A scary place to work - Anonymous employee Heatworks Employee Review

1.0
Nov 18, 2020
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The pay is decent. Some very sweet and smart people are unfortunately stuck there.

Cons

There's a gash in the ceiling of the lab where shards of an exploding MODEL 3 nearly penetrated the roof of the building two stories up. That was during a test that was meant to show how badly things could go wrong in a worst case scenario. I'm not saying that the same thing is going to happen in a customer's house some day, but the thought of it sure kept me awake at night. None of the original designers of the flagship product are still at the company, and no one who is there now really knows why it was designed as it is, nor do they know why it doesn't work reliably. It seems to me that when something is capable of turning into a bomb if it doesn't work right, you should damn well know what you're doing when you try to redesign it. The lab is a great place to work if you don't mind the very real risk of electrocution and if you're not terrified at the thought of superheated steam blowing in your face. Seriously, find a job anywhere else.

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Heatworks Response
5y
Thank you for your feedback, although we are very sorry to hear it. With 4 paid weeks off per year plus holidays, a generous 80% paid healthcare premium benefit for the employee AND family, as well as free drinks and snacks and a very assessable general manager and CEO (both with open door policies), Heatworks strives to be a best-in-class employer. Our MODEL 3 Water Heater is UL-499 Certified, which means it meets all safety standards and requirements. As you know, Heatworks does its research and development at our laboratory in Charleston. As such, we do test and occasionally push our products beyond what would be "normal use" in an effort to make short- and long-term improvements; these tests are done with a safety-first methodology. If you had any issues or concerns with testing, we wish you would have brought these up immediately with management. We do wish you the best going forward.

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