manufacturing specialist

solderer

machine operator

technician

operator

4Front Solutions

4front Solutions gives you the chance to start a real career. If you're looking for something temporary I wouldn't recommend it. If you expect to be able to show up late, call off consistently, or put in the very minimal effort. As you may be able to get away with in other businesses. This company is not for you. Management expects a lot out of their employees. They're expectations are high because our work is important. Our products aren't cheap stereos going to Walmart. Our products are used in various military and medical applications and they have to meet the standards that are set. This job is not easy, regardless of position. Like any other business some management staff is easier to connect, and work with. However, if you are genuinely putting forth your best efforts, and are learning from your mistakes, most everyone here will treat you with respect and understanding. The key to success in this job is communication. My supervisor can be intimidating to approach but when I do, I can expect an honest and open dialog with him. He has earned my respect because of this and I have earned his because I've shown I care about my job. We might not always see eye to eye and he can be intense but it's because he is passionate about his job and aims to improve our department. Most of the supervisors here are of the same temperament as he is however and if you cannot handle their expectations this may not be a good fit for you. The only con I can think of is the pay. The wages are a bit below competitive but the benefits are good in my experience. They prefer to promote from within when they can. You will be given opportunities to advance if you prove yourself and communicate your interest. Long story short; if you're looking for an easy job to get you by this isn't it. However if you're looking for a career and will treat it as such 4front Solutions is a good choice! Just chuck your ego out the door and be willing to listen and you will be happy here.

Needs serious work. The production management wants to label itself as "focused" and "efficient." Meanwhile, it is the exact opposite. Job orders are almost never on time because the scheduling is so ungodly bad and nobody in the office has a true understanding of the time it takes to produce real, quality goods. All management looks at is the $$$ (and they don't even try to hide it.) Nobody gets any appreciation for the work they put in, ever. That is exemplified dramatically through consistent meetings about how bad your department does. The only grain of positivity in the environment are the workers themselves, and that's only to get your mind off of how bad you get treated be the uppers. Another serious problem that must be known is that the HR department has an entirely separate agenda favoring corporate and never has the employees' well-being in mind. They have abhorrent people skills and don't take any time to get to know their own workforce. OH, and say goodbye to your weekends because you'll never have a Saturday off for as long as you're here. 
Stay away from the stockroom because it is a MESS. 
I'll end this with one of my favorite sayings around here, "You get treated like an animal, and are expected to work like a machine."

Company can't be held to their word.  They change peoples schedules more frequently and with less notice than can be tolerated.  This recently resulted in many employees even losing their shift differential.   There is absolutely no respect for the floor workers.

The company has excellent supervisors and employees on the floor, but they are constantly battling against incompetent management to get thru the work.  No job operation their is that bad on it's own, but if you take pride in your work, It's common to find out all your hard work on a particular operation was all for not because of some mistake that ALWAYS traces back to incompetent management.

Though the wages are low, the benefits are superior compared to similar jobs/employers in the region.  The few people I've seen that have some semblance of happiness at work seem to have that special ability to just tune out everything but their task at hand and they forget about the place once they leave.  

Good place to work if you're desperate for health insurance or just a check but not somewhere to stay with your sanity intact.  Persons with a good work ethic need not waste their time here.

4 front offers an environment that allows tackling objectives in varying ways. There Is a learning curve, but once you understand your position, you will find that there are a multitude of ways to complete assignments. Trying the  out will result in you finding what works best for you

Management is reliable and reasonable. I personally have not felt unappreciated by my direct supervisors. While I do feel there is a disconnect between those of us on the floor and those of us in the office, it hasn't caused much issues.

The workplace endorses an overall sense of  and trust. My co-workers have always been helpful and respectful.

While compensation in the forms of free lunch and company celebrations are nice, I feel as though monetary compensation dose not always reflect, the continuous improvement, that we are verbal acknowledged for.

I don't like to leave reviews, but I feel like it is my obligation to warn people to run away from this place. It is awfully unpleasant work environment.
A typical day at work is: Do nothing as you have no direction and management push for production only, everything else is not priority, which means you have your hands tied.
I learned how a manager should not operate as well as learned what mean people looks like. Areas do not get along and can never work together, everyone has its own agenda.
Management is a JOKE. I don't even know where to begin. Management is unqualified and unprepared to deal with personnel from every level, they should be able to manage workplace.
The culture is extremely toxic and production focused, ie forget about Quality, Efficiency and Making things right.
The hardest part of the job is dealing with rotten people and poor management.
I was not able to find enjoyable part for this job at all, doesn't matter how hard I tried.

You can learn a lot here but your pay does not increase with your growth performance. I worked there about 4 years and .10 cents was my raise every year. There is a lot of favoritism and half the time the whole shop is not on same page. They have changed work schedule at short notice several times. They give office employees bonuses and employees on the floor hardly get any if not at all. I loved the job but too many cons to stay there.  Poor management definitely played a role on why I did not stay longer. They gave people positions that did not qualify like an engineering position with no degree. This company could be so much better. The quality of products could have been so much better if they had a real management team.  It will never be at the potential it could be.

I’ll try to make this short. You’ll never see the money from the money goals you “exceeded”. Even took away bonuses that “never existed”. They also hire people on with higher pay than the people already working there. Promoting is impossible unless you know people or are just REALLY good even then, good luck. All the higher ups know each other outside of work so complaints will do close to nothing for change. They harp on safety and all that yet they have toilets that are malfunctioning and shoot the water inside it back at you. They also have degraded there events heavily. Employees used to go to Waldameer for an event, now you’re in the parking lot eating hot dogs. Office people get treated heavenly while they throw ungodly work at the people on the floor.

First off they will make you work over time with a dayish notice, we worked roughly 58 hour work weeks for months no end insite. Next even if you work non stop with good product, you see a yearly raise roughly of .05 cent a year if your lucky. Finally the president will stand and watch you work, someone over your shoulder and not say a word of hello or good morning he just eyeballs you the whole time.  Finally when you put your 2 weeks they won’t let you finish it out. It’s a good place to get your feet wet but that would be about all you get, used and abused till you had enough and find a more playing job with better hours, no one in the upper management chain would understand Bc there is more going on behind the curtain. So keep your head on and down and keep working

If you are a new graduate, intern, or anyone else who wishes to work here, then this is the right place for you. 4Front Solutions offers phenomenal customer service and a welcoming environment for all its employees, a friendly and a fun place to work! In addition, if you want to advance in your career and gain experiences on manufacturing, this company will support, train, and mentor you. I started as SMT loader and went my way up, by being promoted to a Technician. Recently, I accepted a position as a Quality Engineer. All these transitions happened within two years at 4Front Solutions. Consequently, I highly recommend 4Front Solutions for employment/career opportunities. 

 

- Pay was low for much of the staff. (local grocery stores had a better pay structure than 4Front)
- Command and control management structure didn't work in this space
- Work/life balance was difficult at best (Mandatory overtime on a monthly scale)
- President often held rallies stating that the poor performance metrics was a direct result of the floor operations attitude. He exceled at providing a smoke and mirror show for Armstrong (Parent company). 
- True lack of process improvement mentality
- Management and engineer often argued among themselves. 

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