Scorching through money on the most ridiculous things. - Engineer SHINE Technologies Employee Review

1.0
Aug 9, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible, understanding lower level managers who are willing to help work around any personal or professional issues. Unfortunately, this is overshadowed by upper management's unrealistic ways of managing money.

Cons

They are extremely reckless with money to preserve their 'image' to the public, regardless of whether or not it has any real benefit to the project as a whole. We in engineering were excited as we had many pending contracts that required payment to get a substantial amount of equipment that could really move the project along. Instead, when the next large investor wrote a check for the company, it was spent on huge flashy signs and extremely expensive warehouse features when the current ones worked just fine. This led to running out of money and bringing a mass layoff of many people just yesterday where it is now a ghost town in here at the HQ site, and all of the contracts are now approaching their final dates to be paid - which they won't, and we will probably be sued. It is okay though, we are plenty busy as engineers - engineering designs for sign holders for their new circular logo they want to put on everything. Greg Piefer is essentially the company cheerleader/spokesperson and has no real technical knowledge of the challenges we face, it is just offloaded to the next senior engineer to figure out. When the project is abandoned entirely due to lack of funds, the building may deteriorate and have moss growing on it, but I know all these flashy new signs and paint jobs are engineered to last a lifetime! I should know, I am helping with it.

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5.0
Jun 1, 2026
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Pros

High quality team. Extremely interesting projects.

Cons

Depending on the role, you may have to travel between the Janesville and Madison offices.

5.0
Mar 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

SHINE is a great place to work. PEOPLE: A lot of focus is put on finding the right people. After working close to 30 years in a variety of industrial environments, I can say that SHINE does a great job of hiring great people. The culture here is one of teamwork and grit; I have yet to come across someone that wasn’t willing to go out of their way to help their teammates. It’s a very collaborative environment. After working in numerous other sectors, I’d say the culture at SHINE has been my favorite balance of doing the right thing and still having fun while doing hard and important work. The opportunity for growth here is a huge plus. If you work hard, do the right thing, innovate and communicate, you will succeed. In a company that is growing as fast as SHINE, you will find the opportunity to grow and develop, especially if you are new to your field or the industry. This sets SHINE apart from so many other places I’ve worked in my career; this opportunity can’t be overstated, if you are looking for somewhere to grow, this is it! The atmosphere is flexible; you’re given the space to get the job done and treated like a professional. MISSION: SHINE is simultaneously manufacturing lifesaving Lu-177 while performing fusion R&D. We’re implementing new technologies and new techniques. It’s truly gratifying to come to work with the knowledge that we make something that saves lives. The research and work we do is cutting edge. We interface with peers across a number of sectors and not only is what we do on the cutting edge, but how we do it is right there as well. The culture here breeds innovation, and frankly that atmosphere is part of what makes working here so gratifying. With the recent addition of the SPECT side of the business at the end of 2025, a continual striving for our share of the Lu-177 market, and the refocus on our main production facility, there has never been a more exciting time to be part of SHINE!

Cons

It’s not always easy working at a company in its early stages of production, but the pros vastly outweigh the cons, and honesty the cons just feed into the pros. It is certainly a fast-paced environment. Because of what we do and where we are in our journey, we sometimes need to pivot priorities. This can be frustrating for some folks; it adds to the challenge for sure but navigating through these challenges with the team is part of what makes working here gratifying. This isn’t a place that’s been doing the same thing for 50 years; don’t expect to find everything laid out for you when you get here. We’re building the future, the processes, the systems; this takes time and the road isn’t always smooth, but that’s part of the package. SHINE manages safety and risk in an appropriate manner. You can’t innovate without challenging the status quo. SHINE is in a different place operationally and financially at this stage. Some of the more thoughtful reviews from past years touch on where we were. The more negative reviews are unfortunate; a handful of them are clearly disgruntled folks with an ax to grind. The more thoughtful criticisms speak to previous challenges at SHINE. We’ve been in some tough spots, but more due to external market challenges in my opinion. Turnover was a problem for a bit, but this has turned around, a very encouraging sign/metric that we’re heading in the right direction.

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