learn lot of new applications
it was good challenge
Skills and Accomplishments
I have completed more than 200 audits in more than 5 states and a number of foreign countries, including, Canada, England, France, Hong Kong, China, and Dominican Republic.
I have recovered Thousand’s of dollars for our clients. I have uncovered errors and abuses that others never knew existed—from errant reporting and gray market activity to purchasing violations and money laundering.
In almost all instances, our efforts have saved our clients money immediately, and well into the future—and have more than paid for our services.
Building Relationships: Consulting
I have made very good relationship with vendors because I made payment on time
Our fraud work has recovered Thousand’s of dollars for wronged parties.
I consistently go out of our way to devise solutions for clients that will solve identified problems and prevent their reoccurrence.
I have trained clients to identify indicators of errors or abuse to reduce their dependence on our services.
I have saved clients millions of dollars in taxes, improving cash flow for business growth.
Received a clean audit with no management letter comments.
Developed an implementation plan and implemented GASB Statement No. 34.
Took necessary steps to allow review of the annual budget through the company policy.
Maintained an average of 8 working days after month-end to prepare accurate interim financial reports.
Increased t
Motorola "was" one of the greatest companies in the United States. I worked there over two separate engagements, the first for 5 years, the next for a little over a year.
I started when one of the owners ran the company, a great man and a great leader steering Motorola to new innovation paths tempered with business needs and ROI. Maybe a bit too conservative at times, like missing the boat on digital voice (analog was better voice quality, but missed the boat on the other aspects of digital).
When his son took over, the anointed replacement, he systematically destroyed the company through his flavor of the day, at any cost cult of cool approach to business. His business school should revoke his business degree (I think they publically disowned him in the news). I can't tell you how many rabbit holes we went down for his pride, satellite phones down to the last minute, aluminum phones, etc. All huge wastes of time given the market at the time and costs involved. Simple business concepts of ROI, sunk costs and business strategy all lost of him. His son gutted the experienced ranks favoring "fresh out of college" talent and FOREIGN (work visa engineers displacing American workers) Engineers vs. seasoned professionals with all their experience. What resulted was a bunch of recycled old ideas as the fresh outs and foreign engineers couldn't think outside the box they were presented with from academia so they leverage old designs as the basis for all their work. It's
ProsLong ago, rich healthy corporate culture of professionals
ConsToday a shell of a great company in name only, todays Zenith, RCA, Edsel
The work culture and campus environment made working at Motorola a real pleasue.
Motorola was a very client needs and employee needs orientated company. They believed in training. The best investment they made was in training. For myself, this attitude inspired me to take on extra projects and work extra time to get the job done. For example I was deployed to South Korea to teach a Cellular Technology course to KMT (Korean Mobile Telephone). I was inadvertently sent a week earlier than the class started. Motorola had the policy that trips of over eight hours of flight went first class. I realized that it would be cost efficient for me to remain in South Korea. I called the KMT contact and informed them that I was a week early and asked if they needed any assistance that I might be able to provide. I just cannot sit around doing nothing, it is boring. They asked me to come to their cellular telephone equipment site. I was amazed at the scope of their problems. In about two hours I had the entire system tuned and performing correctly. The KMT management called the resident Motorola Engineer and informed the engineer what I had done. I was not aware that their was a Resident Motorola System Engineer on site.
The Engineer confronted me and asked who gave me authority to make the changes. I told him that the KMT engineer asked me to make the changes. The Motorola Engineer was incensed that I had made the changes. I told him that I would put everything back the way it was. The Motorola Engineer said never mind, mumbled and walked away. The KMT client was amaz
ProsGreat company training, Good advancement, Paid college tuition, Time off to attend classes during working hours.
HIgh volume, demanding multinational with great-talented people
I loved my job, although it was fast-pacing, complex, compliance- required, with deadlines dictated by business urgency, high-volume, and n at all hours, odd hours, all the time.
Typical day: Work to assist global internal businesses clients dispersed in 5 continents, strategics according to specific needs, coordinating work with internal and external partners at finance, HR, Relocation and Outside Counsels firms, whose work I supervised, followed, analyzed, and adapted to Motorola's particular policies, procedures, and needs. Using metrics to follow up case b case, volume vs costs, services vs costs & results, etc.
Learned: The value of building, fostering cooperative partnerships with multi-cultural and multi-function teams of colleagues and external partners in all continents. I have learned all aspects of efficient management of programs and projects, treating my high quality partners (co-workers and outside teams) with respect and collaboration, leading by example, and being willing to step in and assist to solve complex issues that eventually came up from time to time.
The hardest part was having little time for family and friends, given the breath and high volume of my work, the odd times I was frequently solicited to solve problems, since I was the go-to-person for all matters related to expatriates compliance with immigration, labor, finance issues, and expatriates expectations and needs.
