machine operator

manufacturing technician

warehouse associate

utility operator

trainer

American & Efird

What is the best part of working at the company?
You get a week unpaid off at the end of the year,usually starting Christmas day(yes 1st and 2nd work Christmas eve) and go through the 3rd of the year. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The ammount of time you are at the warehouse.  As a technician you will be required to work 1 full 13 day stretch a month with constant  rotating 5 to 6 days off. If the shift after you is short handed and you are a "required" field it is expected you will work minimum 12 hour shifts until a replacement is found regardless of what is going on outside of work. They will not tell you till about 30m till its time to go that you have to stay.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Blatant favoritism for people that managers like. The upper management likes to brush everything under the rug and hide it from people above them to save face instead of handling issues and problems at the source. Everyone plays the blame game and never takes ownership of there mistakes. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Come in see 1st shift done working 30m before the end of their shift. Spend the 1st 2 to 3 hours working on fixing mistakes made on product by 1st shift. Spend the day troubleshooting and providing maintenance on machines. A lot of product setup.

This company had a lot of potential. Unfortunately, they don't treat their employees well. The conditions are poor, the machinery is severely outdated and the heat is intense. You will work your very hardest just to feel like you haven't accomplished anything while you're there for your entire shift. Breaks are few and far between and they command a great deal from you. Management is a joke! They won't give positive feedback when you do a great job and they certainly will tell you when something messes up! Parts of the machine are patched with a "bandaid" mentality and you're constantly plagued by missing or broken parts. All around a very difficult place to work and you will leave feeling sore beyond imagine. Concrete flooring, massive amount of walking (near jogging at some points). 

If you are thinking about applying, please don't. Save yourself from anxiety because they are always watching you like a hawk instead of providing a helping and reassuring hand. If you do apply, please make sure that it is because you're desperate and have no other options at the time. I warn you now! If you like hot environments, low pay, and a stress-induced environment, this is the place for you! 

Good luck, you'll need it. 

A typical day is coming in and fixing the shifts before you mistakes. Then being ran around like a dog and overworked while also being scolded for things that others wouldn't be because of favoritism. Also you get no free water when when its hot because it's costs too much, a stupid attendence point system that gives no leeway and no raise even though you bust your butt for them. Workers are not being heard about their problems and lied to on the daily. Supervisor changes leading to more problems. 2nd shift supervisors are worried about their own reputation instead of showing employees respect. You get talked down to and god help u you have five minutes to yourself as they want you to work 24/7 even when we barely have any work. You get scolded for minor things even when you go above and beyond other shifts. They expect you to do all the work then point out any minor inconvenience then they blame u or see something wrong with what your doing even though you have done the same thing as you were trained for years. Beginning to be more like a prison than a workplace.

The El paso location is completely neglected by the corporate offices in North Carolina. The length of the isles are very slim, they only have enough room for a person to pull orders with a hand jack (dolly). 90% of the cases that are pulled manually weigh about 35-55 lbs. Theres alot of bending, knealing, pushing, pulling and moving boxes around to get to the a specific case the job becomes very strenuous throughout you 8 hour shift. Since you can't fit a pallet jack down the isle you'll be going back and forth, up and down the isle pulling 6 to eight boxes at a time and walking them back to the main floor to put on a skid. If  they made the isles wide enough for a pallet jack it would definitely be a decent job. I doubt they would accommodate there employees like that. Maybe raising the pay rate to $20-$25 but employers are known to pay low wages because it's a border city. And management isn't the best there either. There's only 1 main manager and 1 assistant Manger so moving up doesn't happen often and it's not something you can count on, could take 10 years.

Unless you are very hard up for any kind of income, I would avoid this company at all costs. This is one of the worst places to work in the state. This is largely due to the lack of unions to protect workers in the south. The compensation is startlingly low, and management strictly only concerns themselves with production numbers, not worker's needs or feelings. They also at any time can throw a Saturday shift or Sunday shift at you as late as Thursday in the week and you are fully expected to be there. Zero growth potential. Overqualified staff who can benefit the company in other roles are completely ignored.

Will lose job if late more than twice. job type is no brainer and very repetitive. Stays consistent and your always going non stop. Very heavy duty job and messy too. You will ruin any clothes you wear to work. The temperature isn't regulates, the floors flood if it rains, its a hot box in the summer and an igloo in the winter. work hardly ever cancels for weather, and you'll be counted out if you don't make it. we are forced on vacation for a week in December and June that is unpaid except for 1 day of the week. they stay understaffed which puts strain on each position to get the same load out per day that would be expected of a full crew. Management changes a lot and the supervisors are unprofessional and just plain BAD at their job.

Turnover is great as employees are not treated with respect.  I have referred others to work at this company and find that they will receive an interview but no one ever follows up with the person interviewed to tell them they are being considered or were or were not hired.  They will even have 2 nd interviews with potential employees, tell them when they will be following up with them regarding their interview and the candidate simply never hears from HR again.  Very unprofessional environment to work within for employees and do not treat job applicants with respect by never giving them an outcome of their interview.  I will no longer refer anyone to this company and just waiting to move on now myself.

These are production jobs but it's almost impossible to make production the second you are close to it they increase the work load ..all spinning jobs are not created equal ..they train you at one plant then transfer you to another and its like to different worlds the maintenance is a joke it's hard to do maintenance when your tech is trying to do 3 other jobs and it's not appreciated they expect a new hire to operate on the same level as someone who has been there for 15 yrs

I have worked for this company for almost 10 years. The pay is good and the hours are flexible. There is steady work available when needed. If overtime is required it can be mandatory or voluntarily. The employer's are very nice and respectable. I enjoyed what I did I enjoy the people I work with. Every job as you know has some stressed out days  and some triggers, you have to take the  good times with the bad times; Overall., I felt like they were my family.

A real production job ,production pay for the packers on two assemble lines, packing yarn, which I had to glue up and send to the shipping department . A normal day would be 800 to 1000 boxes a day. There would be other things such cleaning the machine , taking samples of thread or yarn to the lab.I kind of enjoyed working with the different ladies . Management was really strict , almost a no mistake production work place . I did a lot lifting of boxes which would not roll or fit on the assemble line in a fast pace ,the packers got production pay ,my pay was one rate.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Machine operator 1 salary reported	$15.00 per hour
Manufacturing technician 2 salaries reported	$19.25 per hour
Warehouse associate 2 salaries reported	$15.00 per hour
Utility operator 2 salaries reported	$14.00 per hour
Trainer 1 salary reported	$16.75 per hour

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