Abbott Vascular Clonmel

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It is not amazing. It is the truth and I have seen worse things than that one day I was on the wrong machine setting for about 3 hours so roughly passed about 130 parts qc came down and just told me to change it and she did not mention it to engineering because she needed to finish at half 7 on a friday so I avoided an exemption and a slap on the rist and them parts went into the market place and this happens on a regular basis and not to apparently it is next to impossible to get a recall for stent manufacturing because the lots are so big that 15% of lots have to kill someone and given you might only have 1 or 2 complaints a month. All regulators care about is money and we know abbott make over $1000 per final product can you imagine everyone has a price FDA, SHINGO, and even the employee so everyone turns a blind eye and gets on with it sometimes I wonder do they believe their own lies or have they not got a brain in that head they will never brainwash me. I cant speak up in my job because I will be shown the door and when I do speak up they make up some excuse to justify it so I dont care anymore just go in do my 8hours and go home my opinion does not matter also I heard when we were filling out Shingo forms on computer they went in after we logged off and changed all the answers to make the company look good someone told me that close to a manager because they were promised new products this year if they got shingo the site could not take the risk of not getting shingo prize so they cheated everyone on site and I call that fraud by signing someone elses name to a legal form.
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get lost slacker quit if you don't like it !
 






In response yes I am a slacker but then again so is every linelead,qc, assembler because if they didnt slack off in other chapters in life then they would not be working in a factory for less than 1000 euro per week so yes I agree I slacked off in different areas when I should of worked alot harder but no I will never give 100% for a company and people I hate and for less than 1000 euro per week. My main goal at the minute is to leave and I promise I will leave when I am ready not when you tell me that will be my decision but I am curious what makes you so upset. because I came on hear 2 voice how annoyed I am with the place its nice to share things you may love your job and I am happy if you do remember tho many people do not love Abbott Clonmel job and it can cause damaging health from stress to depression and mental health issues of course I would love to enjoy my job like you but everyone is different and it makes me sad that I cant just leave and the regret of not taken redundancy could lead to my downfall in the end.
 






You're 100% right. This place is horrible, full of lies. NO ONE is following prcedures, i cant remember when was the last time i did proper line clearance, i never do any inspection , taking shortcuts all the time...why? Because im under constant pressure of linelead, supervisor, managment and other operators who just want to leave this hell early every second friday. I'm 10000000% sure that Shingo wasn't get legal way. Can't wait for the day i leave this place and hope i will forget it forever.
 






Anonymous said:
You're 100% right. This place is horrible, full of lies. NO ONE is following prcedures, i cant remember when was the last time i did proper line clearance, i never do any inspection , taking shortcuts all the time...why? Because im under constant pressure of linelead, supervisor, managment and other operators who just want to leave this hell early every second friday. I'm 10000000% sure that Shingo wasn't get legal way. Can't wait for the day i leave this place and hope i will forget it forever.
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I feel your pain but the fact you do it aswell in fairness it is medical devices we are making and it is true about pressure from other assemblers aswell because we all just want out the door at 7.30pm because everyone wants out. I will never forget Abbott how could I it will inspire to never return unless they plan to knock the building I would have to go back for that. I would celebrate like I just scored the wining goal of the world cup final. I have friends in Abbott who make me vomit they way they bend over backwards and I have to be honest its everyman for themselves up there its either you or me so the backstabbing culture is a result of Abbotts incompetance to provide a good place to work. Is it not better to do 700 parts properly or to rush 1100 parts up the line with maybe 2 or 3 lot changes instead of pushing numbers up so office staff can justify their excessive big salary by killing morale on the lines and by turning brother against brother. I am confident and I know redwood city products have had problems in the past so we may get a recall next year all going well which will force directors back to the table and keep redwood open and force redundancies
 












Like everyone else at Abbott I fudge my numbers. I honestly do not even know what I my real productivity is . I know that everyone of my counterparts do the same. You have to cheat to make the numbers and if you do not do this you are fired for not doing your job. It is a Vicious
Circle. All the numbers that Management has are bogus (I can assure you).
 