The enjoyable part was the job itself, its variety, the opportunity to work
Pros18hrs off per paychech, bonus & stock options per performance, good health insurance medical insurance, freedom of decision in my expertise, and just informing manager
Conslong instability, frequent mass-reductions in force
Not bad depending on what you are expecting, great for single person
First off the company as a whole varies dramatically. If you are on a team that deals with specific customers, it will be operated completely different then another team working in another area. This can be good and bad, what makes sense to do won't happen, then you will be glad that your management doesn't enforce certain things.
At times people can be very insular and appear to show favoritism, many people have carved out their area of responsibility, so if you don't stick up for yourself you will get taken advantage of.
You will be thrown to the wolves a lot, so if you are the type of person who is reliant on other people, you will fail.
There is an alcohol problem with most people working for Motorola, and it is just joked about, this is evident in people drinking until early morning daily and coming to work hungover, or still legally drunk. If you drink, you will be right at home, if not, you will be picking up other people's slack.
If you are familiar with the radio world, Motorola is always put up on a pedestal, I worked with some amazing people, but the management was horrible, with crazy amounts of turn over and new policies. Once I saw behind the curtain as a "motorolian" I was disappointed.
The pay is only good when working overtime, which requires 90% travel or more if they see that you can be taken advantage of.
Training is all dependent on schedule, which can lead to no training in the course of a year.
The project managers and engineers, besides a
ProsCUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY, BEST OF THE BEST IN RADIO INDUSTRY, RELATIONSHIPS WITH CUSTOMERS, TRAVEL
I was inspired to continue making myself better with training and continued education
I held various job titles during my years as a Motorola employee. I will summarize a typical day as an HVAC/ Maintenance Mechanic then as a Automation Mechanic which is the job title I held before transferring into the HVAC field. at Motorola.
Check in with co-workers and check e-mail. Do rounds to ensure that equipment is functioning normally. Make necessary repairs or compete jobs that carry over to the next shift.
I learned the functions of a large industrial complex. I learned plumbing, fire and sprinkler systems, HVAC, floor and celling title repair, lighting repair, electrical switch gear generators, UPS systems, roof drains, diesel fire pumps, chillers, boilers, exhaust fans, and air handler systems to name a few.
Management was great and always encouraged us to do continue training in our field of study.
My co-workers and I developed long lasting relationships and we all learned from each other.
The hardest part of my job was not being intimidated by such a large industrial complex.
Taking on the challenge and feeling good about my accomplishments.
Prior to my HVAC/Maintenance Mechanic position I was an Automation Technician Mechanic. I worked in manufacturing and maintained and repaired production equipment. Some of the equipment include but not limited to surface mount, through hole, and solder paste equipment, chip shooters, routers, conveyors, stackers, loaders, wave solder machines, water washers, solder paste ovens, and any equipment th
ProsContinuous learning and taking on new challanges
A productive environment with opportunities for training.
Working for Motorola Solutions for the past 3 years has been a positive experience. Currently, I am working at the Federal Technical Center and at times it can be challenging. The high volume of equipment that comes through the department can be overwhelming for anyone but I find it to be rewarding. Typically I work at my bench but that is hardly where I spend most of my day. With my roll as the Sr. Electronic Technician, I come face to face with various tasks such as proper training of technical candidates, ATE repair, production reports and repair documentation. Our technicians have entrusted me with providing correct and accurate information to keep their production fluid. With the expansion of the department, I am the first to receive training on new equipment. Management trusts that I am efficient in giving instruction to the rest of the team. They are a group of hard working individuals that are eager to provide assistance where necessary. The team is all on the same page when it comes to getting the work done and this environment is provided by our management. They allow us to voice ideas and give us constant feedback to improve our processes.
One of the toughest parts of the job are the long hours. At times it can be exhausting working over 10 hours a day and also on weekends. Our clients observe our constant improvements in quality and productivity within the department by a continual increase of equipment. On the other hand, the best part of the job are the rewards
5.0
Quality Assurance Engineer | Phoenix, AZ | Jul 29, 2012
Motorola was a great place to work.
I worked in a 6 inch wafer cell at Motorola. This was a new division with Motorola, and everyone was new to the place except the management team. We each had our jobs, but we had to work as a team to come up with the finished product. Once we learned our jobs, the managers made sure that we were cross trained to do other peoples jobs as well. They felt this was good, because it not only made us more valuable to the company, but also made sure that we were not stuck in one position within the company. One of the things that I remember is having our weekly meetings, the management team made the new employees feel like we were equals with them. They use to tell us that we were a new division within Motorola, that we could make our own rules for our area, and as new employees, we were just as valuable as the managers were, and they listen to our ideas and inputs. I eventually worked towards the cleanroom area and I got to see the finished product after everyone got done with the process. After learning the cleanroom and its protocol, I became the Quality Assurance person for our division. I had to inspect every wafer and make sure that they were within code and ready for our next customer. Once I inspected them, I got the lots together and got them to a controled environment until they were ready to ship to the next person. I also had to log all the wafers into the computer and report to our divisions boss every week if we had met our quota and if the cell was profitable. I also
Prosit was a wonderful place to work, the fellow employess were wonderful, we were a tight knit family.
