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Pratt & Whitney

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Not rewarding - Forge Operator Pratt & Whitney Employee Review

1.0
Mar 10, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

You get paid every week.

Cons

This is the modern equivalent of an oubliette. It’s a miserable, monotonous job. People get a weird sense of superiority working here because it’s one of the “best” jobs in town but you can commute thirty minutes and find something way better. Plus, whatever they say is important to them it’s the opposite. Diversity? Not in management. Safety? lol I’m surprised nobody’s died. I was once asked to run a 2000 amp machine with water actively dripping on top. Among many, many other things. Job security? People started getting sniffly and they went into panic mode - talk of layoffs then they implemented voluntary separations. So many people left that place for a measly 2k. And they were the smart ones. This job is miserable. Anyway, if profitability drops half a percent, have fun in the bread line. Benefits? Less and less every year with a deductible that would choke a hippo. If you’re relatively young and mechanically inclined, pick up a trade. Don’t get suckered into a job where you’re running a machine that there’s only three of in the country - then when you get laid off in twenty years your experience is worthless.

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5.0
Jun 10, 2026
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Pros

Flexible work week. As long as you reach 40 hours for the week, doesn't matter when you come/go each day. Food is pretty good.

Cons

Quick growth to P3, but growth after that stagnates/fails to be competitive in salary

1.0
Jun 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay and good benefits.

Cons

Personnel reporting to me had apparently looked up my political affiliation (which I had never mentioned) and took exception to it by sabotaging work that I had supervised. This was well before 2022 - actually 2015-2016 (2022 is earliest review date I could select). I was just now remembering it. This polarized political posture was a function of the plant being near Harrisburg, PA which, at least then, was a somewhat "redneckish" area. I have never discussed my politics at work, so it seemed absurd of them to look up my party affiliation and take issue with it.

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