receiving clerk

entry level assembler

production supervisor

electronic assembler

assembler

AirBorn

I was recruited through a staffing agency and when I initially started I kept my head down and just did my job. 

I constantly heard people complain about working there, from the pay to the benefits and a lot of complaints about management. After a month I was moved to another station where my coworker was fun to talk to but also had a lot of complaints about the management being out of touch with the floor workers.

The work is monotonous which isn't a big deal for manufacturing, but the work culture is toxic. It's like a high school, cliques form and if you mess with one of them then they try to make your job difficult by messing up or blaming you for something that isn't part of your station.

There were no highlights while working at Airborn, the only time my manager talked to us was a short meeting where she said we were either on track or falling behind. The breaks were nice, but when you hate your job they feel to short. The company will try and pat you on the back and say good job but then will have a meeting about everything the workers are doing wrong and how everyone needs to step up or the certain perks will go away. The company is majorly short staffed because most new hires leave within a few months, I was told the parking lot used to be so full that you had to get there early if you wanted a spot and when I was there the parking lot was never more than a quarter filled.  The station I was at was supposed to have at least 4 people working at it, there were 2 including me.

The worst part of my time there was when I was injured due to a SOP that I was told I had to do was actually not part of the blueprint at all and was implemented by another coworker who was a wannabe supervisor. After this was solved the person who implemented the procedure instead of owning up, started rejecting all the pieces from my station and trying to make me and the other guy working on that station redo a bunch of pieces.

I was offered a full time position but turned it down when they said they couldn't give me a raise, that's another thing there are people who have worked over 5 years without ever seeing a single raise. The company will say they're making millions in profit but then will say raises are capped due to funding.


I worked at Airborne Inc and while the actual job itself is extremely easy, everything else about the environment makes it not worth it.

The work is simple to the point where you can sit down, put headphones in, and assemble parts for hours without thinking. If you want something repetitive and low-effort mentally, this is perfect. But that’s where the positives end.

The workplace culture is one of the most unprofessional I’ve experienced. There are strong cliques, and people constantly pry into your personal life. If you choose to stay to yourself and just do your job, you quickly get labeled as unfriendly or a problem. From there, it turns into a write-up game where people look for any excuse to get you in trouble.

Most of the shift is spent with coworkers gossiping, talking about each other, and trying to throw one another under the bus. It creates a tense, uncomfortable environment where you feel watched instead of supported.

Management plays favorites heavily. The only people who seem to get flexibility or time off are the ones who go out of their way to impress or “kiss up” to supervisors. HR is not helpful and often contributes to the problem rather than resolving it. Concerns are dismissed, and in some cases, things are exaggerated or completely made up about employees.

If they don’t want you there, they won’t fire you directly. Instead, they’ll make the environment so uncomfortable that you feel forced to leave on your own.

There are also clear issues with how employees are grouped and treated, and it raises serious concerns about fairness and respect in the workplace. Speaking up about anything you notice will quickly put a target on your back.

Overall, the job itself is easy, but the culture is toxic. It feels like a place where people who are unhappy take it out on others, especially newer or younger employees. If you value a peaceful, professional work environment, this is not the place.

If I were seeking employment, Airborn would be classified under the "last resort" category. This companies culture is based around underhanded politics which centers around favoritism and nepotism. Management relies on a heavy handed, progressive disciplinary policy similar to what fast food restaurants use for their teenage employees. Ideas to improve quality, teamwork, and overall morale (which is very low) are not welcome at Airborn, in fact when you are vocal about any of these ideas upper management will bully you to the point of you seeking new employment. These points are proven by the fact that they have a very high turnover rate. In my years at Airborn they were lucky to keep 3 maybe 4 employees of every 10. There were some positives to Airborn and that was some of my fellow assemblers and learning such a great trade from those individuals. I have met and remain friends with some of those people because honestly they made my bad day just a little better, but also understand some kindness is also met with deception. I put many years into the growth of Airborn. I am hardworking, knowledgeable, reliable and a team player, not some bitter employee with a vendetta. I just feel it to be necessary to post this as a WARNING to anyone who is considering working here, I don't want someone to go through the same hardship I did with this company. I wouldn't wish my experience with Airborn on my worst enemy. This review is based off my experience with the Lake City, PA facility.

Everything is bad. Low pay for good hard workers, lazy people get all positions and don’t do anything. Ton of lazy people that don’t do much. It looks like they just want the head count, it doesn’t matter if you can’t do anything, you’ll still be hired.

