production operator

welder

account manager

warehouse associate

Activar Inc

What is the best part of working at the company?
Activar is a company that is well run from top management and that is truly hard to find. I loved my time with the company and to this day I miss the team , pride, and training employees to strive to improve quality and safety.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Activar is very busy so the only stress I had was continued training to ensure that new employees could not feel that stress while they learn to cross train to feel confident that are a part of a team.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Respect for all. It can be fun to work with a team that  understands that we are only as strong as our weakest link so willingness to teach or help each other was priority for all. In my opinion these are supposed to be simple concepts but very hard to maintain in a very busy environment.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I was a production supervisor so I had many hats. My days were filled with training, communication of daily priorities for production , safety meetings, documentation on procedures and basic support of my team timecards,eto etc .

Activar is a place that gives you room to learn and grow in your role, especially in Customer Service.

This position is great for entry-level into customer service, sales, manufacturing, supply-chain management and more. The managers are laid-back and knowledgeable and are always willing to take questions.

The biggest downside is that Activar is a private company with less competitive pay and often times, obscured financials. There is definitely an aura of nepotism when it comes to advancement.

This role is great for entry-level candidates who are eager and hungry to learn and thrive in manufacturing, customer service and sales support.

Otherwise, you'll probably last 3-6 months. 

There is no advancement opportunities that come with this position. The day you start, you will have already reached your ceiling with the company. That's why this position is a revolving door. Pay raises only come once a year no matter what so even if you take the time to get certified in the industry, you won't see a raise. Definitely unappreciated. You can have perfect attendance, do everything your asked and then some and they will still drop you real quick without reason. The Branch Manager for the CR location is extremely hard to get along with. Lack of proper communication makes it a stressful work environment.

Had a great environment when I joined. But due to management making changes everyone ended up leaving so I was in a weird position where I knew how to do everything and had to teach people what I knew, but I recieved no acknowledgment for it. All my successes and money saving work done was ignored, but any mistake made was constantly talked about despite our devision having the lowest number of errors in our company nation wide. I loved the work and people I was around, but management wasn't too strong and wound up being fired right after I left.

Activar in Lakeville, I was there full-time for 5 months. In the first 4 months it was nice, relaxed, flexible to learn the job, no stress. Then they let the manager go, and brought in a guy from the corporate world, who couldn't tie his own shoes, let alone know how to do the job. According to him "I was brought in to boost production" His words. When you work with ovens, you can't work faster then the ovens. He didn't understand that, and within two weeks, he ticked off and aggravated everyone there. Good people to work with, bad, bad management. All the management saw was $$, and didn't care about you or anything else.

A few things they were good at is flexibility with your time, and the management, coworkers were really chill. If you needed a sick day off, they were a text away, so the flexibility was there.

However, that didn’t make the job great. You are constantly doing the same thing everyday. Taking calls, filling in quotes, pricing, asking sales/management how to do a certain thing because you’re not authorized to everything. It is a great starter job for a young adult but it also gives no room for growth and no long term plan. 

I learned an enormous amount about Metal products and how they are made and assembled. Its never a dull moment and the work days fly by quickly because the production lines are always moving quickly.
You have to like working hard and standing for 8 hours a day.  If you do this is the job for you!
Supervisors are great and really listen!  HR really cares about their employees and are friendly. 
Its Awesome getting paid every Friday!

We were always busy.  Hardly ever a slow down.  Had opportunity of lots of overtime.  They have a reasonable good benefits program. Those are the good things.  Now the bad things.  Management doesn't listen to the people on the floor.  they act like they do but their actions don't back it up.  They also show favoritism to certain people.  They don't give credit where credit is due.  Their pay scale is on the lower end of the "competitive" scale.

I would get orders from different construction companies with parts they need to order. I would then write up an order form for them and make sure that the part they wanted will get to them in a timely manner. The management was pretty good and would answer any questions and help with them. Co workers were very nice and fun to work with. The hardest part of the job was learner the different types of products that were sold and the product numbers. The most enjoyable part was the people

A typical day would start with reviewing the projects lists and an IT meeting to catch up on the progress of IT projects. Review the Help Desk systems for proper tickets assignments and resolutions. Setup and prepare for IT meetings. 
Assigning tasks to IT techs\employees and review their work activities and follow back on user's IT problems and issues. Vendor management and provide recommendations to improve the systems.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production operator 11 salaries reported	$20.86 per hour
Welder 4 salaries reported	$20.00 per hour
Pt 6 salaries reported	$20.50 per hour
Account manager 3 salaries reported	$24.67 per hour
Warehouse associate 4 salaries reported	$21.63 per hour

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