Consthe plant closed down in september of 1998. i thought i would retire from there like my father did.
Analyze WIP (Work In Progress) and SHIP bucket discrepancies. Maintain all inventory levels consisting of quality inspections, quarantined products, reworks, purges, reflashes, breakdowns and re-programming of cell phones and accessories.
Audit and verifies all products being scrapped out of inventory. Monitored and reconciled production line double packs and/or revends that were either manually or systemically generated. Assist Inventory Control department in all other aspects when needed.
I've gain more experience in using MS Office such as Excel due to formulating production/inventory spreadsheets for management. I also learned why there were systemic errors being generated from raw products in production lines after finish product was completely furnished. Gained more knowledge of production/inventory concepts from Motorola/Exel Inc initial processes.
Our management team was detailed at times to assure compliance among all their employees.
Enjoyed the time I shared with my co-workers. Since I was the Lead Inventory Analyst prior to transitioning to become a Production Control Analyst, I was able to build a good, communicative relationship amongst my co-workers not only in my department but others as well.
One of the hardest part of the job was when my supervisor, co-worker and I were involved in the quarterly WIP/SHIP inventory project. Although, we were able to always meet the customer's expectations and resolve most of the discrepancies, we would work long hrs (10-14) m
Prosgood, communicative teamwork and effort to accomplish goals
Consworked long hrs on weekends, mostly saturdays for inventory project
4.0
Mobile Phone Technician | Harvard, IL | Aug 24, 2013
long hours, with a diversity of people from all walks of life.
Starting at 4:30am, getting the work orders, inspect the machines making sure the correct parts were on the machine for the day to start the line. Keeping the line running at a good pace, not to back the line up or run to fast, hoping there is not a break down of the line to get the order done. any time we left the line we had to re-inspect our machine making sure the right parts were on the machine. Worked with management from the bottom to the top.The company had an open door policy at the time. If things were not resolved at one level, one could talk to the next person in managerial position to resolve issues. A diversified work place of people whom we had to learn about in order to make the job work for all. The hardest part of the job was the long hours. By time the end of the work week came we all cheered each other on to get the jobs done. If the front end of the line was finished we went to the other parts of the line to make sure there were no bottle necks in the line to keep the line running as smooth as possible. If ther were no problems with a build we would receive some type of bonus. We were completely responsible for a build from the start of the line until shipping in distribution. We were trained in every position in cell phone making from the build, repairing, to distirution and shipping. Days were did not have to build phones we worked in distribution to ship the phones out.
To repair phones I had to go to class about how the phone worked and how to repair
Pros3- 4 rotating schedule, grat benifits
ConsThe commute to to work and the long hours.
4.0
Customer Service Representative | Taguig | Mar 30, 2015
Working in a call center
Call Centers are particularly very technical in order to satisfy the customer expectations.The Typical day working at a call center begins to settle down for the night and taking calls and and respond to emails follow up customer calls where necessary and document all call information according to standard operating procedures. We’ve worked hard on designing our measures and sore cards making sure that we hit our goals and ensure customer satisfactions are being met.
As a customer support representative for many years, I want to emphasize that The biggest thing here is using positive language, exclusively. Even in a bad situation where you can only give the customer not so good options, they will often be just fine with them simply because you talked positively about the options. Always be nice, no matter how annoyed you are.
I believe in saying that a happy workers are the best workers. A manager who genuinely cares will get the best out of their team. If you have manager who genuinely cares about people then, in my experience, they will get the best out of their team, whatever performance management infrastructure sits around them.
I enjoyed with call center. It was a very challenging job but overall a great environment to work with. I had great co-workers and everyone was a team player.
Working at The call center was fast paced, and I enjoy and office setting. The job itself taught me how to interact with all types of customers on many different levels. Thus
ProsEvery other Friday Treats, Free Lunch, Performance bonuses and incentives, Raffle draw every week and Team building funds
ConsOvertime, Sometimes Vacation Deprivation
Questions And Answers about Motorola Solutions
What tips or advice would you give to someone interviewing at Motorola Solutions?
Asked Aug 10, 2016
Be at your best
Answered Apr 2, 2018
Provide clear and concise answers, and ask questions that require clear and concise answers.
Answered Dec 5, 2017
How long does it take to get hired from start to finish at Motorola Solutions? What are the steps along the way?
Asked Jul 11, 2016
Went through man power corporation one day interview
nextday job
Answered Dec 25, 2017
3 weeks
Interview background check and that is it
Answered Dec 12, 2017
What is the work environment and culture like at Motorola Solutions?
Asked Jul 11, 2016
It is really friendly, easy going, for some departments
Answered Dec 2, 2017
The environment is amazing and i loved all the co-worker so helpfull and fun.
