Nice - Anonymous employee Stanley Assembly Technologies Employee Review

Great company with a clear vision and drive. People culture and atmosphere is that of a family with many close personal relationships that have lasted long after I left.

Some of the corporate initiatives are very stringent and digital. There is no real way to get around the strong processes when there are times when another way could be better.

It is a small company, so there is a lot of responsibility on each person. As a design engineer, I was responsible for the design, development, and testing of new products and improvement and troubleshooting of mature products. Additionally, I was responsible for working with the assemblers to improve the manufacturing process with a focus on Lean manufacturing.

I was given no managerial support. The heads of operations and engineering often spent more time blaming each other and each other's subordinates, than trying to improve the products and company. There was an incredibly limited budget that meant we were unable to do very much prototyping or testing. We launched new products without field trial and huge known customer problems. Our sales team would often bundle our products with competitor products in order to make commissions.