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A.R.E.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I liked most of my coworkers and the 4-10s were nice when we actually did them but most of them time we did overtime.probably every other week for the welding department. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management. Little to none of the managers knew how to do my job, according to my coworkers I was the most efficient person to be on my position in years yet for some reason I always had a lead breathing down my neck about not doing my stuff correctly. I got belittled a lot even though I was the best person to do the job I was assigned to. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Physical environment, if you get hot easily it is incredibly hot in this factory. Mental environment, most days was fine. I could turn on auto and get  into my job pretty easily but there would be days where my supervisor would decide to cause a problem. When bringing it up to HR they couldn’t really do much. So in my opinion you are just a number to them, even if you’re great at what you do. They don’t do much about harassment unless it is something physical. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I got there at 5am because I was good at my job but most welder/operators got there at 4am, some even came earlier. I pretty much stayed on my saw all day, did paper work to my process even faster for myself, then if I had the extra time and was willing would help out at the end of the day. But often if you did help out then they expected you to do it all the time and that’s just not plausible when I get a busy day. My days depended on how many caps and what kind of cap I got to depend on how fast I worked. So really would vary. Some days I’d have a list of 120 caps and some 85, so very much up to whoever is in charge.

I’ll start with what’s good. The Beni fits and pay are actually pretty good. And the people that I work with themselves are pretty decent. 

The bad.
Not enough people to do most jobs on second shift. First shift is the favorite. Anything can be fixed if it was first shifts mistake. Second shift makes a mistake and it’s instant trashed. Even if it is the exact same issue. No training program whatsoever. You’re either told nothing or thrown into with no knowledge of how to actually do it. Absolutely no shift to shift cooperation. An actual blatant unwillingness to help from first shift. Most days go better when management is gone. Most new hires just don’t come back after a few days. Have had multiple surveys so the offices can see what they can fix to help retain people and get new hires, however any suggestions that would actually work or ignored and ideas that make everything worse are used instead. Late days most of the week with mandatory overtime because no one can tell certain companies that there is simply not enough people to produce the asinine numbers of product that have yet to be met even with said overtime. 

TL:DR
The pay and benefits are pretty decent but you’ll be worked to the absolute bone with not a single care given. Management hasn’t got a clue and makes things worse. And no one cares about retention as long as the company keeps producing.

My typical day at my last position consisted of pulling fiberglass molds from their storage spot and lining them up for the days production runs, and replacing molds that have previously been run. I also was responsible for cutting all of the different material that was used in the molds to strengthen the product.
I learned a great deal about safety and hazardous materials.
Upper management was very lax in controlling some of their supervisors and were themselves guilty of favoritism resulting in many sub-par people in key positions which severely hurt quality and also resulted in major supply chain problems.
Some co-workers and supervisors were extremely professional while others just went through the motions and hurt quality, production, and the company image.
The hardest part of the job was some of the working conditions and the poor management. The best part of the job was working with the best safety director that I have ever worked with and some of the true professional that I knew.

The company wastes money, time and resources on Problem Solving Training; surveys, round tables, new hire discussions. Only to sabotage employee participation with futility.

Nepotism and favoritism are factors that contribute to the culture of the company. There are no adequate safeguards or measures in place to protect the employees. HR has full control of the company and will manipulate at all costs to protect themselves with zero repercussions.

Continuous deception and dishonesty are one of the biggest challenges and contributes to the culture.
The shortcuts and manipulation of production processes jeopardize quality and safety. It is anything but good manufacturing practices.

They actively work to drive wages down with absurd justifications for not giving employees the performance evaluations that they deserve. 
Attempting to use the open-door policy to the GM and messages to HR for assistance and guidance go unanswered.

At the end of the day, when management does not care about the brand’s reputation, they are only undermining the long-term success.


I left A.R.E. for one reason only. The place was infested with laziness. I should have never felt that i needed to look for another job. I was put in a position that it was the only answer. I brought my concerns to multiple supervisors with no resolution. I have never worked for a company that allowed such a poor work ethic. I was tired of working my tail off as i watched other workers stand around and talk. The worse part about that is that the management knew about it and saw it evey day and did nothing about it. 
We worked 6 days a week almost every week even though we were told that we would only work 2 Saturdays a month because we were so behind yet they still didnt make the lazy people do their jobs throughout the week.There was no repercussions for not doing their job. Some employees would take what i called a 15min.pre- break and 15min.post- break.  The employees run that shop, not the management even though they want to think they do.  If you take pride in your job then i dont recommend working here.

I loved my job. It was easy it kept me in shape and it's busy. I love the fact it was laid back ,but we worked hard .I'm not a desk job girl,I like to be able to move n talk to others,this allowed me to do just that. What's horrible about working is the supervisors and it's who you know NOT what you know. It's unfair and there are a lot of upper management along with supervisors who are racist. They will deny it but their actions show it . They need to have a training team in each department to show new employee's how to properly do the job . Employee's train employees. So if one was taught wrong,then it will continue to be wrong. Quantity over quality is what's being pressured on us. It's number number number ,hurry ,hurry. Then mistakes are happening and we're behind. Better communication between everyone needs improvement.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The owners are hard working they won't ask you to do something they won't they expect professionalism and allow you to advance when i need hours they where available everyone i worked with was courteous respectful and willing to help the pay is good it will put food on the table and safety was always priority i don't recall ever having a day i didn't want to come back the next day

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
At times there are driving tasks that take experience i had days my driving skills where put to the test 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Family based if i asked anyone that i worked with for help it was always given work hard play hard

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Early mornings long days gitter done but never rushed

People you work with are great...that is about the only plus of working here. Management could care less and very little training is given for new jobs. Your told it is a temperature controlled climate but that is not true..what that means is..if it is 90 outside it will only be 95 inside. So in summer you are soaked for 10 hours in sweat. Also many jobs require you to be in a protective suit so it's about 20 degrees hotter then outside.  Also if you enjoy breathing fiberglass dust this is the place for you as most days they do not have masks. Be prepared to do your job and others as they hemorrhage people and never take down the hiring sign. If your desperate and need quick money the pay isnt too bad if you work nights...good luck!

Dictatorship. Prison. Long days at this place. A lot of people standing around or playing on their cell phones waiting for something to do. The plant shift manager doesn't seem to care one way or another. The supervisor is lazy and irresponsible and feels the same way. It seems like if you don't like the way they do business, there's the door. It's probably why they lose a lot of good help. Management doesn't care about you. Just as long as they get someone to stay and put up with it they're happy. HR doesn't seem to help much when it comes to the employees. Overall, if you don't care about your life here or outside of the workplace and like screwing around, then this is the place for you.

Don’t let them give you the “family oriented” spiel. This is a corporate run company through and through. They don’t care about the employees. The pay is sub par. Responsibilities are heaped on, raises are laughable if you get one at all. Not much room for advancement. The benefits keep going down hill. The Human Resources department is useless. Management Is great at pointing every little mistake you make withh no recognition for a good job, doesn’t communicate well, plays favorites, and has inconsistency issues with how things should be done. There is no accountability, and very much a “not my job” attitude. Policies regarding eveything constantly change, so it’s very hard to know if you’re doing something wrong or getting screwed over.

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