welder

manufacturing engineer

production supervisor

repair technician

production

American Seating Company

This is the place for you, if you enjoy working for an organization with lack of communication, management/leadership, structure, and best practices. The HR team (3 people) quit within 30-45 days from each other and they will probably say "because they found a better opportunity." Technically, it is true as any other employer will be better than American Seating at this time but HR is not value or taken seriously, equal job opportunities is totally a joke (for ex. the CEO/President will hire on his own without HR  or those affected being aware of it), department "reorganization" will be conducted without proper documentation and/or informing those affected,  there is lack of accountability throughout the organization (it is easier to blame others than taking ownership), and employees complains are not taken seriously after investigations have been conducted and findings have been provided to leadership. This is totally a HR nightmare! 

Typical day involved monitoring product orders and shipments to wholesale/ chair account / military warehouses. Additionally track employee reported visitation of retail outlets and activities performed.
Monitor product promotional expenditures versus budgets weekly. Visit territories with employees to witness application of market strategies and note results.

Company was a laboratory for ideas of product development, marketing and promotion.

Co-workers lived the product imagery created- Camel man, More woman, felt compelled to deliver success at work.

Hardest part of job was contacting retail customers in rough urban areas with vehicles filled with (easy convertible to cash) cartons of cigarettes.

Enjoyable part of job was representing company at public events like NASCAR, Ebony Fashion Fair, Vantage Senior Golf Tournaments.

I would say American seatingbis more or less only intrested in getting parts made and don't really care about there employees what they have going on in there personal lives or what they need to be successful in there jobs.
Only intrested in the amount of parts they get made on a weekly basis.
They will hire new people to make there regular employees think they can be replaced when they have an upcoming union vote to take place.
When finished they start finding reasons for getting rid of there new hires.
They will make up reasons if true or not true.
You came back to work late from your break or from lunch even if you spent your break right next to your welding booth.
This is how management treat new employees at American seating unfortunately it is not a good place to work.
At least that's my opinion.

If you love going into a chaotic cluster of misinformation and changing hot jobs with constantly changing deadlines... then this is the place for you. Management can never seem to figure out what actually has to ship and when it needs to go, OR how to get you the parts you need to build the chairs they need to ship. And since it's a union shop management is openly hostile towards you since you're 'dirty union scum' and if you haven't been there for 30 years the odds are that the union won't do anything to help you. good luck. 

That being said, it's a great place to work if you love overtime. Their mismanagement helps your wallet out a lot. The building IS filthy all the time, so you don't have to worry about keeping it clean. Most of the plant is cold during the winter and way too hot during the summer.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Pay. Depending on the shift and position that you are hired for your training may be on a shift as I was. The good thing is that I was paid my shift premium for 2nd as I trained during 1st shift.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The attendance policy point system sucks.  The work isn't too stressful but when the person that is training is gone there isn't much help. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Bland, boring, and depressing. Lots of overtime if you're into 10 or more hour shifts. There are a lack of windows much like most factory jobs making the place dark and smelly.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Every order is behind and so it is all catching up.

American Seating as a company has good history but isn't as good a place to work at anymore. The pay is good and the benefits are decent, but I was told to quit by my coworkers from day one and I quickly learned why. All the salaried employees are hostile towards the hourly workers, production is poorly planned so you swing between crazy overtime and days of sitting around doing nothing, management is inflexible when it comes to solutions and any delays in production are blamed on the hourly workers not wanting to work. If you don't care about getting along with anyone and just want lots of overtime it's a good place to work but that's the only redeeming feature the company has.

If you’re lazy and don’t want to work as hard as others making the same amount, you found the perfect place. Bad attitude along with it? Even better! They will embrace you here. On the other hand, if you’re motivated and want a career with a well respected company that you can grow with and be valued along the way, run away quickly. Management here values nothing but money and disrespect among people runs rampant here. Very hostile work environment. People who start realize this within the first 2 hours. Very sad to see what I hear used to be such a good company for what it is now. Someplace I wouldn’t wish upon anyone but only my worst of enemies.

Starting off I enjoyed working here. It took only about 2 or 3 weeks to realize the company standards are under par. 2nd shift pays pretty well and the work is relatively easy. Having said that the coworkers I worked with who I was nothing less than nice to and respectful of basically run 2nd shift. I don’t know why there was a shift manager because he didn’t make any of the calls. If you have to go to the bathroom or get a drink, just know your coworkers will be watching and counting the seconds/minutes you are gone and reporting everything to the manager. Often information that was not even correct. Try 1st shift maybe. 

Great place to work, friendly coworkers and good leadership. Not as high stress as other places I've worked, lead times are reasonable and management is understanding and flexible for family friendliness. Lots of elaborate processes and workflows, tend to be overly complicated and create some repetitive, monotonous work. Cross departmental communication could be improved but generally everyone is willing to help to accomplish necessary tasks. Overall, a great place to work.

Typical day was setting appointments/product demonstrations, arranging demo product pickup and deliveries, meeting with key manufacturing contacts to insure on-time deliveries, maintain relations with key manufacturing customers, visiting customers, attending state/regional/national industry shows.

Privately held company. Management seldom secure in current position held.

Co-workers often unsure of management support.

Enjoyable for creative types to collaborate with clients to develop unique product outcomes.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Welder 1 salary reported	$20.10 per hour
Manufacturing engineer 2 salaries reported	$20.00 per hour
Production supervisor 5 salaries reported	$72,500 per year
Repair technician 1 salary reported	$36.57 per hour
Production 2 salaries reported	$21.30 per hour

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