customer service representative

laborer

maintenance mechanic

outside sales representative

forklift operator

Acme Brick Company

I worked for ACME Brick for three and a half years and dedicated a significant amount of my personal time to the company, including weekends and holidays. While the pay and benefits were decent, the culture within upper management was deeply disappointing.

Throughout my time there, I worked multiple positions, learned each role thoroughly, and consistently did my best to contribute to the company. Unfortunately, poor management and a workplace culture that often felt unsupportive made even simple jobs unnecessarily difficult.

I reported inappropriate behavior involving a supervisor and coworkers through the proper channels, including HR. My concerns did not feel taken seriously, and communication from upper HR management was minimal to nonexistent. Not long after making the report, I lost my job. That experience significantly changed my view of the company and its values.

I appreciate the opportunities and experience I gained during my employment, but overall I would not recommend the company to someone looking for strong work/life balance or supportive management.

Management hardly ever kept their word, they are unprofessional and there is a high turnover due to lack of training, communication but yet they have high expectations. 
They will quickly add work to your plate (because another associate is slacking) and expect you to continue to do more without a pay increase. The only way you get a pay increase is if you inform them that you are looking for another job. 
Management doesn’t hold the employees that slack accountable and management does not take initiative to learn the flow and keep up with daily productivity. The only time they get involved is if a flame turns into a fire  but then they don’t know how to put it out. They tend to yell and belittle the employees instead of lead and helping people achieve company goals and standards. 
Corporate management does not get involved and if an issue is brought to their attention upper management and HR will always have the local managements back no matter how much proof that you provide. 
It’s a very toxic & dysfunctional environment . 
If you stay too long you get sucked in because you believe that it will get better but it never does. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
They are always showing appreciation for our efforts by throwing bbqs. Bringing breakfast. Raffles and new carhartt coats at Christmas. They demand a lot, however they do put their employees first. Great work boot and safety glasses reimbursement. Open door policy for any and everything and they promote from within. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The hours. Machines breaking down ( they re putting in new machines over the next 3 months. The fast pace day in day out can stress anybody

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good natured everybody help everybody environment for the most part. Also a no idea is a bad idea culture.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Just get to work do my job and go home with minimal problems with micro management

If your looking for a upbeat place to work, ACME is not your fit.  It's very old school in the way it thinks..

The IT budget is so very very bad.  Its impossible to get the tools they need to improve things for the 21st century.  

2 weeks vacation, non negotiable for the first 10 years.  It is a brick company yet be prepared to work in slacks and shirts every day of the week.  Even for IT.  

Lots of weekend work and very little compensation.  When I was hired, I was promised days off for compensation, which turned out being not true.  So any time I have a family issue working from home (which is typical in IT these days) is ridiculously hard and frowned upon.  

Not family friendly at all.

There is very little drama, so that is a good point.  The people I work with are awesome and tenures show that people are pretty loyal, but remember, it is a very old old company.  Their ideas and innovation are just as old.

We start out the day with a detailed safety meeting, and follow up with a discussion about the maintenance that needs the be attended to. I have learned a lot about hydraulics, welding and fabricating  amongst various aspects of maintenance. Our management needs improvement, but I have worked with a great group of people that have invested time to improve my skill set. The hardest part of my job is the labor I put out to meet the demands of production on a daily bases. The most enjoyable part of my job is the challenges I have overcome and the work ethic that has improved my equality of my life in every way this what a huge step for my life. Now its time to take my skills and chase my financial goals and dreams.

Start morning meeting at 6 am to find out if the line was going to have every track covered with two people per track or if someone was having to go to east gate to help them. Then we'd find out how many cars we needed for the day which never was the same as the supervisor liked to add extra hot cars to the count for the week to make his self look better while wearing us down. We never knew what time we were going to get off as 90% of the time we worked 12 to 14 hours a day and 8 to 10 on payday. the best part of the job was knowing that no matter how tired or wore out you got through the week at least you knew the paycheck was going to be decent enough where youd have atleast 30 to 50 bucks for the following week to make it until payday. Along with knowing everyone up there respected each other as everyone pulled there weight.

I really can't share what others must experience . They have to be the judge of the 
Atmosphere. 
 I received employee of the quarter in less thana year at ACME BRICK and Tile. Then upon my transfer to FEATHERLITE I received employee of the quarter in less than  6 months. 
  Anyplace u work can only be as productive for u as u allow it to be . Salary is important.
But when the employees voted me in as EMPLOYEE OF THE QUARTER. money didn't seem as important.
 When management at FEATHERLITE voted me in as EMPLOYEE of the quarter .That told me I was more vital to the success we are currently obtaining . Which makes the future more promising in raises and promotion.

Where do I even begin? Supervisors leave when a boss isn’t around and are never there when you need them. They hold an authoritarian role instead of a leadership role.  They pull people out of positions to run other machines without any incentive because they are short handed. They don’t ask. They tell you that’s what you’re going to do. The pay scale is completely off. It wouldn’t be that bad but they brought in 3 guys on visas that make more money on the floor than people who have dedicated their lives to this plant for years.. The communication is terrible. No one lets anybody know anything. You bring all of it to their attention and they say “get over it” and roll their eyes. Seems to me they need leadership training. It’s all just wrong. 

If you want to work for a company who doesn't care about their employees, this is the one for you. No Covid compensation for those who worked non-stop during all of covid, no compensation for the snow storm and unable to work due to office closed, insurance is horrible, management is the worst ever, and when told "be happy you have a job during covid" by the corporate office in an email...horrible company to work for. Once I find another job, I am gone. 95% of the employees are very unhappy and when complaints are made, they are brushed off and the management is backed up, not the employee. The management yells and disrespects the employees. The pay is horrible. We have to fight to get raises.

To this day, I kick myself on why did I ever accepted Acme's offer to join. This is the worst company I have ever worked for. The managers are biased, their mindset is very old, if you try to show them new technology they get personal. There is almost zero chances of career advancement or pay increase. There is zero PTO for the first year, people are biased the culture is very unwelcoming and toxic. I will not recommend anyone to join this company. The management is very immature and will get personal with you in no time. Even if you try to get HR, they will cook the books against you, there is no justice its pure wild wild west, take my words stay out of this company

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Customer service representative 16 salaries reported	$17.89 per hour
Laborer 4 salaries reported	$19.88 per hour
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Outside sales representative 2 salaries reported	$97,500 per year
Forklift operator 9 salaries reported	$18.39 per hour

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