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private:jacobsvehiclesystems
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=17111
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Jan 2nd, 2021 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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Trainee
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Devereux, GA
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great
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Clean, Friendly, Good Pay, Loving, Smelly
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I, dON'T hAVE ANy today
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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NO_OPINION
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0.0
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5.0
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2.0
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2.0
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2.0
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3.0
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2.0
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17111
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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PART_TIME
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No
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No
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4.0
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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private:jacobsvehiclesystems
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=17111
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Oct 29th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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Project Engineer
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United States
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USA
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Worked as a full time employee
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Get to work on a great technology and many smart people to work with
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knowledge transfer is not so smooth.
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0.0
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4.0
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3.0
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4.0
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3.0
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3.0
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3.0
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17111
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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2.0
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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private:jacobsvehiclesystems
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=17111
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Oct 19th, 2020 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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Quality Engineer
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Bloomfield, CT
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JVS. A once great American company that needs to get their management priorities straight or will be lost...
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Good pay. Good employees. Decent insurance.
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Work station for QEs is directly on shop floor. Ear plugs and ppe needed at all times while at desk.
Management overbearing and unrealistic expectations at times.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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NEUTRAL
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0.0
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NO_OPINION
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0.0
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3.0
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2.0
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3.0
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5.0
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4.0
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2.0
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17111
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Open
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My manager, in particular, was awful. She is no longer in that position. No people skills, rude, cut throat. Appears she has been promoted to get her away from the floor and personnel.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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2.0
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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private:jacobsvehiclesystems
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=17111
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Nov 19th, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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General
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Bloomfield, CT
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MANAGEMENT IS CRITICAL.
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I have many many years working for this company and there was never anything like this There's no a single reason to work Here anymore. Few people are taking this place to failure. Because of favoritism to one and other.
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NO VACATION, NO GOOD PAY AND BAD Administration. That's why they can't hire good KNOWLEDGEABLE people anymore. Always making bad decisions buying multimillion equipment that they can't even fit into the building. And no body gets accountable for all the bad decisions.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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0.0
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1.0
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1.0
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2.0
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2.0
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1.0
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1.0
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17111
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Open
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Leave favoritism aside. Focus on company truly needs. Don't lie, Pay more.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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20.0
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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private:jacobsvehiclesystems
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=17111
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Jan 1st, 2019 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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Engineer
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Bloomfield, CT
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manufacturing engineer
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good pay and ability to grow
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shop kinda bland. people swap jobs / positions pretty much every year, so there is no long term value in projects
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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0.0
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NO_OPINION
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0.0
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4.0
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3.0
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2.0
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3.0
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4.0
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3.0
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17111
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Open
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think about the future more.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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Yes
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4.0
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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private:jacobsvehiclesystems
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=17111
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Oct 29th, 2018 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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Engineer
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Bloomfield, CT
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Engineer
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Interesting work, some travel opportunities. Pride in being the original engine brake OEM. Lots of patents.
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Thin on the engineering team especially QEs, MEs, and analysis engineers. Vacation policy... practically non existent. On-boarding for engineering should have been called speed dating/meet and greets because it did not prepare for the position.
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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NEUTRAL
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0.0
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NO_OPINION
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0.0
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2.0
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3.0
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2.0
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3.0
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2.0
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2.0
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17111
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Open
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Hire more engineers.
Don't allow the senior engineers to not follow standard work and best practices.
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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4.0
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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private:jacobsvehiclesystems
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=17111
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Oct 29th, 2017 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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Bloomfield, CT
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Supervisor
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If you can handle the pace this is a great place to have a career. Lots of opportunities for advancement if you are willing to put in the work.
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Union environment can be a challenge
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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0.0
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NO_OPINION
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2.0
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5.0
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4.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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5.0
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17111
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Open
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Keep working on engagement. You have come very far but there is still work to do.
