u/mangusta123

Buongiorno, sono un ragazzo di 26 anni, ingegnere meccanico, sono stato contattato da Philip Morris per una posizione lavorativa in ambito Operations (si tratta di una sorta di graduate program della durata di 2 anni).

La RAL offerta sembra essere ottima rispetto a quella che percepisco ora (anche se mi sono scordato di chiedere se su 13 o 14 mensilità), volevo però chiedere come fosse percepita come azienda lì nel territorio e se qualcuno avesse avuto esperienze con loro anche per sentito dire in merito a cultura aziendale, benefits, work Life balance ecc.. su come fosse lavorare per loro ecco.

Grazie mille per eventuali feedback, buona domenica a tutti.

Buongiorno, sono un ragazzo di 26 anni, ingegnere meccanico, sono stato contattato da Philip Morris per una posizione lavorativa in ambito Operations (si tratta di una sorta di graduate program della durata di 2 anni).

La RAL offerta sembra essere ottima rispetto a quella che percepisco ora (anche se mi sono scordato di chiedere se su 13 o 14 mensilità), volevo però chiedere come fosse percepita come azienda lì nel territorio e se qualcuno avesse avuto esperienze con loro (anche per sentito dire) in merito a cultura aziendale, benefits, work Life balance ecc.. su come fosse lavorare per loro ecco.

Grazie mille per eventuali feedback, buona domenica a tutti.

Letteralmente il 95% dei nuovi annunci di lavoro su LinkedIn (quindi non quei fake Jobs repostati 2 miliardi di volte) non contengono alcuna indicazione relativa alla RAL, neppure la classica " fascia retributiva: 15k - 100k€" da pagliacci. Ovviamente illegale come cosa, ma tanto non ci sarà nessuno che controlla e fare segnalazioni su LinkedIn non serve a nulla.

C'era da aspettarselo dopotutto, il mercato del lavoro e le aziende in Italia sono una barzelletta.

Hello everyone, I am a 25 yo Mech engineer with almost 2 YOE (excluding internships and FSAE), got my masters degree in December 2024 (4.0 GPA both master and bachelor) and since October 2024 I've been working at my current company (automotive tier 1 supplier) as a junior design engineer.

The job is fun and I can learn a lot of new things, my manager and coworkers are super easy going and willing to help, the problem is that I came to the realization that I am just a bad engineer. I still make mistakes, less than the beginning, but the thing that worries me is that I completely lack the engineering mindset my project manager for example has. Ok he has more than 15 years of experience, but he could just look at something and in less than 10 seconds come up with a solution. I realized I really struggle with that, more generally I struggle with visualizing a problem that has not been clearly defined inside my head. Let's say I also lack the inventiveness, maybe I come up with a solution but it's so overcomplicated or on the other hand neglects some details that it doesn't make any sense.

I don't think getting more experience in R&D might solve this, I just came to the realization that I will never be a good or even a decent design engineer, so I would like to pivot towards other roles.

I would avoid quality because it is usually a mess (especially in automotive). Which roles might be a possible alternative? How would you suggest me to embrace this transition? I'm really struggling right now.

Thank you for any eventual response, from a bad engineer.

Hi everyone, I’m a junior design engineer with about 1.5 years of experience, currently working at a Tier 1 automotive supplier. I often design housings, lids, covers, and other plastic components for actuators, latches, and charge ports.

I’m familiar with the basic design rules for plastic parts—like keeping a consistent wall thickness, avoiding overly thick sections, adding fillets, using ribs/gussets, and minimizing undercuts unless they’re really needed. That said, I still struggle to really picture how injection molding works in practice for really complex shapes (beyond the simplified diagrams you usually see in textbooks or tutorials), and especially how the parts I design in CAD actually end up being manufactured.

For example, we have a very experienced molding expert in the office, and he recently told me that one of my designs wouldn’t be feasible because of a feature that would require a submarine gate—which, until a couple of hours ago, I had never even heard of.

As a bonus, I’d love any recommendations for good, detailed resources or videos on topics like 2K injection molding and overmolding of plastics and rubber (for example, PPGF30 with TPV).

I haven’t really found anything very in-depth or practical online so far, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot for your help 🙏