Anonymous said:
Like everyone else at Abbott I fudge my numbers. I honestly do not even know what I my real productivity is . I know that everyone of my counterparts do the same. You have to cheat to make the numbers and if you do not do this you are fired for not doing your job. It is a Vicious
Circle. All the numbers that Management has are bogus (I can assure you).
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its funny they never take into consideration that people get tired and cant keep up same pace for entire shift we are not robots after all and then they want us to do overtime and work saturdays I just not able im totally drained mentally. I cant stand line leads barking orders go here go there never say please or thank you and they sit on there ass on a computer all day and night all they are just glorified operators they should be able to work on line to help out. I had a line lead and he used to cover 3 stations on the line and the supervisor would cover one it helps create teamwork but the ones we have now if you asked them for anything they look at you like you insulted there family or something.
 






Anonymous said:
I feel your pain but the fact you do it aswell in fairness it is medical devices we are making and it is true about pressure from other assemblers aswell because we all just want out the door at 7.30pm because everyone wants out. I will never forget Abbott how could I it will inspire to never return unless they plan to knock the building I would have to go back for that. I would celebrate like I just scored the wining goal of the world cup final. I have friends in Abbott who make me vomit they way they bend over backwards and I have to be honest its everyman for themselves up there its either you or me so the backstabbing culture is a result of Abbotts incompetance to provide a good place to work. Is it not better to do 700 parts properly or to rush 1100 parts up the line with maybe 2 or 3 lot changes instead of pushing numbers up so office staff can justify their excessive big salary by killing morale on the lines and by turning brother against brother. I am confident and I know redwood city products have had problems in the past so we may get a recall next year all going well which will force directors back to the table and keep redwood open and force redundancies
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What does this have to do with horse racing? Not sure what you are talking about.
 






Anonymous said:
its funny they never take into consideration that people get tired and cant keep up same pace for entire shift we are not robots after all and then they want us to do overtime and work saturdays I just not able im totally drained mentally. I cant stand line leads barking orders go here go there never say please or thank you and they sit on there ass on a computer all day and night all they are just glorified operators they should be able to work on line to help out. I had a line lead and he used to cover 3 stations on the line and the supervisor would cover one it helps create teamwork but the ones we have now if you asked them for anything they look at you like you insulted there family or something.
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this is a pharma rep board get your ditch digging ass off here you sound like an illegal alien
working for low wages get your wet back off here
 












Anonymous said:
Like everyone else at Abbott I fudge my numbers. I honestly do not even know what I my real productivity is . I know that everyone of my counterparts do the same. You have to cheat to make the numbers and if you do not do this you are fired for not doing your job. It is a Vicious
Circle. All the numbers that Management has are bogus (I can assure you).
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you can assure us because your lazy ass was fired because of it
 






The folks that were laid off may have been due to having numbers that were reported as real and were real. Management intimidates, bullies and makes life hell for employees so most of them figured out to just give MGMT what they want. So all the numbers fit what Management feels they should be or set goals to. The problem is that none of the numbers are accurate. So the folks that got laid off may not have figured the game out in time. I have Two sets of books. The real books and the fake books. And you are incorrect my friend. Just like all the others on this board I am at Abbott and getting paid. I love telling the world from this sage environment what a hell hole the place is. Oh yes...I am not using my IPAD or Abbott computer or the network so you will have a hell of a time tracking me or others who tell the truth. In addition to this site being secure I use a Remailer for all my posts so if you had the brains to do it would show up as Pakistan etc. One thing I have learned from Abbott is to COVER MY ASS.
 






The worst thing is they had apparently over 2000 applications for assembler positions.... this shows how bad is still in ireland/tipperary : (
We need place in cashel to open asap again to get normal salary and better treatment.
 






Anonymous said:
The worst thing is they had apparently over 2000 applications for assembler positions.... this shows how bad is still in ireland/tipperary : (
We need place in cashel to open asap again to get normal salary and better treatment.
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that is a good realistic point. The South East has the highest unemployment rate in the whole country and when cashel closed there was rumors of medtronic going in but no one did go in the government need to do more and get someone in there. Also in cahir,carrick and tipp town have a real need for a factory aswell not enough competition in the area and its not has if people are going to jump over to boston next door but we could do with 4 or 5 factories in all these towns that would hire on average 300-500 ops. Abbott are not sending people over to poland or slovakia on recruitment drives anymore like they did a few years back because irish people are desperate for any job now but this will not last forever and people will not forget about how the company treated them during Irelands recession times. At least we have a job I guess but all you see on the news is 100 new jobs for cork or dublin what about the rest of the country yeah abbott are hiring temporary positions for a year or so but if these guys make a mistake, ring in sick just once they will be handed pink slips and replaced just has quick has they came in. At least though the guys that come in will have an end point and can escape hell before they become part of the furniture.
 