Lazy people, bad management, no pay raises, no advancement opportunity. 
Management is a joke, they force you to do overtime whenever they need money but they don’t offer you anything. 
I haven’t gotten a raise in 2 years. They earn up to $2 millions each month but say they can’t give raise. Definitely not a good company for hard working people. 
They babysit all the lazy people, they never fire them. They’ll just throw all the work on you to finish for them also. Even if you get the certificates for other special lines, you won’t get any bonus or be paid more, they don’t care about that. 
Supervisors are one of the laziest people I’ve seen. If you want to see a HR, you have to schedule the appointment lol. 
Overall to sum it up, stay away from it if you value your time and nerves, you’ll be pretty much living here and working for pennies, you’ll never advance because management have their own people that kiss their behind a lot so they get everything.

Most supervisors and middle management are young, inexperienced and self-centered with little or no oversight from upper management.

Promotions do not occur unless you are friends with somebody.

They replaced all the furniture in the lobby and installed a coffee bar for "visitors" but, then, claim that they don't have enough money to buy tools so that rank-and-file employees can do their jobs.

There is a special, custom screwdriver bit needed in order to assemble a certain product but there are only two of them.  One of them is broken.  People have to scramble and beg a line lead for one of these bits or else they will have to sit and wait for one to become available.  Then, supervisors will turn right around and ask why work isn't getting done.

I spend an average of 90 minutes per day searching for tools and supplies to do my job.

Many days, I feel like I'm working in a Three Stooges movie.

The management here has set the company up for failure.

Instead of focusing on the major technical issues that it has, it chooses to push its employees instead to force product out the door and to have cost savings programs with little to no investment or support that are doomed from the start.

The work environment here is very toxic, people are constantly passing the buck, never closing the loop and always just doing enough to be acceptable instead of aiming for higher quality. 

People regularly throw each other under bus to save themselves.

Its not odd to see an email from a person with your boss and their boss CC'd saying you had not completed a task assigned just earlier that day.

They claim to be employee owned, but employees are not given any voting rights. We have no say in how the company is run or who is on the board or senior management. Everything is done behind closed doors and we only find out after things go bad.

Unprofessional supervisor that is allowed to disenfranchise and dehumanize people. This person lacks the intelligence to complete the most simple request but claims nothing can be done about it. 
Extremely rude co-workers that have been there for any length of time however they all seem to have the same attitude. These employees probably know that most new hires make more than them but overall it is still not enough to survive on.

If this is the only job you can get then use it to your advantage and learn as much as you can but expect your co-workers to be unpleasant when you ask questions. 

There are a few people that were helpful and pleasant but not many.

In closing I have to mention that the management and ceo run the facility like a dictatorship. This is supposedly an employee owned company but the employees either have no validity in their words or are too scared to bring any suggestions of concern to their attention. 

Working at Airborn International was a mixed experience for me. On the positive side, the colleagues were genuinely great people — friendly, supportive, and always ready to lend a hand when things got busy. There was a real sense of teamwork among staff, and that helped make the daily workload much more manageable. However, the biggest drawback was the management style. Leadership tended to operate like a dictatorship, with very little input accepted from employees. Decisions were often made behind closed doors and simply passed down, leaving little room for discussion or creativity. Communication from management could also be inconsistent, which sometimes caused confusion or frustration. Despite these issues, the role provided valuable experience, and I appreciated the camaraderie among co-workers. Overall, I’d rate the company three out of five stars — great people, but leadership could definitely improve.

If you like working 10 hours everyday and enjoy coming in for 8 hours on Saturdays then this is the job for you. The company wants nothing but profit and could careless about the employees well-being of a home and work life balance. 
Supervisors threaten with write ups when one talks to ask a question about how to do work. If one person on the production line messes up the entire line has to suffer and that means even more overtime. Too much blame is placed on the employees as a whole and not enough on the individual.
Management doesn't care about their employees or the overtime because they don't have to work it. Management moves people around too much and they don't get the hang of how to do it properly before being moved to a different department. Management stabs each other in the back so many times that I'm surprised anything gets done at this company.

They only care about hitting a goal and if that means you sacrifice time with your family, well, then that's what you do. There is no room for advancement. Too many chiefs and not enough Indians. People work against each other and gossip more than they should. I wouldn't want my worst enemy to endure that place! Multiple people will tell you the same thing. I'd rather be homeless than ever work in that hole of a job again. Rules get made up as you go, I mean, who hires the brother of a line leader and then states she doesn't answer to him? Its in the handbook that is not allowed. But if you bring that topic up...well it's all in how one perceives things. That's what you're told.  Don't waste your time with this lousy so called employee owned business. They suck!!

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Receiving clerk 10 salaries reported	$39.00 per hour
Entry level assembler 10 salaries reported	$37.00 per hour
Production supervisor 1 salary reported	$76,500 per year
Electronic assembler 2 salaries reported	$20.00 per hour
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