junior office assistant

Esterline

CMC Electronics is an aviation product supplier with strong Navigation products and integrating Cockpit upgrades for both fighter trainers and military airlift. My position as a Senior Marketing Manager allowed to promote products and services to many regions of the world leading to strong relationships and an experience of many cultures which I found very interesting. A greater investment in Product development will enable the very competent engineers to develop products that will keep up with the Market requirements for NextGen and Military operations. 

A typical work day consisted of releasing production kits, expediting shortages with internal buyers to meet production requirements, Attended daily meeting with Production and Program Managers to discuss issues and roadblocks affecting current and upcoming production builds. Working at CMC was a great team environment where everyone helped each other with daily tasks  as required and teaching each other new skills.

Some departments are better than others depending on the projects,


benefits are very good if the job is permanent 

Contractors frequently leave them for permanent jobs.

They put immense pressure on employees. 

minimal investment in employees


They almost don't allow for a learning curve

The most enjoyable part of the job is development of the product, whether an algorithm or software or hardware. 

Testing is less enjoyable.

Documentation is excessive (aviation) and highly time consuming.

I learned many key functions of the Flight Management System (FMS);
Worplace culture was (at the time I was with Esterline, 1998-2012) to support each other; workmates and friends
The hardest part of the job was the define mature system requirements for critical functions of the FMS
The most enjoyable part of the job was learning new things almost every day

I the pass 19 years i have had been with electronics field i am very enjoin working with my co-workers and sometime with the engineering team who involve with the new product,i am fast learning, easy get along with the people, honest,hart working, independent,confident,and i like to work with to team.

Pros

-good salary & benefit
-coworker are helpful and friendly
-technical lead are easy to access and will provide support when needed

Cons

-repetitive work
-bad management
-outdated technology
-resistance to improvement
-highly recommended/mandatory overtime
-pressure from management to reach dateline which has been poorly planned

Very bad management and HR don't care about how managers and directors treat their employees. 
Very poor culture and aggressive behavior from managers ...they all use emails to chatt to capture mistakes instead of having efficient meetings. Challenging is the best sport in meetings instead of helping each other...

CMC is a good company to work for, it has good balance of jobs opportunity and strong management team, and it has good tools and procedures in-place to do my jobs. Most of co-workers are friendly. It has a good benefit

There is very little opportunity for career development. Management expect analyses and cost saving measures but give you no authority and little time to implement or develop initiatives.  Unfair performance reviews.
A very discouraging work environment.

Operations are at the heart of the Esterline Operating System.  Lean Manufacturing part of the culture and lot of emphasis on manufacturing improvements.

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