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BANDIT INDUSTRIES

This place loves to boast 'employee ownership' but they couldn't be bothered to give a single care about their employees... In my time at this company I was directly lied to constantly by the terrible management and even eventually targeted by them directly. They treat their welders like poo and expect everyone to go as fast as they possibly can while majorly sacrificing quality in favor of quantity. The engineers are lackluster at best and their prints are designed for failure to anyone new looking at them as most of the knowledge in any given area is all tribal knowledge and nothing is by any book or print that's accurate. The supervisors are chosen by popularity and not abilities to do their jobs right. New parts are developed and thrown into the mix without a second thought as to how it will work or if it will work and the welders are just told to and I quote 'figure it out', or their set up for failure by being told to do it the dumbest hardest way possible first by clueless supervisors. If your still gonna apply pray you don't end up in building 5 it is by far the WORST building for all of this and this fact is well known company wide. They'll just as soon throw you to the wolves as they will hire you as I believe this places only real requirement for work is you have a working pulse and the ability to show up religiously and have no opinions or outside thoughts aside from what they tell you. Their insurance is also by far the worst I've ever had in terms of they hardly cover anything at all even with their highest package. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Complete freedom selling the BEST deforestation products in the world!  Fabulous product, fantastic factory support!   I had the entire state of Indiana as my territory.  New, pre-owned/refurbished.  I’d go to Remus, MI for support and to pick up or pick out new/factory refurbished equipment.  Always repaired right the first time.  I gave on the spot inspections and either scheduled repairs or traded them out for a new or newer one.  Best career ever!   

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
No stress!  I set clear expectations of timeliness, inspection results  and informed the client when to expect their new or refurbished unit would be delivered back.  I also always had a new wood chipper or stump grinder in tow at all times. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Fantastic support, willingness to educate,  a real can do atmosphere. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Pre-inspections, check order status, a lot of driving  (Road warrior) , inventory, billing, ordering.  At times I’d take the prospect to the Factory and introduce them to parts, service, new products.
  I never left the factory without a re-furbished or new unit.  I also attended deforestation shows statewide.  Never boring!

Bandit is a good employer. They offered you all the bells and whistles when it came down to your health insurance and 401k. They matched your 401k to a certain point every year which was nice. The biggest problem there was the drama. A few managers got their position just because they were buddy buddy with another foreman. Sometimes they dump too much work on you if your a hard worker and can take advantage of some peoples strengths. Just do your job, stay out of the drama and you will like this job.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Friends enjoyable and they try to take care of there employees.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It is physically demanding, heavy lifting, stooping,and noisy.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Dirty and noisy, people were friendly and understanding.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Bolt tightening and inspection of machines.

The culture there, is that you’re a number, and a replaceable one at that. Garbage pay for terrible work, all while breathing in tons of hazardous materials and chemicals. Leadership is clueless. Hard work and reliability doesn’t mean anything. Hardest part about working there is knowing that you’re taking years off of your life by breathing in all the fumes and chemicals. Best part was the people, met some good ones. 

They will terminate  you for no reason at all. One week I was asked if I wanted to take over someone else’s job plus my own and because I said no. The next week they terminated  me. The new HR lady is ruthless! I asked them to not send an email out with my name in it. Because that’s what they had been doing for everyone they terminate. Well I heard they sent out an email with my name in it.

Work from start to finish, management is friendly accommodating but needs to communicate better, I felt like a outsider but people were friendly, and lot of heavy parts, if you like working on machines you will enjoy it here your basically a mechanic. I hope to be called back when business picks up.

truly awful place to work poor management a high school diploma is not required to be a supervisor most supervisors cannot spell or read will tell you during the hiring us that there is hardly ever a layoff laid off two weeks later then brought back for a few months would not recommend this employer to anyone if you're not in the good old boys club forget it

Bandit was a fast paced welding/fabricating shop. I learned alotta things while i was there. I learned how to x-ray welds,Penetrated thick metals,and make the machines look very nice. Managment was good. The hardest part of the job was reading the blue prints.

Overall it’s a fair place to work. The pay was decent. My coworkers we good people to work with and on most days we all got along great. The supervisor was fairly decent too. Now the plant manager and assistant plant manager on the other hand. Those two would preach about team work but time after time again they would show you that they were in it for themselves and  I one else. They lack any sort of human decency

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