I must say it was worth to work hard for all this years, pushing up numbers, not following procedures just to make our lovely site looks superior comparing to other Abbott sites. Lie to auditors, mark bulls*it answers on Shingo survey...IT WAS WORTH IT! WOOOOHOOA....we got lovely burgers and ice creams on wednesday, yummy!! Thank you mother Abbott!! I love you!!!
 






This problem with creating fake #s go all the way to senior management. I know this as I worked for several divisions and it was the same from day one at each one. This reminds me of the brewing scandal at the VA Hospitals in the USA. You have to purge the top Brass and have new fresh blood.
 






abbott is very undemocratic people and thats why you hate it because whatever you do in the end it makes no difference sure you can put ideas forward to improve situations but unless is an unreal idea you get no recognition. Abbott should be promoting people internally instead of looking for people on the outside all the time. Moving up the company ladder means you have to be willing to bend over and let management ride you and you also have to do alot of lickin of your superior colleagues anyway that is why I am frustrated with the place the work is boring but you just do it the shift dont bother me because I signed up for that so that is my choice. I would like to see more people moved up the ranks and to give people opportunity to better themselves but it just does not happen and if it does happen it is very rare. I also think the company itself are a great company but they do not have to sell us propaganda everyday honestly people do not care if sales are up or down all we care about is will we continue to get a paycheck for clocking in and out everyday.
 






Jesus I'm due to start an assembler role in next couple of weeks but don't like the sound of what I'm reading. Is it really that bad? I don't like the sound of the stress and people getting sick because of it. I worked in a job before that made me sick with stress so don't want a repeat. I would prefer honest feedback before I enter something I might regret. Its 11 month contract. I thought there would be lots of room to improve and move on up ranks in there?
 






Anonymous said:
Jesus I'm due to start an assembler role in next couple of weeks but don't like the sound of what I'm reading. Is it really that bad? I don't like the sound of the stress and people getting sick because of it. I worked in a job before that made me sick with stress so don't want a repeat. I would prefer honest feedback before I enter something I might regret. Its 11 month contract. I thought there would be lots of room to improve and move on up ranks in there?
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after 11 months you might get another contract but hard to tell at the minute you will not have opportunity to move up ranks because people have been assembler for 10 years and have got all the promises and still stay the same with regards opportunities you will have a few quid in your pocket. all jobs bring some form of stress because we have set targets to achieve everyday to support the market place. All in all you will get to work with some very decent hard working people who will assist you in fitting into your new role and it is an exciting time for the site at the minute has things are starting to improve and yeah plenty of people are not happy with the place but these people have been here 5to12 years doing the same job day in day out but it is a fast paced production facility with over 1000 employees some people like working here in your situation you will never be made permanent so you will be out the door in the next 2 years because they will not want to pay ye redundancy but it will tie you over till something else turns up and you will get experience in medical device industry best of luck whatever decision you make and we may be working together soon.
 






Anonymous said:
after 11 months you might get another contract but hard to tell at the minute you will not have opportunity to move up ranks because people have been assembler for 10 years and have got all the promises and still stay the same with regards opportunities you will have a few quid in your pocket. all jobs bring some form of stress because we have set targets to achieve everyday to support the market place. All in all you will get to work with some very decent hard working people who will assist you in fitting into your new role and it is an exciting time for the site at the minute has things are starting to improve and yeah plenty of people are not happy with the place but these people have been here 5to12 years doing the same job day in day out but it is a fast paced production facility with over 1000 employees some people like working here in your situation you will never be made permanent so you will be out the door in the next 2 years because they will not want to pay ye redundancy but it will tie you over till something else turns up and you will get experience in medical device industry best of luck whatever decision you make and we may be working together soon.
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Yes but under the announcement of final product can you imagine everyone has a price FDA, SHINGO, and even the employee so everyone turns a blind eye and gets on with it sometimes I wonder do they believe their own lies or have they not got a brain in that head they will never brainwash me with some new porn. But lets take off the clothes now and get this thing started.
 






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