The Armor Group
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Good place for growth if you are wiling to make your own path

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Great place for those who are confident in solving problems & figuring things out. Management is receptive to new ideas and improvements to employees. Not a great fit for those who are used to rigid processes and structure. You will see variety in the work you are doing every day, opportunities to wear a lot of hats, learn, develop yourself etc.

Pros

Interesting products, fair compensation

Cons

commute ( no work remote)
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Overall good place to work

Overall it is a good place to work at. They pay well, provide good benefits, its a good work schedule. It is a tough job but you get work with good people.

Pros

pay, benefits, good people

Cons

job can be difficult at times
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What people like
  • Ability to learn new things
  • Fair pay for job
  • Ability to meet personal goals
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  • Sense of belonging
  • Trust in colleagues
  • Inclusive work environment

Great place for a self-starter

I am challenged every day which is what I enjoy. I am given the freedom to work out the best solution with input from across the company as needed. I am fairly paid.

Pros

Wide range of products and projects.
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Don't work at that company

Don't work for this company they are a joke . They lay off people all the time and don't repeat no one and no good feedback. The manager I work with didn't know what he was doing. And he was always on our to not to take a break or just to get a drink of water .

Pros

Non thing
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High turnover. No one knows what’s going on.

I was hired as a Technical Writer to fill an empty roll. Upon being hired, there was 0 direction and no processes in place. After 2 months I was laid off due to “force reduction”. Doesn’t make sense to me why you would hire someone for 2 months and cut them because the company isn’t selling any new products.

Pros

None

Cons

Poor management. Owner is cheap. Will have layoffs.
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Good Place to work

This is a bit of an interesting place. You read so many things that are bad, so I went in wondering if it really was that bad. It most definitely is not. I will say you can get a weird vibe and there are some clicks of people, but overall it is a very good place to work. The CFO, VP of OPs and Corporate President are great people. Many of the people on their staff are awesome as well. The office is dated for sure and could use some new furniture, desks and cleaning but that is so much less important than the work itself. You read about the owner quite a bit. He is a very nice guy that genuinely does care about the people. He sometimes doesn't show it in a transparent way but he definitely cares. When the leadership is allowed to spread their wings and run the company on their own the sky is the limit for this company. They will be one of the best places in town to work when a few changes happen and they let people with knowledge in their field do what they do best. I was very thankful for the opportunity to work with them and would recommend others to give them a chance and keep an open mind. I know I will help them in any way that I can going forward.
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A good stepping stone

Armor taught me a lot but it was baptism by fire. Little to no direction and just had to figure it out myself. When I did have a new manager (about every 6 months or so), they rarely had support to provide me because they weren’t anymore qualified for their role than I was in my role. A lot of the people were great so it hurt to see them laid off time after time. The company could be great if they cared about their people.
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Just looking for warm bodies

I worked at this company as a welder. I don't like to brag but I am a very skilled welder. The first week I worked here they wouldn't let me weld at all. They stuck me working a machine that I had no previous experience working with and let me perform the same monotonous task over and over. After week one I finally met my supervisor and he assured me things were going to get better. They did not. This is by far the worst company I have ever worked for. Turnover is simply astronomical and anyone with a brain can see why. they have no problem telling you whatever you want to hear to get you to hire on. This company is a train wreck and they're simply looking for warm bodies to fill the positions till their employees get annoyed and quit.

Pros

None

Cons

Where do I start?
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Opportunities to grow and learn

I absolutely love working here! I've received nothing but encouragement and support from the management team. There has been many positive changes since I've joined the team and I am proud to take part in the growth of the company!

Pros

Competitive wages, advancement opportunities, tuition reimbursement
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Overall a pretty good place

I like working here. Excellent work life balance. Work hard, play hard mentality. The compensation is definitely competitive. My co workers are very nice and fun to be around.

Pros

Opportunity to learn through a variety of projects.

Cons

Benefits are a bit pricy
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Revolving door/Unhappy employees/Chaotic/disorganized

This place is filled with disgruntled employees which turns your work day into a hostile environment. Very Hot in the summer time. Very Cold in the winter time.

Pros

No weekends

Cons

Bad atmosphere
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Seems to be falling apart

Everyone seems to be leaving this company. The turnover here is crazy. The pay isn't the greatest but the benefits are good (paid time off, vacation, etc ). The insurance is good but you have huge deductibles and copays.

Pros

It's a job

Cons

Management
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lack of communication

No communication between works and office, human resources is nonexistent and your looked down on my owner and ceo of this company. No advancement by any mean.
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Unsafe but simple

The work isn't usually safe and equipment is typically misskng or broken at best, but the job is not difficult to do. Upper management does not understand tkme and equipment needed to finish a job
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They don't care about the employees

While some of the fellow employees are a blast to work with, the management is not. You will be pretty much be dishing out over $100 a week in premiums for health insurance. If you get more than 1.5 points against you on attendance you'll be hounded constantly about it. It's just an overall bad place to work.
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Welder 1

You usually work t days a week at 10 hour days. I didn't even meet my supervisor till the second week I was there. Entry level low pay job. Monotonous
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would be amazing place if not for managment

Love the job hands down. this place would be amazing it the management would pull their heads out of their rear and listen to their people and stop penny pinching when it comes to hiring solid people
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never seen this level of incompetence befor

As a welder with 19 years experience i have never seen more of a disaster. Managers and supervisors at each others jugular trying to prove their own value and keep their jobs. Guess who gets stuck holding the bag when they make outrages claims to other managers/supervisors you. Eliminated most all of my department military and demanded I do all the jobs
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Classic Bait and Switch

Once I started on the job the work expected of me was not what was reviewed in any of the previous interviews. The office is chaos. No clear direction on where the company is going. No strategic plan on growth or improvement. Owner is set in his ways and refuses good advice from his staff. CFO is incompetent and a bully. Management yells at staff and trys to embarrass them rather than train them. No resources. Turn over is quick. Not many people over a few months. They are trying to run the office on co-ops.

Cons

Expected to work on weekends
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They have assembled a great team - very exciting!

Front office team is strong and getting things done. Shop workers are the best I've seen - and I've seen many manufacturing teams in my years. The company has truly turned the corner and things are going very well. It's great to be part of the team.

Pros

Future growth, management team, shop workers

Cons

Nothing out of the ordinary
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Lots of work outside your job description

Spend two hours looking for parts, another hour finding where the tools went, and at least another hour to figure out what engineering actually wants you to do. If the builds are given more engineering time, you might have something resembling a complete blueprint. If it was rushed, Lord have mercy on you. You'll spend a collective total of at least a week walking back and forth with engineering to find out a third of the parts you need aren't even on the print, haven't been purchased, or cut yet. Jobs orders are consistently underbid, and most builds hit the floor two weeks late, with the expectation that labor can make up the time and nothing will ever go wrong. Rework due to incomplete blueprints seems an inconceivable notion; all errors are obviously labor's fault. Don't expect much for communication, either. Sales, stock room, engineering, and management all have their own systems, the systems don't talk to each other, so the best way to find out what's actually going on is shop gossip - and some department (like paint) almost always has more details about what you're working on than you do.

Pros

Tool replacement, overtime

Cons

Health insurance is a joke.
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2.2 out of 5 stars for Job Security/Advancement
2.0 out of 5 stars for Management
2.0 out of 5 stars for Culture

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