line operator

maintenance technician

production operator

account manager

manufacturing operator

Alkegen

Unifrax Pirson is a toxic and unprofessional organization. They continue to cut benefits (well before all this COVID mess, they’re just using that as an excuse to take even more). You have no HR representation to take matters too. The company is in decline and moving backwards, honestly and truthfully I have not spoke to a single person at any level in the organization who is satisfied and has a bright outlook in their position. People have been mass quitting/fired and are not being replaced, you are excepted to now do their job and yours.
As an operator you are driven into the ground and every week they make your job more difficult. On nearly a monthly basis they add more tasks and responsibilities while actually  taking away raises and benefits!
 You are expected to be on your feet and moving for the entirety of your shift for no other reason than they think they’re losing money if you’re not doing anything. The company is trying to fill every minute of your shift with bs so when there are actually problems you have to pick some things that will not get accomplished in order to address the problems and then will subsequently be questioned on why you are not completing your tasks. Long hours on your feet and in very hot and unpleasant conditions while your supervisor sits in an air conditioned room at 68 degrees.
You have to essentially have to fight to get a break and when you do get a break, it’s in the only room of the plant where meetings are held, managers and engineers are talking about work, you’re being bothered on the radio and by your superiors coming and going. 
The only thing the company had going was somewhat decent pay, but still low for specialty manufacturing. But now they’re bringing on operators at lower rates than current operators, so eventually this will be a plant like any other that will have next to nothing for benefits and 15 dollar and hour wages. 
Investor group is applying great pressure to upper management to literally squeeze pennies from production which in turn trickles down misery to operations.



This is a company that sells you a dream. When they tell you all the perks and how much money the company makes and how they promote from within, you walk in thinking wow what a good company to be with then BAM you realize your first week you are just a number there, the employees morale is so low, their bonuses are maybe $50 a quarter so really they are only getting $200 a year for all their hard work in making Lydall what it is because with out employees Lydall wouldn't have any products for their customers. What they fail to tell you is that management gets one big bonus at the end of the year which is said to be around $25,000. When they explain why your bonus is around $50 they say because of scrap. If they had machines and tools that did what they were suppose to instead of being pieces of junk and then management pushing you to get a order out no matter how much scrap you get, the employees would have a good bonus. Goes to show this company cares for management and anyone above. All floor employees are mistreated, used, and abused. The plant manager is so far from management material he cant keep up with what's going on in the plant. He walks around ignoring his employees, talking about employees, never gives any feedback when asked a question just says "good question". You would think he was just threw in the position recently but hes been in it for years. Its confusing if you are a new employee dealing with all the chaos and uncertainty. It wouldn't hurt for him to smile and actually make his employees feel like what they are doing is worth standing in the heat for the little bit of pay and mandatory Saturdays and most Sundays every weekend. There are also a lot of safety issues that should be addressed but they don't. I really hope this company hires someone to relate and give  the employees a voice or they will keep having a high turnover rate. They have orientation every Friday if that tells you anything about this place. Goodluck

I was very excited for this opportunity to work at Alkegen, but unfortunately only made it a few weeks. It was very apparent from the start that the place is very disorganized and didn't have much of a training program ready for me. Here's a rundown of my short stint at Alkegen:

- First interview: I showed up and they didn't even know they had an interview set up that day.  The recruiter is in Texas and apparently did not confirm with the management in New York.

- I didn't know what time my shift started until I reached out to my manager to ask, the day before I started. You would think that they would let you know, but I had to reach out to find out.

- Day 1 - went well, typical walking around and being introduced to people. After that, I was shown my desk, which was away from every other one of my team members. This is really what set me up for failure.

- The rest of my time there, I literally finished all trainings within the first 2 days, then sat and did nothing. To the point of where I thought, "they do know they hired someone, right?" My boss would come over and say that they have some shadowing planned for me later in the day and it never happened. One day I get ion at 8 and find there is a meeting going on that I should have been a part of, but nobody ever told me about it. 

I sat and sat and sat and asked and asked and asked (about what I should be doing) and was constantly told that they're going to come and get me to do training and it just never happened. It got to the point of where I gave up and told them I was no longer interested in the position.

-  Union job with little effort when it comes to actual representation from your union. 

- Toxic work environment. Itchy and dusty working with fiber glass, as well as extreme temperature conditions. 

- Decent pay IF willing to work your entire life away working overtime. 

- Zero compensation for being a decent worker. 

- Little room for advancement after becoming an "A" operator with the only bid job that actually pays more being a position that you are unlikely to ever acquire since bid jobs are based on seniority. 

- Swing shift, days one week, nights the next. Pain when it comes to taking vacation time as they only allow a select few employees off per shift, and again based on seniority, so good luck getting time off during the summer, for example. 

- Management plays favorites so, those who are a**-kissers or buddies who trade/sell drugs with managers get favoritism as to which machine they'll be on and what they can get away with as far as the rules go.

- A constant struggle between non-union and union employees. Employees are told it is not a rate-driven work place yet lack of meeting their desired production rate is met with scrutiny..

- Frequent layoffs. I saw three sets of union employee layoffs in my time there

In my experience, the salary doesn't cover the amount of time you will have to spend at the plant. There is a requirement to be there an excessive amount of time, but since you are receiving a salary you won't be able to expect any additional compensation. You will lose all sense of work/life balance. And if you disagree, you can hit the door. You are forced to work extra time. 

