hatteras has an outstanding benefits program. The end product is beautiful to look and and it gives you a sense of pride when it is completed. You'll find that you will work on many things because the job duties and be very broad, but you'll gain experience doing all sorts of activities. Hatteras also take safety very seriously and you can be assured that they are looking out for you.

Cons

There are many quirks about this company that cost them money and customers, but here a a few of them: One of the biggest complaints coming from most of the departments is having to do work 2 and 3 times because of a lack of timely communication, poor workmanship, poor training , inadequate inspection procedures, or the blue prints don't have the correct information. Too much labor and other resources are lost due to re-works. Hatteras also needs to update their employee performance and review procedures and only promote those who truly earn it and have demonstrated the proficiencies that are needed to keep the company competitive on a quality and cost basis. A 'good-ol-boy' system is in place and it needs to be broken for them to survive. Upper management needs to recognize this and take the necessary actions (with help from HR) to implement a stronger, or reactive management structure.

Advice to Senior Management

Rebuild your mission and strategy. Rebuild how you carry out the basic functions and cost control procedures for building a boat. Focus on quality first (so the customer is happy) and then tackle the inefficiencies in a regimented and never ending quest to minimize bottle necks. (Use the theory of constraints) Don't promote based on friendship, race, gender or whatever. Hire and promote solely on who'll get the job done in a cost effective manner that'll encompass company growth, profits, product leadership and job enlargement for the employees. Make sure the people that you hire or promote actually have the skill-sets needed to fulfill the job requirements to the high level of quality Hatteras Yachts requires.