quality control lab technician

press operator

field service engineer

warehouse worker

production worker

American Fuji Seal

I'm surprised this company is still in business. Management is unskilled, untrained, with a superiority complex. They pretend to ask for improvements and never fix anything. None of the management will make decisions. Most managers walk around all day on their phones looking up personal items while employees are not allowed to have their phones. There is no sense teamwork and no help from management because most have no skills in the position they hold.  this company also keeps hiring unskilled people for management while the number of employees keeps dwindling without hiring replacements. So workers have to take on several positions and responsibilities that they were not hired in to do. The atmosphere is dark and depressing. You never know what's coming next.  Schedules were said to only change once a day but that never happened. It was very difficult to set up any next job because of constant changes. This also cut in efficiency and on time delivery. American Fuji Seal would have special events for employees every so often. I f you work second or third shift most of these events were not available because they were during first shift hours only. The best part of this company is the insurance. Most people would quit without it.  inconclusion this company pays fair with good insurance but is toxic to your mental health.  

In my time there, I have found the place to be pretty bad.  Upper management lacks vision and offers no direction--except to save a dime. This lack of vision and planning leads to very sporadic production.  Layoffs due to lack of work are not uncommon and have occurred every year.  

The place is also very sexist.  If you're a woman in management, expect to earn about 30-40% less than you're worth and what it would take to replace you. Upper management has even stated multiple times that some jobs are women's jobs and some jobs are men's jobs.  And it's obvious if they put a woman into what they consider a man's job, the pay reflects what they think of you.

HR is petty and lacks integrity (confidential investigations are anything but).  Employees are free to fabricate whatever they want and HR will buy it.  

You'd think middle management was union--low performers get praise and promotions while high performers get no recognition.  Supervisors are often late, leave early, leave on the shift, do drugs on the shift and give favors to their favorites.  Yet the hourly employees who are not the supervisors' friends get written up for being a minute late from break.  Also instances where employees are forced to sign blank disciplinary forms or whole shifts are written up due to the actions of a few.  

So if this is the life you want, go for it!

The company markets itself well, but once you are in, be prepared to not be trained on any of the company's policies or inner workings. It is riddled with a ridiculous amount of secrecy to the point that it is uncertain how it has survived for this long. The company also does not want to listen to ideas of improvement or advancement, even when they are for the betterment of the company and it's employees. If an employee does try to improve the company too much, they are either forced out or grow tired of the fight and leave on their own. In short, be prepared to be let in the door, led to your work area, and expected to figure out your tasks on your own for the remainder of your time there. Your coworkers are in the same position as you, so there isn't much they can do to help. If you just need to be a warm body and collect a paycheck, this is the perfect place for you.

Due to production requirements and short handed personnel in the position worked a lot of 12 hour days and 6 day weeks with several 7 day weeks. 
Typical day checking work on 25 different machines repeatedly through the shift. Between the 25 different machines and the material in the warehouse put on between 5.5 and 10.5 miles per shift. 
Because there was only 1 tech per shift worked a lot of 12 hour days just covering for vacations and illness and unexpected absences.
Seniority in the position was not important. New hires with no experience were paid more than the 2 senior techs. A non-union position, so no protections for equal pay for equal work.
Enjoyed working with most of the operators. Miss them the most.

What is the best part of working at the company?
They don't care about their employees  or their families at all you can be sick with 103 temp and they still want you at work if not they will hold it against  you or write you up same goes if anything  happens with a family  member. Even if your brother dies or your spouse goes into labor.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They don't know how to keep stock on what they need then blame the employees that don't have anything  to do with it 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The coworkers are great. However, management and hr are terrible. They need to learn how to treat employees better if they want to keep good people 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Go in make sure everything with the color  is good. clean and leave

I've been here a long time. About a year after they opened the doors. A lot of the struggles at first could be attributed to being a new company and learning the ropes. 10+ years in though, can't really use that excuse anymore. Corporate office is constantly telling us how we should do things here even though our business is completely different and they don't even know who we are for the most part. A lot of drama and favoritism, but honestly it's what you'd find just about everywhere else that's corporate. They've done right by me for the most part. Hoping they get their act together so I can retire from here. Benefits are incredible and is what is keeping most family-oriented people here.

Unskilled, Unqualified, Unprofessional Quality Management. Unwilling to learn, or listen to the team members with 20 years experience or more. Known thieves  are allowed to keep there employment while being caught red handed.  No accountability for producing bad product, Quality team members as well as Production team members are forced to work 10 - 12 hours after signing on for 8 hrs. Forget your weekends, it’ll be made mandatory without your knowledge. If you are in the QC field, or have been for any amount of lengthy time, don’t bother applying. It’s a quality nightmare, I have been the only QC tech for 13 months for 1st shift, I am expected to carry the workload of 3 shifts with little to no compensation. Was denied a raise due to it not being in my contract when hired. I would NOT recommend working here. 

Management is trash. Have cameras every where and they're definitely looking at it constantly. Will screenshot what people do and send it in emails. Expects to make production  but lacks workers. Can't keep anyone here cause they micro manage everything and everyone. Definitely watching the cameras to see how long you take your breaks for. Expects QC to do everything and blames qc for everyone's mistake. Management all want each other job and is secretly trying to get each other's job is what I heard. Literally here when they say cover your own butt, they really mean it. People will throw anyone under the bus and will Literally throw your name out there so you better had yourself covered already. Expects you to stay over your shift but does not get pay overtime. The list goes on. 

A typical day at work at American Fuji Seal is a bit stressful. You never really know what to expect go in. Their quality is a bit of a mess and changes the qualifications of a product in the drop of a hat. I believe they need to take a moment out and listen to the employees that do the everyday task, and hear fed back from them to get a better prospective on the way things should be handled. They also wait till the last minute to ask people to stay over, when they know that people probably already have plans. They need to give atleast a twenty-four hour notice to ensure that they will have the coverage they need, which also allows their employees time to plan to stay over.

Besides these few flaws the company isn't a bad place to work for. The pay is well, and so are the benefits.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The benefits, and leaving the company

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The toxic work environment, very unprofessional supervisor, the constant bullying by coworkers and supervisors.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Negative, toxic, unprofessional

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You work harder than than a handful of favorites who play golf with the department manager and get extra raises, yet you can do nothing right and are constantly put down, in front of others, yelled at, held back, and eventually requested against

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