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Machinist Reviews
What is it like working as a Machinist?
April 2022
Management is not professional for this company.
Machinist in Tampa:
Pros: Decent benefits on health insurance. That is the only thing great at Conmed
Cons: Everything. The pay new hire more than experience machinist and they do not appreciate employee. Big management does nt care about the company and work. They prefer to hire not skills people out of publix store to run machine and crash.
January 2022
Awesome place to be.
Machinist in Blue Springs:
Pros: Management is very open and give you time to ask questions and learn.
Cons: Best shop I've been in.
December 2021
Not what you would expect.
Machinist in Aabybro:
If you end up at a shop where long hours are expected, but not compensated for; stop working there, it will never get better. But, if you can find an employer that is willing to pay for those extra hours AND are very appreciative of your effort, the job will be extremely rewarding!
Practical skills: Learn to be lazy the right way. By lazy, I mean don't waste time doing things by hand:
If you can program the machine to do it for you, do it.
If you can idiot-proof a process, do it, even if the time per part increases slightly. That time is easily wasted if you have to fix parts later.
Don't be afraid to ask questions. As an experienced, I love questions from new people, as I often learn something from having to explain why I do a thing I've done for ages.
Some old-timers might guard what they think are "essential job-securing secrets". Ignore those people, and try things out for yourself. Google and youtube can often give you the answer you seek.
Don't be afaid to just do things.
February 2021
Wide variety!
Machinist in Fort Wayne:
Pros: I can live in the country, but still work in town, with only a 30 minute drive.
Cons: Poor roads
January 2021
Work In Bellingham is limited and the pay is a little lower than other places.
Machinist in Bellingham:
Pros: Being able to live in Bellingham.
Cons: Bellingham is getting too expensive.
December 2020
Limited opportunities.
Machinist in Durban:
Pros: Close to family and friends
Cons: Companies are constantly trying to pay less for skilled employees
September 2020
It’s okay.
Machinist in Yakima:
Pros: Independent work
Cons: Management is not so good very flaky on if you work the weekend or not. Most of the time they let you know if you work the weekend on Friday.
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