After my first month at Panasonic Avionics there were almost too many red flags to describe. I was told the company was ISO AS9100 certified, yet I couldn't find any process to speak of. As I came to find out the certification was for hardware, not software. It's been 4 years and there are still no processes in place to speak of. The lack of any process was an unbelievable cause of frustration for so many people, in other departments as well. It created VERY long hours of work and stress because you spent most of your day chasing your tail rather than doing anything productive yet you were still responsible for your deliverables. When decisions were made there was no attempt to share these with other departments. The complete lack of communication was unbelievable. All this caused a revolving door where employees usually could only take about a year and then quit. This has slowed a bit but based on the feedback I get from other people, this is more to do with the economy than anything else. After all of this I started to question the capability of management and as I looked deeper into their qualifications, there were some, let's just say "dubious decisions" for hiring some senior managers.
One could argue that this is just one persons observations, yet Panasonic Avionics continually score extremely low on customer satisfaction scores. One very large airline continually scores Panasonic as the worst of all vendors they deal with.
My suggestion is to really think long and hard about accepting a position with this company. On a recent job interview that was for a company outside of this industry, the interviewer told me that he and another manager " had very real concerns that I came from Panasonic . We feel that you have not been provided with adequate training or have developed bad habits".
I have been asked by several friends about going to work for Panasonic. I try to be fair and list the Pros and Cons but as evident, the cons really out weigh the pros.
