ABEC Reviews

2.1

20% would recommend to a friend

(139 total reviews)

Scott Pickering

37% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

ABEC has an employee rating of 2.1 out of 5 stars, based on 139 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The ABEC employee rating is 39% below average for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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139 reviews
1.0
21 Feb 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Getting a certain exposure to some multinational customers, on large projects was interesting, but it is clear, that they rely on a small customer base who account for the majority of revenue. When the loyalty of these cutomers receeds they will fail and end up in liquidation, with the Irish operation the first to be removed.

Cons

Actual quality of the final systems is atrocious, but expected when using suppliers from China and the systems are manufactured in Springfield MO, with workers who have no appreciation of hygienic sytems for Biologic drugs. Salary is awful. Travel policy is terrible. Force you to sign "per diem" expense letters, for foreign projects, so you can't claim your full entitlements if your allowance is exceeded. No cars offered on company travel locally or abroad. Working hours break the break, the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997 in particlular section 15 & 17. Yearly Salaryies increase based on a rating system of months worked, approximately 2%, not the individuals performance. No increase in salaries when promoted to lead roles. Will lie in intial interviews to bring you on board. Middle and upper management, are absolutely terrible cowards, with no back bone. Work in fear with governance remotely from the US. All decisions are filtered through the US. Overtime rate is 4%. No flexitime. No days in lieu. No continual professionl development or training offered.

1.0
29 Oct 2023

Absolute dump

Recommend
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Pros

Absolutely no pros whatsoever. Hateful place

Cons

Terrible money, toxic workplace, ran by idiots

1.0
19 Feb 2017

"Go back to where ye came from!!!"

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

To start with there are no pros here , this company is up and running with over 40 years , has only been in ireland just over two years but this company has brought with it all it's bad ways . The company is run with both fear and intimidation towards its employees . It offers really low rates of pay across the board . You are expected to do a lot of travelling with abec and the rates of pay are really poor to say the least . Also people have been handed their plane tickets and told they are leaving at extreme short notice . If you can't or refuse to , you could be fired on the spot . The culture of firing people is the worst I have ever come across and I hear of people being fired in the U.S and in ireland every few weeks . The irish management is week to say the least and has no backbone . It turns a blind eye to the way abec treats its employees. And the irish employees have no respect for them . Overall this company is top heavy with managers and from what I have seen they have absolutely no respect for the guys that actually do the work and gets the jobs done .

Cons

We often hear from management within abec "were the best at what we do " which in fact it couldn't be further from the truth . There quality control is very poor , and they often use very poor quality parts which more often than not comes back to bite them on the butt!! . The quality of the work is also suffering because they are loosing all there long term employees because of the very low rates of pay and the way they treat their employees .abec also hire in contractors when there busy which causes a lot of tension because the contractors are on a lot higher rate of pay than their own employees . There are some very good guys working in abec but they won't hold on to these guys because of their total disregard for them . Abec ireland needs to wake up smell the coffee , pay the proper rates, treat the employees with respect , and finally grow a pair of balls and stand up to the American management . Unfortunately I can never see this happing within this very poor company . I would urge anyone thinking of starting a career within this company please think again !!

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