The production manager is not a well educated professional, and has no idea what leadership means. He will prioritize the needs of the company above the needs of the workers every time. He won't care about you as a person at all. And if you need any support, he won't be there to provide it either. Also, he will use coercion any time you disagree on anything. 

So basically, you have to fend for yourself. Because the only thing they care about is you doing what needs to be done so the company can make money, no matter the personal cost of the people who work there. 

There is also no training, and no information available that you can use for learning. 

There is also a lot of drama, since there is too much gossip. People, specially operators, will insult you, disrespect you, and make fun of you in your back every single day. 

This is not a place to develop a career, since the company is pretty small, and the people who works in there, have been in the same positions since the beginning of the company. 

I did not have a good experience working for this company, and I am grateful that I am not there anymore.

I could tell you a million reasons why you should not go here! Management has no clue what’s really happening on the floor, and if they do they absolutely do not care! Too much of people on the floor that get away with laziness all day while others do all the work. If your friends with the Team Lead outside of work you can do whatever you want and everything you say will be believed. There is no employee confidentiality when it comes to everyone knowing your personal business. The Team Leads talk about you to their work buddies and tell your private personal matters. Too much favoritism. The whole system is unorganized, people in charge don’t know how to do their jobs and that causes long days and long weeks of overtime because of too many mistakes made by certain line leads and Team Leads. If you complain to your boss about a co-worker nothing is ever done about it, they just have a small group meeting with a lame speech and never follow through with write ups where write ups are due! No appreciation for the people who actually do work hard all day every week, they treat you like your a lowly laborer with no Education or Intelligence. You can forget ever having upper management coming out and saying thanks for your help or your doing a good job, the only way that will happen is if your one of the people who suck up to them.

Current employee- molder. Lazy people here are praised and lazy work is encouraged and rewarded with easy tasks every day, easy jobs, stress free days full of being on your phone and all around taking it easy! On the OTHER hand, hardworking employees are punished with the most physically challenging jobs. If you are good at something you will be stuck there for eternity. Management doesn’t take into consideration that doing the exact same motions day in and day out causes fatigue on certain parts of the body. They could move people around to avoid this but they do not. Literally have been there 7 months and have carpal tunnel in my right wrist from doing the exact same thing every single day. Hot is an understatement for what you will go through here. Fans don’t work and when they break if you want them fixed you’re just wasting your breath. If you are a hardworking person and relatively fast, you will be put on lines that go so fast that it is almost impossible to even tie your shoe or get a drink of water while you will look down the lines at the slower lines where the people who can’t keep up work, and see them just taking it easy, on their phones, etc while you’re on the other end working so fast that you have to tuck your shoelaces in instead of tying your shoe when it comes untied. Employees are treated severely unequal. If you have a good work ethic and are a hard worker who gives 110% every day, please STAY AWAY from this place. 

If you enjoy being given little to no training but being thrown into the fray and being expected to execute above and beyond in the requirements of the job, this might be the job for you. 

If you enjoy being talked down to worse then a dog all day everyday & having crude vulgarity shouted at random across the focus factory by  the machine operators in plant 2 focus factory two, this might be the job for you.

If you enjoy doing the job of two to three people everyday (staffing & retention is a joke because of pay, workload, and treatment ), this might be the job for you.

If you enjoy constantly having to find busy work because the lines are down nearly every other day because the company lacks a culture of preventive maintenance on machines/tools which also translates to mandatory working weekends because orders get behind, which is great until turns into multiple months without a day off,  this might be the job for you.

The only thing that was a positive was the daily banter and camaraderie with the other line operators and folks in other departments on the different lines during breaks.


 

I walked into this place, expecting a factory job. That's what I got, but it was worse than I thought. For context, I'm a moderately built person, able to do the basic tasks (lift 50 pounds with no issue, etc.). Started out as a Line Operator, the base job title. I have applied for 3 positions that have interested me in my 10 months of being here; All were taken by either the people simply looking to switch their job type to an equivalent tier one, or someone who had connections with someone higher. Speaking of higher ups, they're rather unpredictable, in the sense of time and order management. And yet, everyone's okay with working, say, 19 days in a row. While it won't be said to you, you'll be looked down upon if you call out before a long stretch is done. Drama within the workplace is what I'd consider moderate; Happens, but it's nothing but disagreements between one another. I wouldn't say I've learned much in terms of skills; It's simplistic tasks for most of the plant. Laser scoring, tabbing, molding parts, usually condensed into simple steps for each person. It's not satisfying, but if you're simply looking for work to get by (and the slight chance of promotion), it's available.

Alkegen was a highly disappointing place to work. Management is disorganized and disconnected from day-to-day operations, frequently overpromising and underdelivering. Leadership makes bold claims about innovation and growth but consistently fails to follow through. The work environment is toxic, with a culture driven by fear, blame, and poor communication.

Safety last seems to be their motto. Employees often feel pressured to prioritize forged results over safe practices, and issues raised are ignored or worse get you are pulled aside and your job is threatened.

Financial instability was a constant theme—there were frequent budget cuts, hiring freezes, and restructuring efforts.

There’s very little support or recognition, and morale was low across the board. Tons of talent left in the last two years alone. Unless there’s a complete overhaul in leadership and culture, I wouldn’t recommend Alkegen to anyone seeking a stable, respectful, or safe workplace.

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