ALLIED AIR

A typical day at Allied Air starts off with a short morning meeting to review the previous work day and to speak on the goals of the current work day to meet.  Due to second and third shift not having the proper amount of workers/staff to handle all job duties, each day starts off by cleaning up alot of their left over trash/mess from the nights before!  I learn everyday that without the proper guidance from management or the proper amount of workers for the teams in the warehouse for each individual shift.... chaos and unorganizanized activity is inevidable!  Which also creates a very unsafe work environment.  I also learn how much better our work day goes when everyone decides to show up for work, for some people for what ever reasons just decide not to show up for work - which makes it even harder than it should be to not only keep up with the work load, but to catch up to production numbers.  But with an above average hard work ethic, patience & determination.....it does get done after exhasting oneself.  Management in some areas are helpful, in other areas not so much.  In my opinion, management needs some help in a major way in alot of areas throughout there operation.  My coworkers, as most coworkers on any job......are good workers.  Some put forth their best initiative to do more than their part to get the job done and be the best team player that they can be for the team and the company....and then you have those that have the worst attitudes, are lazy, and don't have a care in the world - and barely do just enough to get by, if that.  The hardest part of my job is lack of organization with inventory.  As a foklift operator/material handler at Allied Air it is very critical on your timing to keep up with the fast pace production of over 100 AC Units in 10 hour period equalling well over $400,000 in daily productivity for just our line on OM1.  Due to lack of warehouse storage space, over 95% of the materials recieved are stored in a very unorganized, super tight, clustered area called "op3" that they even call the jungle which is a constant struggle everyday to deal with when rushed to get the part numbers for the line.  But with prayer/patience, strong determination, persistance, and a go-getter drive....I make it through.  The most enjoyable part of my job I would have to say is helping others.  I love to do my best and keep a strong positive attitude with a smile and help others to keep pushing when stress levels and the job seem to become unbearable!

My experience with Allied Air is anything but favorable, I would highly recommend that you look elsewhere for work!!  It took them over 2 weeks to provide me with an offer. Once I accepted, I had to pay to have my high school transcripts sent to them, they never checked my personal references - I guess they were more concerned about what I did in high school (40 years ago) than the kind of person I am today. I could not get ahold of anyone regarding my start date because they gave me incorrect phone numbers and email addresses. Their excuse was that there was a change in personnel and everyone is busy. Their training process is very poor -  in the 4 weeks I worked there, I spent most of my days reading a manual about their computer system and trying to figure things out on my own (the manual on the computer system I spent hours reading, was not even accurate/up to date)  I did quit suddenly and with no notice. I have been trying to reach their HR department to get a copy of the transcripts I had to pay to have sent to them and to ask a few questions, but unsurprisingly I have not heard back from anyone.

I started out working on the floor assembling coils for AC. it was a very dirty and stress full job. I done this from usually March to August, that was our peak AC time. From August to march I would be more or less a floater from working on a press to putting parts on heaters.
In 2003 I had to have carpal tunnel surgery on both hands and elbows I applied for a job doing data entry working with the engineering dept. and helping maintenance dept. with putting work orders in their system.
I worked in that department until 2007 when things started to get slow then I went back on the floor, assembling coils again.
I enjoyed working with most of my co-workers. and management was mostly good to work with till the last year when they knew the plant was getting ready to close.
The worse part of working at this plant was there was no heating or Ac in the plant, you couldn't stand the heat in the summer. We had a lot of people pass out from the heat.
I worked till I as laid off in 2009.

The day starts in the office at 8:45 a.m. with an overview of what the days scheduling overview consists. Materials and tools collected for specific job function and organization of on-hand tools to ensure efficiency. Complete all appointments, emergency calls and finishing touches on current projects. Arrive back at the office around 5:00 p.m. Schedule for upcoming days service, and project appointments. That is a typical day at Allied. Hours are affected by emergency calls and pending projects. Conditions range from 100+ degree attic temps, to -10 degree roof conditions and in between. Management is flexible with working schedule. The most enjoyable part of the job is helping others in delivering a quality product that they can really feel and see the results. 

Being that I do many different jobs a typical day is unexplainable.
Everything that I've listed in my qualificactions is everything I've learned at this job in the year that I've been there and I'm still learning and gaining more experince. My co-workers are proably the hardest part of my job. They are content with doing only one job that they have been doing for years. Where I'm eager to learn and do every job in my department. And that makes some of my co-workers feel uncomfortable because I m a fast learner. So they dont want to train or show you how to do a certain job or do it correctly. But, ounce I see what you are doing I can pick up on it easily. The most enjoyable part of my job is knowing that as long as I'm at work there is no area that will  be behind. If someone else is not there because I can run two machines at the same time to keep production consistent. And help the company to keep makeing money.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The pay when you become permanent

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They're on a point system when you get 10 points you get terminated and sometimes the system is wrong it adds points on if you don't keep track of it it doesn't matter if this point system time clock is wrong or not they're going with the system

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's a lot of favoritism you can get away with the light if you know the right people that's higher up

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very stressful and very disorganized and when they run out of Parts sometimes they send you home early

Allied Air as a company is hamstrung by a few factors. First being poor management, Second is the industry in which it operates, and third being how the company is owned and how this affects its culture. 

Though there are bright spots. There are many opportunities to quickly advance, and the pay at higher levels is higher than the average in the same area. The tradeoff for the employee though is stress because the company intentional understaffs itself to ensure there is no waste, and to ensure employees will have a job for a long time.

I did a typical repetitive job operating three different machine as and operator, and anywhere else they needed me. I worked with great people with exception of 2 or 3. Supervisor would come around and do the inspection and check material, those that knew what they were doing. things were good as long as there was work to do. Not really much to complain about, except like i said the 2 or 3 people that walk around to start trouble then run to management when you let them know they were wrong with what they are doing.

working on the AC line was hard and very fast, I learn to use air guns and different machine operatings, I don't think management was fair at times, some of the co workers were hard to get along with, I always tried to make the best of my day by staying away from the ones that did not care too much for me, the hardest part was trying to keep up with the assembly line, when I ran the CNC machine , it was peaceful on certain parts the I had to run.

THE HARDEST PART IS WHEN PRODUCTION GOES UP WE STILL HAVE TO DO THE SAME AMOUNT OF WORK IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TACK TIME, WHICH IS GROSS. THAT CAN BE DIFFICULT @ TIME. WHATEVA CO-WORKERS HAVE TO SAY NEGATIVE ABOUT ME I IGNORES IT &CONTINUE TO DO MY JOB. THE HARDEST PART OF THE JOB IS WHEN THEY STARTS THE LINE BEFORE THE WORK SCHEDULE HOURS & THAT COST PPL TO GET BEHIND.HATES THAT. THE MOST ENJOYABLE PART IS THE MONEY!!

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