Back to the 1970's at Cummins Daventry - Engineer Cummins Employee Review

2.0
Dec 12, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good training provided. They let you get on with the job without interference. Dynamic and exciting place to work.

Cons

'Them and us attitude' between management and shop floor a throwback to the 1970's with over-manning and disgruntled workers that often have zero aptitude for building engines. Clueless back covering 'supervisors' and hopeless ex Leyland managers that would struggle to change a set of spark plugs run the show. Very cliquey company - if your face doesn't fit or you want to make changes they will find a way to 'manage you out' to keep the status quo and the cushy jobs.....the attitude is 'stich or get stitched-up'. HR culture punishing people for being 2 minutes late. Those that just want to get the job done and improve things get shafted by pedalling along people that know how to play the system. If Daventry made washing machines or motor cars it would have been shut down years ago - lucky for them they are in a niche market.

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Pros

You get paid for doing OT on weekends at the plant I work at now If you are in a shift that has less staffing you might earn more money on weekends as you will not have anyone to rotate with or less people to rotate with I am happy to have a manager who understands I have a lot of work pressure

Cons

If you are in a shift that has less staffing you will have a lot of work to do. For me the con is lots of work pressure in the shift I work. I think I do the work of atleast 2 people and sometimes even more. First shift will have people to rotate on weekends. Unfortunately 2nd shift doesn't have people to rotate with. We end up working every weekend but have same number of vacation days. People in 2nd can get there vacation days used up before other shifts. But still I would say its a good company considering I work in a manufacturing facility.

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