Social Media Wage Research

1. Company name- Aera Energy

Position (factory hourly positions only)

Intern – Hourly- About$25 - $44hourly

Comments (hiring, # position open, etc.)

• Excellent Company with unique culture

• Pro- Work life balance, several training opportunities and good compensation packages
• Con- Not very large company, only 1 location in US, low opportunities to reach management positions.
• Pro- Great pay and great benefits
• Con- Waste of money on programs with no value
• Pros- Top pay, great benefits, best people, family oriented, community focused. Aera is not a stereotypical oil company.
• Cons- As an oil company, Aera is at the mercy of California's hostal regulatory environment. As a joint venture, Aera's budget is totally at the discretion of parent companies.
• Advice to Management - Administration of oil related jobs tends to leave all others as second class, more respect needs to be paid to the rest of the workers. Upper management needs to adapt and modernize thinking.

1. Company name- AG RX

Position (factory hourly positions only)

Comments (hiring, # position open, etc.)

• "Great place to work....if you're in management!"

• Pros- Ability to take time off when necessary, good customer loyalty/satisfaction

• Cons- Complete separation of management and regular employees. No recognition to employees who really deserve it. Pay is very low, raises unheard of. Zero communication skills on management level. Company has lost family feel it once had. Morale it terribly low. Upper management too busy lining their own pockets with ESOP cash, using it as a personal piggy bank!
• Advice to Management- Listen to your employees! Don’t ignore issues. Recognize those who work hard.

1. Company name- Amgen

Position (factory hourly positions only)

Process Engineer - Hourly -$35.63

Manufacturing Associate - Hourly-$24.72

Regulatory Affairs Associate - Hourly Contractor-$38.59

Administrative Coordinator - Hourly Contractor -$19 - $29

Senior Associate IS Programmer Analyst - Hourly- $35 - $42

Senior Associate Clinical Operation - Hourly-$31 - $35

Business Analyst - Hourly Contractor-$38 - $63

Comments (hiring, # position open, etc.)

• Pros

• "Great benefits, cares about employees work life balance" (in 124 reviews)
• "Great benefits, work life balance, beautiful campus" (in 123 reviews)

• Cons

• "Lean staffing makes work life balance challenging" (in 49 reviews)
• "Decision making processes were cumbersome" (in 54 reviews)

• Pros -Beautiful campus and facilities, smart people, pay's competitive for employees hired with industry experience. Excellent benefits. Challenging work. Opportunities to move around laterally and learn new areas of the business. Promising pipeline of drugs.
• Cons -Heavy work load requires careful work life balance. Pay tends to be lower than industry if organically promoted from within. Can get fairly political, especially at mid to upper management levels.
• Advice to Management - Retain talent by providing employees that got promoted organically industry competitive salary. Seen too many good people leave due to being under paid.     

1. Company name- Anheuser-Busch

Position (factory hourly positions only)

Comments (hiring, # position open, etc.)

• Pros

• Great Company that rewards its employees with bonuses and trips. Always room to grow.

• Cons

• Recent market trends have dramatically impacted the company’s sales, causing often changes in direction to protect market shares.

• Pros

• Opportunity to move through company quickly and advance through multiple positions/departments in a short amount of time. A lot of exposure to upper management.

• Cons

• Negative work environment makes it hard to want to put in 100% day to day. Very little appreciation from upper management. Results are never good enough and management gets caught in irrelevant details. A lot of planning with little follow through. Often make short term decisions that sacrifice long term results.

• Advice to Management

• Take care of your people. Follow through on your commitments to your people and business partners.

1. Company name- Coorstek

Position (factory hourly positions only)

Technician - Hourly- About $20 - $21 hourly

Customer Service Representative - Hourly- About $15 - $16 hourly

Maintenance Mechanic - Hourly- About $14 - $16 hourly

Tool Maker/Machine Builder () - Hourly Contractor- About $27 - $29 hourly

Shipping and Receiving - Hourly- About $12 - $13 hourly

Machine Operator - Hourly-About $10 - $11 hourly