It’s considered a management best practice that every company should conduct an employee survey of its workforce at least once a year, but the UTC Aerospace Systems–Aerostructures plant, based in Foley, Ala., takes an “even better” best practice approach when it comes to its employees. The plant, which manufactures nacelle components for jet engines, conducts six to eight employee surveys per year, as part of its Positive Employee Philosophy.
“Here at UTC Aerostructures we follow what we call the Four Gears—people, ideas, performance and integrity—as our operating principles,” explains Linda Howser, the plant’s human resources manager.
