ams OSRAM reviews

Management from top to bottom is running this company into the ground. Upper level management is addicted to making very poor financial decisions and site level technical management has zero accountability or interest in managing talent. There has been a very high turnover rate for technical talent, leaving most areas short staffed and underperforming. There is zero initiative to achieve any level of success other than the absolute lowest form of mediocrity at this facility. There is a definite "We can't do this" attitude. This is mostly so old guard members can keep living the highs of their successes from 15 years ago. Old guard staff are toxic and abusive and will accost you with zero consequence. Critical members of management are beyond retirement age and fall asleep during meetings or in their office. The plant manager has decided this is all acceptable behavior. There is almost no experience or outside thought in the key players that run this failing echo chamber. Very high turnover rate for technical staff yet management still blames the employees and refuses to take any accountability for the total lack of vision or interest in managing talent. The manufacturing equipment is mostly an outdated house of cards, completely farmed out with almost zero IP left. Despite utilizing ancient control and mechanical systems, with primitive machine designs from two decades again, management believes they are pushing the limits of technology. It is hard to imagine competing on a world class level with this kind of leadership. The plummeting stock price and exodus of talent would suggest it's not working.

The company's financials are dismal with little prospect for improvement. Management is a mix of old Siemens & GTE dinosaurs still using the playbook from the last century. At my location every manager is from Alfred University, they all worked here & nowhere else forever, they all pass the buck & not one of them takes any responsibility for anything that happens here. The pay is low & raise suck. There was profit sharing but we are losing money so no soup for you this year! Real management is remote in Austria-Germany. They have something like 100 vacation days there because they are always "away" when you need them. They must keep this location because they like lobster or something? We are more of a commodity business than you would think so there is little investment in equipment or people. People come in looking to improve things and find out no one will support their efforts so they leave. In response to high turnout, management has just become meaner. I was hoping to win Powerball last night so I could buy the company & fire all the managers, then this company might have a chance! This place sucks if you work in the US. AVOID!