Corning Reviews

Pros

Great benifits and good co workers

Cons

Slow career growth if staying in the same position

Pros

Employees are smart and capable; neat experience to work with colleagues around the globe. There are individual folks and teams that are gems and I look forward to keeping in touch with. The fact that they have a pension benefit is impressive.

Cons

My experience with Corning ended on a low note. The business division I worked for did not make me feel fully heard or appreciated. Usually felt like I was being left out of information/communication loops that would have been helpful to do my job even better.

Pros

The people who work for Corning are the best and brightest. In this specific role I have a great group of peers

Cons

Salary increases aren't the best.

Pros

Great pay and benefits, as a finisher work was boring and repetitive, but once I bid into forming work was very fulfilling, engaging, and challenging.

Cons

Most managers were great, but a couple weren’t. As with all union jobs, the lazy slackers aren’t held accountable and you have to pick up their slack.

Pros

Best paying company for the area in multiple areas. Corning has held the reputation in this area to be the best place to get your for foot in the door. If you work in the plant; janitorial to plant management, you are making the higher pay level for your position in the area. Seeing the work experience on your resume automatically sets you apart from the rest, compensation for your work is unbeatable .

Cons

This is your life. Minimum 60hr.work wks with 12hr shifts/30min lunch . Truly, you just have to accept that 72hrs is the most likely scenario, you will work every holiday and there is no grace period for tardiness. 1mim late is the same as 1hr. Vaccinations getting approved are impossible for a newbie; took me till my 2nd summer there to finally get.2days vacation approved. Ive seen it take for others. Again, you're compensated very well; however you are not going to be able to participate in your own life while you work here. Your eat sleep work repeat. With the upmost importance placed on this not an exaggeration.

Pros

Good benefits, time off, high number of paid holidays. Lots of opportunities to learn new skills, very broad experience. Great perks for working for them (discounts, memberships, etc.)

Cons

Uneven workload, being better at your job means you get to do yours and other jobs as well. Managment gets moved around so much that they are unable to coach or help you at your position, you end up doing their job for them as well. No matter what you have done for the company, even if you are the highest performing worker in your group, they will cut you with no hesitation when times get tough. They pick the people in your group who are paid the highest AND have the least amount of time with the company (usually a combination of the two factors together), not performance or value based whatsoever, all about numbers on paper.

Pros

Managers care about career progression Hard work pays off Executives are willing to speak with younger generation about experiences

Cons

Location can make it tough for those early in their career Some social political skills needed

Pros

Without a doubt there is none.

Cons

You are expected to come in 1.5 hours early to make your roster. You work 3/4 weekends and pretty much every holiday. You work swing shift and change shift every 7 days. If something breaks you stay late. If something breaks after 3pm the support never shows up or is disciplined for not helping. The operators get paid extra for everything they do. If the department is short a team leader you work 12-13hour days until they can hire them. All of this for no extra pay or compensation. All work no life. They promise you this position will leapfrog you up the chain and you'll only be doing this for 6 months but its all lies. They are so desperate to fill this position they'll tell you anything to get you into it, and you will have to quit in order to get out of it.

Pros

The pay is decent enough and they're patient with training (although they don't offer you much support). You will meet some of the nicest, most supportive people at the ground level who feel like family.

Cons

Corning has a systemic problem when it comes to management. There needs to be a serious upheaval in order for employees to feel supported. The morale at the facility I work at is terrible. Most people don't believe the company will get any better. I had a very bad experience with HR where they did not support me in a harassment case and offered for me to leave the company if I didn't like their solutions.

Pros

Highly engaging technical work. Shifts go by quick due to how busy it keeps you, but without the physical strain that comes with being a floor worker. So much you can learn about the production flow process. Great job to experience in a manufacturing career.

Cons

Can be overwhelming when problems pile up and you don't have the right support. Your experience with this job will ride heavily on the leadership and competency of your team leader. Often enough in this role, you are asked to constantly change priorities, or at times achieve multiple... Even if they conflict with each other.