production associate

machine operator

automation technician

quality control inspector

tool maker

Anomatic

 - Best take away from the job I had from this place was stable income for the most part.
 - Can't see anything else good really yeah you get overtime but its not worth your sanity and sleep.
 - Material Handlers are being cast out of the job to make ops work harder in which didn't bother much since I was in my last days there but it was the easiest job hands down.
 - Lastly think about it with yourself if you want to work 10/5 and a smooth 8 on Saturday

Let me start off by saying I was a Operator before this position. I Stepped down from it to be a material handler because I was offered to assist the Operators run them.

A Higher Up had a meeting with the entire first shift team and was talking about incentives and someone asked about showing up on time to get a reward for not missing work and they just shrugged it off and told them the paycheck was your incentive to your attendance which I can understand but not to time to tell us that when we literally just been told to about possibly Saturdays starting at the time.
 - Basically Clock in and restock everything for the Operators
 - Time management was good in this position only because I was decent enough to be able to fill the machines and do other stuff.
 - Management was useless unless you needed to talk to a higher up.(Crew Leaders mostly)
 - Culture was acceptable (few bad employees being catered too by CL)
 - Going in there was the hardest part
 - The most enjoyable thing about the place is you usually get to leave at 2pm lol.



From management to temps, this place has a culture and reputation for firing people and everyone in the plant knows it. Workers are constantly worried about losing their jobs; therefore, it leads to a culture of finger pointing when something goes wrong. Knowing this, others can also try and get you fired. Since your new and don't know any better. It's easy to blame you! During my employment, they fired the plant manager who had only spent a month and a half on the job. Production workers have a bad attitude because of their low pay. As a new tech, you are the scapegoat and your managers will tell you this up front. You'll have to deal with bad training as other techs have their own issues. You'll also have to be quality control (as they don't know how to do their job) baby sitter, and finger pointer yourself. When the music stops, you don't want to be the one without a chair or you're gone. When people make bad choices, you get to clean it up. Your managers don't want to be fired so they'll pass the blame on to you. You even get in trouble for doing what your told or doing your paper work if someone else perceives what your doing negatively.

Worked at Anomatic after a very hopeful and exciting interview.  Shortly after starting it was obvious most of the things I was told I would be doing (new projects, cutting edge work, having a role in upgrading and re-designing machines, training other employees) it was obvious this was not going to be happening, or of any of my managers concerns.  Management here is extremely petty, and everyone is willing to throw everyone under the bus to not be thrown under themselves.  Often my manager would blatantly lie about who was at fault for an issue and NEVER took any responsibility for any of his own shortcomings.  Extremely childish.  

They also expected you to work Saturdays with zero notice, often telling you on Friday, even if it were posted around the building there was no work on Saturday.  

Overall decent pay (only for upper level positions) terrible management, lack of upgrading known bad designs, and passing the buck.  I’d only work here is I absolutely needed something to put foot on the table, and I’d not stop looking for something better.

While working here I was able to further my education in industry. The company provided free classes for certifications required for my job as a shift lead/machine operator. Management was easy to talk to and down to earth. Workplace culture was very open minded and accepted all types of people from different backgrounds and religions. The hardest parts of the job was insuring having enough time to train people with the high demand of production in busy times of the year. You will face periods of shortened hours in the cold winter months which is offset-ted by the busy summertime filled with tons of voluntary and mandatory overtime. Also expect to fill in on short notice if someone does not show up. Coworkers are honest and friendly. Healthcare benefits are very affordable and the company offers great discounts to companies you might shop at or for example the Columbus Zoo and amusement parks.

The stamping Dept. Is like the wild west nobody knows what is going on, there isnt any communication between shifts and the management is unorganized and unprofessional. Many times the stamping foreman came to work intoxicated and is always unprofessional and unfair to workers. Exterme favoritism is shown to anybody with a skirt on. They will pick one worker per shift and dump the load of work to be done on them while the rest of the crew sits back and takes their good old time doing anything or pretending to do something. This place is absolutely horrible and totally unprofessional and I'm not a disgruntled employee that's how it is!!!

They are always looking for highly skilled tradesmen and then when they promise them a good job, they treat them terrible. Toolmakers don't make tools or even work in the toolroom. They are press setters!! Watched by a group of managers w/ a stop watchs. Nothing more! We are forced to work all wkends, paid holidays and holiday wkends. for the past 20yrs. Or you loose your holiday pay. They care nothing about your family or family time. They don't understand why they have such a large turnover specially in the stamping department. Vacations are not approved until last minute or denied. Just leaving you hang. You can never plan your time off. Even for the senior skilled trades personnel. Don't quit a good job to come here. Sorry to speak this way but the truth isn't always pretty!

Used by management as thier work horse and gave them all the results they wanted but HR constantly blocked me every step of the way. HR was more conserned with saving known drug addicts and bad employees than supporting emplyees who worked hard and were a huge part of they companies success.I constantly performed duties above my paygrade as a result of not being able to keep management. Very clicky environment. NOTHING worse than being told you were given a position by the head of a department only for HR. To tell you "you must be confused...you were never given that". Or to have HR email other employees and tell them to " dont worry ill fix it.... You dont have to listen to them". The sad thing is upper management has NO clue what is really happening

The new management is different from the previous management. Over spending and very poor decisions are being made every day. Machine scheduling and use of machine time is poor. Then made up with employee forced Over-time. Weak Benefits are offered, but you can't afford them. The co-pays are high, and out of pocket exp. are killers. Wage increases seldom happen, when it does, it is small. Promises are make to individuals, but seldom kept. They continually add to, and change job descriptions with no compensation. They just add to your work load. They call it LEAN manufacturing . They just want the job done fast, and don't seem to care if it done correctly.

If your primary responsibilities are familial or academic, it is a stress free paycheck. Otherwise, the management is embroiled in grade school play ground politics--some grotesque, cartoonish  caricature of a Solzhenitsyn novel. Their contention is that anyone willing to work for them is an idiot. The logic is compelling. You will be instructed to perform your duties in a punitively unproductively manner for the purposes of reinforcing your subordinacy. You will have the right materiel to perform your duties. The benefits were good for an unskilled job.

Typical day was running trash scrap cardboard to desirable area then flexing individuals for breaks followed by more trash scrap and cardboard removal cleaning  making sure supplies were filled up through out the day its easy work the culture was mixed it was interesting and fun learning experiences the hardest part was manually cranking 300 pound belts to a spindle management was okay when the older member was running the floor 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production associate 27 salaries reported	$14.94 per hour
Machine operator 23 salaries reported	$18.35 per hour
Automation technician 2 salaries reported	$26.50 per hour
Quality control inspector 7 salaries reported	$20.50 per hour
Tool maker 7 salaries reported	$39.79 per hour

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