Triumph Group Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Triumph Group full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Triumph Group (pre-Vought acquisition) was a very decentralized corporation consisting of a diverse group of aerospace manufacturing and MRO companies. Corporate functional staff was very limited, providing the business unit leadership to establish local site culture and performance. This can be good when the local site leadership is good and it can be not so good when local site leadership is not good. The pro is working in a 'small company' atmosphere with large corporate financial strength.

Cons – The cons are when local site leadeship is poor. There is not close oversight or monitoring of company culture and a poor culture can endure for a long time leadiing to turnover and loss of company knowledge and continuity. There is not a big focus on employee retention.

Advice to Senior Management – Implement closer oversight of business units, focusing on people, employee satisfaction and culture.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Triumph Group full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – The people try hard to do good work in some areas. Interesting and varied work.

Cons – Managers look at employees as the enemies. Some middle managers are the worst. HR is totally biased and will not take complaints seriously. The attitude is well let us sit down together and talk, rather than look at managers as the problem. Sexual favors for advancement and assistance are overlooked and ignored by management. The company has had several FBI raids but have not learned from them and improved things.

Advice to Senior Management – Find some quality management. Employees are not that bad. Actually practice what you preach.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Triumph Group as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Triumph is a forward looking company that really takes advice from all of its employees. They are constantly striving to improve, and they take suggestions readily from those interested. As just an Intern, I was allowed to provide input on several important projects, and really felt like I made an impact in the company.

Cons – Triumph is heavily unionized, which makes some changes harder to implement than others. Some of the technology they use is a bit dated, which can make some work more difficult than it should be.

Advice to Senior Management – Have less union shops, they really hurt the profitability of your company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Triumph Group full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – all the overtime you can stand,....for now

Cons – I am a machine operator but when I get my check it says bonding mechanic. I get a 30cent raise each year and am paid paid $12.55 to run a 2 million dollar machine after 3 years of service. I work regular 12-16 hour shifts and am constantly criticized everytime i take a saturday or sunday off to be with my family. Passed over time and time again for movement to day shift by juvenile enployees even though its done by "senority". Lied to about many plant issues by h.r. representatives. Management tells lies about what their employees say. Removal of all good benefits after buy out by triumph. You have been warned.

Advice to Senior Management – Corporate needs to come to Milledgeville and clean house. The management is stagnant and corrupt.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Triumph Group full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Profitable, busy, in a nice area outside of Winston Salem.

Cons – Understaffed, long hours, poor management who does not understand technical aspects of running the business (machining). Manufacturing Engineers,..run from this place.

Advice to Senior Management – CEO Jeff Frisby needs to do some house cleaning in the management ranks. This was a great place when I started there but, it has become a place where people are NOT used to their strengths, where people are viewed as easily replaced, where there has been more turnover in the last 2 years than the entire 10 years I worked there (due to current management).

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Triumph Group full-time for more than a year

Pros – Overtime, if you want it. (its not by day, but by going over a 40 hr week). Seems stable compared to most aircraft. Small business so it's easy to know everyone and get noticed if you work hard. Employee of the month encouragement (however, it's always someone that has been with the company for several years).

Cons – Not union. Lower pay and benefits then most aircraft. Most people have been there for a long time so it will take a while to move up (not much opportunity for advancement). Raises aren't very large, even with good reviews. Overtime isn't really negotiable except for emergencies so plan to work 10 to 12 hr shifts throughout the week and to work on the weekends as well (can be hard on family life)

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Triumph Group full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Actually a very honest and no nonsense management group. Hard work and dedication is recognized. Knowledgable engineering and manufacturing personnel with many years of experience, on average. Committed to customers and to their employees. A good combination all around.

Cons – The facility is old and a little outdated, although there are on-going efforts to improve. Tendency to push for monthly milestones rather than a metered long term approach. For anyone wishing to work at the North Wales Facility, the commute is awful. No good way to get into or out of that town.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep listening to your engineering and manufacturing staff. They know you appreciate good advice and they are aware of the importance of remaining profitable and delivering high quality.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Triumph Group

Pros – Work with (not for) good, caring people. Decent benefits (although they get a little worse every year)

Cons – Management looks at employees as inferiors. This is not only tolerated, but encouraged by senior management. Problems are not fixed, instead an employee is found to blame and then the issue is swept under the rug. Terrible planning by senior management leads to many situations where the business is severely understaffed for current levels of work. Management has the attitude of "if you don't like the conditions or hours, then good luck finding another job". Management is more worried about their own status symbols than they are about operating the business.

Advice to Senior Management – Clean out all senior management at Triumph Interiors and save this business before it goes under based on poor planning. Treat employees as people, not dogs that can be replaced on a whim.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Triumph Group

Pros – Many employees, including some management, were very respectful, professional, hardworking, and genuinely pleasant to work with. Pay and benefits were competitive, but on the decline.

Cons – A review given by former HR was very unfair and HR did not want my defense written on review in the space provided on the form that would be kept on file. HR criticized me for noncompliance with rules which were not only unspoken and unwritten, but also against the corporate handbook. The president always said he had an open door policy for grievances, but didn't. There were serious violations I do not feel comfortable about revealing here. Lay-offs are commonplace, good employees were let go.

Advice to Senior Management – I don't know if Triumph Group's senior management truly cares how the employees are treated at Triumph Interiors, or any of their other locations. If they do, they need to make it very clear to the presidents at each location. There are violations that could cost Triumph Group not only good employees, but a lot of money through litigation. Start with not discriminating against employees regardless of race, religion, sex and creed.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Triumph Group

Pros – Great location, great engineers, great R&D group

Cons – - Triumph promised that we would see no big changes, just a new company name....NOT TRUE
- Removed all no-cost perks from salaried employess (purchased vacation, ability to make up sick time)
- Took away retiree benefits from already retired employees
- Reduced our already published end of the year bonuses due to a "calculating" error that Triumph discovered
- Removed "Employee satisfaction" from corporate goals.
- Triumph was astonished that we had people working with 35 years of service. That will never happen again. People able to retire, have left the company that would have stayed longer. New engineers will look elsewhere because the benefits and "perks" are not competitive with other aerospace companies anymore.

TRIUMPH GROUP is taking advantage of the poor economey and has set our company back 30 yrs in corporate evolution. "40 hrs/ 2 weeks vacation/ you better be happy to have a job" mentality.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend