LORD Corporation Reviews

Pros

Fantastic people, good pay especially for Erie, interesting work, well respected by customers, good vacation, excellent lower and mid level management. A surprising number of lifetime employees.

Cons

Rarely backfill positions which causes burnout of remaining employees. Mediocre medical benefits after the Parker takeover (LORD pre Parker had industry leading medical benefits which attracted many people to LORD and kept them there). Parker management is putting a lot of risk into production by massively reducing inventory which causes huge delays when one part gets scrapped and there are no parts available to backfill. Development has more or less dissappeared as there isn't any investment. It seems that all Parker cares about is the bottom line for stockholders, there isn't any vision to invest in future products.

Pros

Good benefits and decent pay

Cons

Not as well organized for a large corporation

Pros

Talented engineers Work life balance

Cons

WEAK leadership Niche market space for noise and vibration on helicopter and fixed wing aircraft Parker will sell this business within 5yrs

Pros

Good benefit good pay good vacation

Cons

Corp structure Too many safety for an office environment

Pros

The work was rewarding, and certainly interesting.

Cons

The management created a hostile environment. Limited accolades and only the most liked people got promoted.

Pros

Ability to broaden skillset, work on interesting projects, work life balance, educational reimbursement,

Cons

acquisition and overlap, but was expected.

Pros

One of the best sales teams I've seen in the chemical industry. Flexible when it comes to work life balance.

Cons

The development of employees is non-existent to an almost negligent degree. I have seen employees, myself included, take part in the companies aid for education program, only to finish a degree program and get stuck back into the positions they originally had. Management then seems confused when one of these individuals leaves. In addition to getting stuck in that position, AFE program requires you to fill out a development plan that is supposed to be reviewed quarterly; according to every participant I have spoken with, this has not been happening.

Pros

Smaller company feel with big company benefits. Great work/life balance

Cons

Hard to get promoted and grow in the company.

Pros

Lots of parties, lots of OT

Cons

Very dangerous work, extremely hard work with lots of lifting and manual labor

Pros

Standard big corporation with stability, good benefits, average pay, and opportunity for advancement. Engineers given freedom to explore interests and develop expertise. Mostly reasonable people. Good place to build a career and financial security.

Cons

Profit driven product development, average/typical corporate culture, lack of overall vision or mission, just making what people will buy. Engineering managers often come from engineering, and although good technically lack refined leadership and motivational, team building skills and business vision. Very pragmatic.