Minerals Technologies Reviews

Pros

Due to the lean staffing, an employee will find that they can assume some interesting projects. Lots of challenge. Pay and benefits are good to above average.

Cons

Lots of cost and staff cuts Some employees work hard. Others just show up. Pay and benefits over the past 15 years have been super! Lots of employee benefit cuts over the past 2 years. Proxy does not seem to show that executive level benefits are being cut however.

Advice to Senior Management

Most of the change, including the push with lean is good. Some employees long for the old days of Pfizer. Ignore those and do what's right. Be careful not to cut too much.

Pros

Although it is not a Fortune company, it does have international presence. It is a good place to gain global experience.

Cons

Mostly depends on your boss. If you have a good boss then it is not bad to work here. If not...

Advice to Senior Management

Joe Muscari seems to be doing a good job to bring in competent people from Alcoa to manage the company.

Pros

The People - co-workers are friendly and some have become like family. Location- Bethlehem location is close to my home. Benefits - Although benefits have been reduced they still offer a good package. The new CEO has cleaned house and closed or is selling business units that were not profitable - this was needed to insure our continued success

Cons

New CEO, Joe Muscari has proven that the phrase "people are our most valuable asset" is not longer applicable to MTI. Downsizing has been taken to a dangerous level in the Bethlehem location in some departments. Concern is growing that MTI cannot sustain business at this level. Burnout is sure to occur and a mass exit of good employees is taking the knowledge base to low levels in some departments. Oursourcing is also being considered which is killing what morale is left.

Advice to Senior Management

If MTI doesn't staff adequately, keep the valuable knowledge base it has left and do something about morale, it won't matter what the salary budget is because we will not have resources to insure we remain competitive. Relying on a few managers to make decisions is dangerous because they are making uninformed decisions and we will all pay the price - those that stay anyway. Some managers are so busy trying to impress Senior Management that they are making changes just to say they are doing something without caring or understanding whether those changes are good for MTI or not. Morale is at an all time low - wake up!