ThyssenKrupp Materials Reviews

Pros

Brand name and reputation of company.
High emphasis on integrity and ethics.
Financial strength.
Part of a diversified group.

Cons

Low career growth prospects (higher positions don't open up).
Inconsistent titles and designations.
Service departments (IT, HR/Benefits, etc.) not as efficient / competent as I have seen elsewhere.
Internally available positions not advertised but filled privately.

Advice to Senior Management

Expand activities so that people can keep themselves stimulated. Evaluate the strengths of the service functions through surveys of internal customers.

Pros

Good camaraderie and best team effort to get optimum result.
The growth is good and new challenges make one better and best.

Cons

Nothing in special. I do not have anything in cons. There should be employee transfer across the globe for the better.

Advice to Senior Management

The growth is good and new challenges make one better and best. Nothing in special. You are doing good job, keep it up.

Pros

Great pay, Benefits, bonuses, Vacation, 401k, Company events, Holiday Party, great Team of people, lots of overtime.

Cons

A lot of overtime, some clicks.

Advice to Senior Management

Great Team of managers.

Pros

Stable and great learning experience. Employee friendly work place and atomosphere. Career Opportunities are good. Cross training. Management recognizes employees' skills and competence and be able to locate the employees to best fit job. Intense entry level training. Recently intalled new system (SAP) which gives a great opportunity to increase skills and knowledge. Less politics. Company has large customer base. Balanced organization, does not have too many managements. Great infrastructure. Fast service. Does not overwhelm employees with work, evenly spread. Good flow in warehouse control system and delivery system.

Cons

Lacks in communication. Low in compensation. Low level of service in customer service.

Advice to Senior Management

Recommend to conduct a meeting periodically to increase communication to discuss individual performance, company performance, target, issues, so on.

Pros

Thyssenkrupp is a good company to work for, but AIN is going throw some growing pains at this time.
AIN is a good place to get involved in the Thyssenkrupp family, but given the current situation one should consider trying to move to another division under the ThyssenKrupp umbrella. ThyssenKrupp is very good about hiring from within, so using AIN as a stepping stone can be considered a real possibility. If you do decide to use AIN as a stepping stone to another division of Thyssenkrupp, you should negoiate high, like 15% higher than market value of the position, and you are likely to get it. Other divsions of Thyssenkrupp pay their entry level employees poorly, if they can, but AIN generally starts higher and offers less opportunity for the future.

Cons

Little room to go anywhere. Working for AIN can also be quite frustrating; you may often feel you are the only person doing your job. You have to fix many of your own problems, and this becomes difficult when you are losing customer due to having the very same problems. Good news is that it is extremely hard to get fired from AIN; there are people here that have done little to nothing for quite some time, and they still make decent salaries. If you take a position with AIN ask for more than you would at other works places.

Advice to Senior Management

Figure out who your best people are and listen to them.

Pros

To get an experience in aerospace industry and learn supply chain management.

Cons

They don't pay you well. What you do is account management, which is very demanding and challenging. However, they will keep you as "customer sales rep" so they don't have to pay you more. Additionally, you don't learn anything about supply chain management. All we see is bad management. It's surprising big business is moving forward with this management.

Advice to Senior Management

They need to communicate well with other employees with regards to any new procedures. Sales reps have to face with clients every time management implements new procedure in last minutes.