u/theuntouchable2725

You see, the production manager, also very proficient in the field of Quality, has made the next process reliant on the previous process, so that the whole thing becomes a fault-free product at the end.

But the thing is... we are currently using about 40% of our production capacity, and next month, we are going 100%... and here's where I'm worrying.

If in 300 pieces per day, there are like 10 reworks done by the next station, that would mean about 40 reworks at 100%... not to mention the energy of the workforce dropping as the time passes by (we currently shut down at 4PM, but we are planning to increase the working hours to 7PM for full scale manufacturing) which would lead to more faults, as I have studied.

Here is where I'm worried about: what if the workers miss these reworks and it show up in the final product? I've raised this concern to the Production manager, he said that in about 5 years of working, we had zero issues with the customers. I've already checked the records, and it's correct.

Am I overthinking this? If all is well, what should I do?

I have Quality Control and Laboratory under my domain. Just yesterday, we got a grade level up, complying with IATF16949.

The level of the interview was totally different than that of an IC role. We talked systems, leadership philosophies, points of failure, and call to action.

Funny was that the interview with the CEO was like a day one of the job. Something urgent happened in the production lane so the CEO had to sort that out instead. I also went there, and we realized that they produced using an incorrect fixture, so 1300 parts were non-conforming.

Then we washed our hands and got on with the interview lol

Products are sensitive automobile parts, if they fail, people may lose their lives. Just as serious as I want my work to be. If you read my post history, you know how a conflict with my manager lead me to this point.

Any tips?

Probably heard this story a thousand times, but to see it happen to me hits different.

Someone I trained, got promoted over me. Is now attending the meetings I always wanted to attend with my manager. Technical brainstorming etc.

After I told my manager that I either work directly under her or gtfo of the company, she chose the former. The promoted fella is now leaving the company.

But... my motivation is tanking. They'll probably hire a fresh graduate again, have me train him, and promote him over me all over again.

What are my possible courses of action? I'm already sending resume and going to interviews, but I get rejected because my current salary is too high for their system.

And I hated it honestly. I'm a top performer and I sometimes give political advice to my manager, but there was this fella who was promoted to Supervisor, whose attitude was all over the place.

I eventually reached the point where enough was enough, and messaged my manager: I either work directly under you or I get the fuck out of this org. Non-negotiable. And we had a long discussion. I thanked her for the opportunities and went AWOL the day after for interviewing.

We have been relocated to another place, where she is directly supervising us, it seems. (the supervisor guy was absent for this two days).

I wish I could've gotten my point across in a different way. The more I live, the more I realize I'm not that good of a person I thought I was.

I used to be a QC inspector led by the best manager in the world (let's call him K) who has become my best friend. (We talk an hour every day over the phone). The field of work was automotive parts (IATF and ISO were big parts of our job).

I was there for 4-5 years, and the last 1.5 years, I was a supervisor, I was in charge of overseeing a production line directly, another production compound (consisted of multiple mold injection machines) and the input items of the warehouse, both indirectly.

However, the CEO was changed, the goal of the factory was also changed. 6 inspectors were returned back to the production lines (demotions) and three days later, K said he's resigning. He left, I followed a week later.

Now I'm working in a high tech field, totally relevant to my field of study. But... my soul has never left the factory. I could swear I still dream of walking the compound with my arms behind my back, looking at the processes, the machinery, the good people that operated those machineries, the argues I had with the reworker/repairman, and the yelling at the production line supervisor and laughing it off afterwards.

My current work is incoming items (IQC), rank is Quality Expert, and I am getting paid at least 5 times I was getting back then. But... there's no spark. It's stale. No standards, no one listening to my ideas to bring those standards in the quality field, slow work, and a manager that doesn't know how to manage. (I came in the company when the manager was different, but she was replaced 6 months after)

I've already asked the VP twice to transfer me to another department. The first time, I was met with a 37% cut in my salary, and the second time, I was just ignored.

I've lost motivation, they put another a junior as the supervisor of IQC who doesn't know shit about Quality. I'm losing the skills I learned through hard work. I'm thinking of leaving actually.

K said to pivot into IT because the work itself speaks to us. (He's an IT manager atm) I am following his advice. My soul is still stuck in the previous workplace. I have no memory of my current workplace, like if you tell me to tell you an interesting story... there's just nothing.