Sanmina-SCI Employer Reviews

Contract Manufacturing isn't for everyone. Margins are razor thin and, any mistake can cause a loss. But, if you can survive, this company had many opportunities for advancement.

You work a lot even on weekends and never get fairly rewarded.
No salary increase for years and the stock options are not an incentive either.
Upper Management is tough and don't treat employees with respect sometimes.

High paced work in the stock room. I pick parts to send to the floor where they put them on circuit boards to make various products. I also unload trucks, delivery jobs to floor, use a floor jack to put skids away.

Management is always fair with us an sticks up for us in anyway they can. My co-works are pleasant and very helpful.

The hardest part – more...  of the job is balancing all my responsibilities and to pick the jobs fast as we are expected to.

I really enjoy the ability to move around the plant doing various tasks for my supervisor. I like the fact that I do a variety of things every day and the job does not become boring. – less

Crazy and overwhelming. Co-workers were great. Management needs help.

Have not worked there in 10 years. The enviroment as I remember it seemed right.

A typical day at Sanmina would be placing 150 new buys, Expedite previous orders, clear any AP issues, RDR issues, Reject Issues.

I learned a lot about management and dealing with suppliers outside the USA.

Management was very helpful and easy to approach.

Co- workers are friendly and helpful. Team environment.

My favorite part of day would be when – more...  I solve a problem. – less

Good job and great benefits; a learning experience. Learned to work in systems such as Oracle and Exceed.

This company enjoys having dog and pony shows. When our one and only customer comes in to visit the company puts on a good show. Afterwards its back to underhandedness and doing their best to make work harder than it should be. Management is only concern for their pockets and not doing the right thing.
My co-workers have a great deal of knowledge about – more...  electronics and medical equipment. All are willing to help and share their knowledge. – less

Company began to outsource jobs and everyone was laid off.
Everyone enjoyed working at company at first until the lay off began.

Econamy has slowed down work and I want to persue new career opportunites

Sanmina-Sci is good place to work. It is a demanding but friendly place to work. The supervisors are caring and listen to their workers needs and concerns. Sanmina-Sci is a global company which places many demands on the daily work place. There is a lot of stress and management is good at dealing with the day to day problems.

Circumstances may have since changed as I was employed before, during, and after the merger of Sanmina and SCI. No raises for 2 years, blamed merger for that. Gave a quarter raise after the hiatus. Promised not to outsource production lines then shipped 2 to China and 3 to Mexico. Zero chance for advancement.

I was very pleased working with production personnel, however, management did not support the needs of the people. As a result, quality suffered and we began to lose several customers who expressed their displeasure with the workmanship of our products. Getting the work out at the nth hour always seem to be their priority rather than addressing the – more...  root cause and making whatever corrective actions were necessary. Many of us felt that the potential to achieve defined goals was always there, it just that no goals were ever communicated effectively or made visable. Planning and proper scheduling were factors that were missing. – less

Great company to work for due to the solid management structure and the wide product portfolio covering different markets. Strong engineering base supporting customer requirement from PB Board design to total systems including enclosure and power.