production operator

field engineer

operator

maintenance technician

quality manager

Alkegen (Lydall)

A typical week at Alkegen entailed a very long 6-day, 72-hour week.  That type of work for someone is really just unbelievable. For the duration of time that I had worked there, that is what the scheduling was like. If your relief had called out for whatever reason, you were forced to fill in their position and work a 16-hour shift. This happened fairly regularly as the people who work here tend not to like that workplace environment. 
The position I was hired for required extensive training. Not only was I essentially throw to the wolves after a period of training that was much shorter than I felt comfortable with, but management had rushed my training because they were desperate to fill the roll. "We need to put the petal to the metal on your training here." What training you may ask? There was no proper training regimen at all For such a complicated position, there was no handbook, no official trainer and almost no guidance. The company has a horrible time keeping staff members because of the grueling scheduling process, the horrible  lack of communication between people on the floor and management, and the work itself.
The place is absolutely run-down. Instead of getting new, functioning equipment, they band-aid everything and hope for the best. The equipment is outdated by nearly 30 years, and needs constant servicing. The concrete of the floor is coming up, causing innumerable trip hazards. The place is horribly filthy. I wouldn't recommend anybody work here at all. 
On top of all of that, it is unionized. Normally, that would be a cause for celebration. "Woohoo, union organization and protection!". All of the positive benefits of having a union are negligent here. The stewards and union representatives do absolutely nothing for you at all. There is no job security with the union, there are no rights. The only benefits is that the union secures that you get a slight raise every year. That raise is not sufficient enough to keep your employees happy having to deal with all that they do on a daily basis.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The crew I worked with were amazing. Comraderie was great, training was a breeze. Hours were great. Pay wasn't too bad.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Company has the most useless and clues management of any company I have ever worked for. Letting key people go for no reason, hoping lesser employees would take over whom are not qualified what so ever. The excessant meetings are just a waste of time. Having management 3 hours away is about as useless as it gets. Nobody has a clue what is going on with anything, and everyone blames the next. Lookingbforward to watching this company completely fold up and lock its doors.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Office environment wasn't too bad. Could have used some updating, but the team culture made up for the company's short comings. Culture is all the same, over worked, numerous shut downs on machines. People expected to work weekends who do NOT. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Usually start stressful, go through days work. Complete tasks, by then was usually time to go home.

Some coworkers are gems(newer), once they see what the place is really about they leave. Most are chased away (fired) utilizing an archaic point system that's very harsh. No work life balance to speak of. You stand up for yourself they process you out with points. Snitches get celebrated, good honest employees get stepped on.  I've learned that they smile at you as they lie-management. Work place culture is: work OT or we'll fire you, if your a minute late it's a point, snitches rule. The hardest part is realizing that you made a huge mistake working somewhere that doesn't care or appreciate you while preaching that they do, all the while threatening you with innuendos. The most enjoyable part is leaving with your sanity (health) intact. DON'T even bother to apply. They will never learn so as people keep going back for the pennies they pay. Pay for work compensation is poor, this place will break your body and they will give you the toilet paper treatment. Good luck with your search, please pass this place by. God Bless.

After 20+ yrs working for this company I have been treated like a dog and they have no respect for you as a person. The company screws you out of pay and bonus. Even when beating targets. Absolutely no support way over worked and the company is solely ran on political. No room for growth. Equipment is in deplorable shape. I have recently decided to leave the company due to constant mistreatment and to get my health back they slowly took from me. This place is a three ring circus. I strongly recommend you stay far away from this company. That is unless you like be treated like a dog and kicked around. They absolutely 100% do not value people let alone anything else. 

We are expected to roll mats of insulation by hand while avoiding defects like telescoping patterns, keeping the care tight and avoiding wrinkles in the paper while wrapping. The rolls are logged into the computer and we also write our feedback of all the rolls we worked on. Particles of insulation go all over the place so people might want to wear thick masks. They also have respirators there which might help. It’s easy to get itchy there. 

They brought in managers from another company and it's easy to see why they didn't work out at their last place.  One of them only seems to be there because he's best friends with the plant manager.  If you're not "in"... you're out... very cliquey.  If you want a job where you show up and do your work and go home it's not too bad but don't expect to move up or be treated with respect if you have to deal with managers.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The co workers and my hrs and pay was weekly 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Unorganized and unprofessional and radical and racist and gender bias, no room to elevate and training sucked and bad leadership 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Unfair and set up for u to fail 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
It was always a surprise and something unexpected

What is the best part of working at the company?
Was a short drive from home. Parking was easy most days 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Absolutely everything!  The point system was awful. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful. Management had their groups and if you weren’t part of that, then you got the bad machines 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Demanding. Unorganized, stressful

Talking about great business model, falling far behind competing as they never spend a single coin on investment. Spending much effort to monitorring there's employees. Looks like a one man show surrounded yes sayer whitout whitout own opinions or good in advertising. Incomprehensible focus.Missarable managment, no money for investments

I sincerely recommend that all stay far away from this place. Working there was miserable from day one to year 8. Absolutely terrible employer, and I wouldn’t wish employment there on my worst enemy. Management is absolutely clueless, the hours are insane, pay is not worth the work you do, and the working conditions an be downright abusive. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production operator 31 salaries reported	$24.00 per hour
Field engineer 5 salaries reported	$114,919 per year
Operator 9 salaries reported	$23.35 per hour
Maintenance technician 11 salaries reported	$29.64 per hour
Quality manager 7 salaries reported	$116,857 per year

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