Working at Gooch & Housego: 9 Reviews

Joined the company thinking is was growing, and that they had a good management team in place. The GM will squeeze every penny out of operations, including the employees compensation.

Pros

The UK Corporate Management

Cons

The US Senior Management

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Gooch & Housego insights

Based on 9 survey responses

What people like

Clear sense of purpose
Ability to learn new things
Fair pay for job

Areas for improvement

General feeling of work happiness
Supportive environment
Trust in colleagues

High-tech Company managed in a traditional way

Senior Optical Engineer (Former Employee) - Orlando, FL - October 2, 2019

Products of G&H are high-tech. In the meantime its culture is more traditional and conservative. Acquired multiple sites and they are run relatively independently.

Pros

Steady growth

Cons

Constant pressure for growth

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Upper management completely out of touch

Senior Buyer (Former Employee) - Palo Alto and Fremont, CA - August 19, 2019

The company headquarters is in the UK, and they are completely out of touch with the actual achievements and problems at the U.S. sites. Good technology, and good lower level personel could lead to much higher success both for the company as a whole as well as individual contributors, yet distant management is too out of touch to optimize.

Pros

Clean building, pleasant co-workers

Cons

Stressful environment.

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good benefits

Electronics Technician (Current Employee) - Orlando, FL - November 15, 2018

good benefits but no room for advancement. i work 40 hours a week, there is no stress as long as you do your job. flexible schedule. The hardest part of the job is dealing with management

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Good company to work overall

Senior Optical Engineer (Current Employee) - Orlando, FL - June 18, 2018

Strong and proactive management Aggressive pursuit of technological advancement Good benefits package Market leader in many categories Diversified portfolio

Pros

Broad coverage of technologies

Cons

none

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Busy and engaging

Product Engineer (Current Employee) - Madison, WI - November 9, 2016

A typical day at work consists of performing production tasks, analyzing test data, and performing experiments to optimize production and test procedures.

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Overall I only worked for one branch of the company and I am sure this one branch is not indicative of the company as a whole.

Manufacturing (Former Employee) - Melbourne, FL - February 15, 2015

A typical day of work was full and had many tasks. I interacted mostly on the electronics side of production and enjoyed the job I performed as well the tasks that were given. My boss felt confident enough to leave me with minimal to no supervision, but I also knew if I needed help with any situations he was there to help. I feel that management as a whole was okay for the exception of one top manager. I feel that this person was in need of some definite people skills and interpersonal communication skills. I don't like to speak ill or negatively about anyone. There wasn't anything hard about the job and my co-workers from electronics were personable and amicable.

Pros

Bonuses, luncheons on the holidays and 401K with company matching.

Cons

Micromanagement and necessity of people skills.

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G&H is company in transition.

Quality & Environmental Systems Manager (Current Employee) - Palo Alto, CA - April 13, 2013

* Many creative and driven co-workers on both engineering and production levels of operations* Very good exposure to emerging optical technologies* Difficult to get upper-management to be open to change* Lacking team environment

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