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JOINED 2021
Why they joined and what they do now, in our employees' own words.
It has been five years since I moved here from a plant affiliated with a major manufacturer. I'm still really glad that there are so many people I can talk to who genuinely care.
Joined in 2021
I joined "the company I always wanted to work for"
more than 20 years later.
I joined the company after working for more than 20 years at a plant affiliated with a major manufacturer. In fact, when I graduated from high school, this company was my first choice, but the economy was in a deep slump nationwide that year and the company wasn't hiring, so I joined another company. A woman from my neighborhood worked here and kept telling me, "It's a good company, you should join too," but unfortunately it just wasn't meant to be at the time. I then worked for a semiconductor manufacturer for more than 20 years, but when that plant was scheduled to close, I applied here again. After more than 20 years, I finally achieved my long-held goal. It has been five years since I joined, and it really is a good company. It is much smaller than my previous employer, but I think it is every bit as good a place to work.
"Never let a defective product reach the market."
Inspection is the stronghold that protects our company's reputation.
In my previous job, I worked on semiconductor inspection in a clean room. Now I am responsible for inspecting stamped production parts. I measure tiny products less than 1 mm in size under an industrial microscope and sort out defective ones. Two years ago we introduced the latest measuring equipment, which allows some automatic measurement, but some products are difficult to measure automatically, so I also measure by hand. The purpose of inspection is to make sure no defective products reach the market. I inspect with great care so that not a single defective part slips through among the hundreds of thousands produced. When I find a defect, I trace back through the production process to identify the cause and the step where it occurred, then discuss it with the people in charge in each department to make improvements.
The workplace is understanding about raising children, which helps me stay positive about my work.
The plant runs on a fast cycle, with inspected products often shipped the next morning. Business is going well, and the number of inspections keeps increasing. Inspection work includes night shifts, but I have been exempted from them until my child finishes high school. My child, who was in elementary school when I joined, is now in junior high. I sometimes took weekdays off for school events, and it helped that paid leave is easy to take here and many people around me understand the demands of raising children. When I need time off, I ask my colleagues early so I can take it without worrying. That kind of consideration comes naturally here. The company is not too large, so everyone knows each other, communication is easy, and there are many people who will gladly help when you have a problem.
