Confluent Medical

Run like Mom's kitchen. Confluent processes nickel titanium alloy through a combination of heat treating and cold working. Technically a simple process for the Operators, but the timing and temperatures of the heat treatment are what creates the properties of the final product. Good Manufacturing Practices say the Standard Operating Procedures must be adhered to. It's not hard -- just follow the directions. Long story short, I got back from a 15-minute break to find the roughly 22-foot long "rods" that were in the oven when I'd left, already in the Drawing Bench, where my "Trainer" said they were ready to be pulled through the next die. When I objected and stated that two or 3-foot sections of the 6 rods hadn't been annealed, he told me that they had. Which wouldn't have been possible, because 21 minutes of annealing could not have been done while I was gone for 15 minutes. But he insisted that he had, then called the Lead over, then eventually I raised my voice. Basically called him a liar. So they had me do sandblasting the rest of the day, while the Lead, Ignacio, went to the Manager, David Ryan and made it out to be all my fault. Insubordination I suppose they called it. At the end of the day, I went to talk to David Ryan, face to face. He saw me coming so he put his phone to his ear and like an 8th Grader little girl pretended to be talking to somebody and went and hid in an office. I got embarrassed watching that poootow do that.