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0.0
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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4.0
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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private:jacobsvehiclesystems
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=17111
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Oct 11th, 2017 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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Operations
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United States
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USA
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Set up for Failure by Management. Glad to be Gone.
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- Lean Manufacturing environment. Good opportunities to learn lean terminologies.
- Interesting technology.
- Good place to gain manufacturing experience.
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- No training or mentorship for new hires. You are given a standard work sheet and asked to deliver.
- Zero focus on quality. Management focus only on getting parts out to the customer. When defects are found, management blames the engineers and junior staff.
- "A LOT" of favoritism in every department. If you have a good relationship with your VP/Manager or you've been in the company for more than 5 yrs, you can get away with literally anything like coming in late and leaving early, taking an hour and a half lunch break (I feel bad for the hourly guys), or not meeting deadlines, or calling out sick but actually out on a day trip. You can do all this but still have a fantastic review and get a pay hike. So just be good to your Ops Managers or Production Supervisors.
- Human Resources has very little or zero focus on "human resources". Absolutely ZERO focus on employee needs and issues. I'm sorry but my experience with HR has never been so bad. I'm sure many still working in the company feel the same. The only time they come out of their air conditioned quiet cabins is when they want employees to take the annual survey.
- Management team are usually warned by engineers, technicians or operators about an issue with either a part or an equipment that needs a permanent fix, but the focus is on "bandaiding" the issue, not fixing it. However, management is usually the first to blame when theres a customer issue. What about when you were warned.
- I would not recommend a fresh graduate to join the company. Managers at JVS are not capable to provide guidance or mentorship one needs to be successful. Either they don't have time or they just don't care. But they will blame you or put you on a performance improvement plan, again accompanied with more blame and non-constructive criticism. You are not trained and allowed to make mistakes, but everyone expects you to deliver good results. No peace of mind or work life balance. Constantly felt under-appreciated and over-worked.
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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NEGATIVE
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-1.0
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DISAPPROVE
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4.0
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1.0
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1.0
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2.0
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1.0
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1.0
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1.0
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17111
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Open
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Care for your employees. Treat each employee fairly and promote internally based on skills, not on the basis of the number of years the person has been with a company. Focus on employee development and people who actually want to learn, grow and build a career. Inspire fresh talent and out-of-box thinking. Company has a long way to go as far as employee satisfaction is concerned.
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0.0
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No
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No
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0.0
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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private:jacobsvehiclesystems
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=17111
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Mar 14th, 2017 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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United States
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USA
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Need to improve technology and leadership team
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Great working level people, stress on safety
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Management team has limited capability and is mainly financially driven; only a cash cow to the corporate
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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3.0
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2.0
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2.0
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3.0
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2.0
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1.0
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17111
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Open
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0.0
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[]
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REGULAR
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No
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No
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0.0
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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private:jacobsvehiclesystems
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https://www.glassdoor.com?employer_id=17111
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Mar 2nd, 2017 12:00AM
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Open
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Open
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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United States
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USA
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Room for Improvement
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Lots of tools to learn you will not get bored.
JVS is a great place to get your career started but don't expect to give your life to the company. Get in develop, contribute and move on.
Good OT opportunities
Some HR members genuinely willing to help by going above and beyond specially in the recent couple of years.
Competitive Pay (Pay for performance culture)
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Health Benefits, vacation allotment
Fortive corporate relationship to Jacobs (I only know them as the symbol on my insurance card)
Constant management vs Union mentality
Outdated technology (Lotus notes.....)
Excel, Excel and more Excel
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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POSITIVE
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1.0
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APPROVE
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0.0
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4.0
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2.0
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4.0
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4.0
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3.0
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3.0
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17111
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Open
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I see the efforts being made to improve but they are only to increase the physical number on the engagement score.
Walk the Walk.
Make your presence scene on the ops floor. Connect with employees, stop someone in the lines and thank them.
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0.0
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No
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Yes
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4.0
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Mar 12th, 2021 05:12PM
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Jacobs Vehicle Systems
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