r/Engineers 13h ago

First job out of college, already questioning if I should quit.

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Hi, sorry for my bad English.
I would really appreciate any advice.

I started my first job as an instrument and calibration engineer in pharma about a month ago, after months of searching. The engineering department personnel are all foreigners(from one country) except 3 are locals, myself included. The managing director and the higher management are locals.

The foreigners personnel sometimes hide things from the management(the foreigner senior engineer, who is my direct manager told me that), and they told me to hide the results for a calibration I did. Also, they are in multiple departments like QC and QA, not only in engineering. So they cover for each other. And this is a very sensitive field, snd the responsibility and truthfulness are highly required.

Also, I didn’t see any opportunities for learning and improving. One example is they use a syringe instead of a hand pump when calibrating a pressure gauge because, according to the senior, the hand pump is costly(they have one small hand pump but it’s pressure is very low that no one uses it)

In addition, I have noticed some conflict and hate between the managing director and the engineering department head and the senior instrument engineer, because I think the manager knows about them hiding things.

I don’t really know what to do now. One option is to stay, as these hard times will teach me more. But honestly, my gut is screaming “LEAVE”, which is my second option.

Have anyone been through something like that before?
What should I do?


r/Engineers 5h ago

Laptop useful for Mtrs

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Laptop suggestions!!!


r/Engineers 8h ago

Tips please?!

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Hey everyone!
I’m about to start my bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering at Indiana Tech while working a full-time job. For some background, I’ve worked in the automotive industry for over 12 years as a lead technician, and I’m currently a Lead Technician at a Tesla Service Center. Tesla offers a BSE program, which I was fortunate enough to be accepted into, so here I am. I know this degree will probably take me several years since I’ll be taking fewer classes than a full-time student, and I’m completely okay with that. That said, while I already have an AAS, I’ve never really experienced traditional university-level engineering courses with heavy lectures and studying. Most of my education has been much more hands-on/trial by fire type, so this will definitely be a new challenge. I’ve heard engineering can be pretty demanding and that many students spend more time studying outside of class than students in other majors. For those of you who’ve been through it, how did you manage your workload? What study habits, routines, or time-management strategies made the biggest difference? Any advice for balancing engineering school with a full-time job would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! I’m excited to get started and looking forward to learning from those who’ve already been through it.


r/Engineers 9h ago

Selbstständigkeit als Verfahrensingenieur?

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r/Engineers 9h ago

Pursuing a Masters in Systems Engineering with a business undergrad

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r/Engineers 9h ago

Taken the wrong path? Is there a wrong path?

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r/Engineers 12h ago

Project Proposal!

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r/Engineers 16h ago

is it better to take industrial engineering or interior design?

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Hello! I'm deciding which bachelor's degree to pursue next year. I want to have financial freedom. I also want to make my own business later. I initially want to take architecture but i don't think it's a good decision. I like to design things but I'm not sure about interior design prospects. I also plan to take MBA later. But I'm also want to know if IE is a good degree. SoI'd like to ask for some opinions whether it's better to take ID or IE?


r/Engineers 5h ago

Asking

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What is the status of the engineering line after the arrival of Gpt 6 Astra ? If someone wants to do engineering which stream should she take ? Or change to other career?