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A very lopsided culture with little integrity since the reorganization. Long-time dedicated professionals were either released from the company or driven out by lack of team support and/or lack of intellectual tools to make them successful. BISSELL employed some of the best engineers, executives and managers who not only cared about making an outstanding product, but also doing it with integrity and honor. Once the leadership changed, it was a free-for-all and how can I use you to make my career successful.  The pay was never up to par, but after the change in management, the review process made promotion impossible if you were not one of the "chosen few" in Marketing.  Marketing plays too large of roll in the "control" of the company decisions. Individuals makes changes that disrupt everything and then leave to better themselves elsewhere. It became an all "show" no real quality to the culture. Customer Care was never a respected part of the success of the organization. It was believed from the top that the "Cost Center" was a necessary evil and those people only had their jobs because they couldn't get jobs anywhere else. Just an example of the lopsided cultural atmosphere. A real shame because BISSELL has such a great founder's story.

The people on the production floor are great. Generally friendly and welcoming. Management isn't proficient in running a production floor, running production when we're not shipping, overrunning the blow-mold department, causing warehouse issues with over packing. No real training in any department. The Step-up system they implemented is a joke. Getting promoted has nothing to do with skill, you've got to be popular with management. You'll get marked down on reviews if you express any form of dissatisfaction and don't remain 'happy' at all times. 
The new computer system they use for everything has moved us backwards instead of helping us move forwards as a company, creating more issues than it solves and generally making it more difficult to complete our work loads in a timely and efficient manner.
They struggle to keep the fill lines running, never having spare parts should something break down, so we end up working a lot of overtime.
They scheduled a 'family fun' day this year at a time when none of the first shift production team could attend as it was during working hours. As the office people get to leave early on Friday's this was a big slap in the face.

Everyone seems to be in the same boat and it is very set in the 1950s but did finally come around to a relaxed environment and flexibility but it's your typical place where HR isn't meant to help you, it's there for the company.

It's family owned and the family is a good one. You just need to know how to navigate one of them. But there are far too many people that are deadweight and others doing all the work.

You can make suggestions to improve those issues and they'll act like they care, but not so much. Everyone is just punching in and punching out. 

The leadership before the C suite has been there forever so it's status quo. 

But all in all not the worst place to work if you know it is a job. The worst thing is not being an innovator but a fast follower which was always bizarre to me. At the end of the day, it's a company of good people with a good mission and it's not lip service or one of those evil corporations doing bad things behind the scenes - they care about their environment and want to do a good job, just a bit afraid to make risks with the right hires or innovation.

Absolute chaos in meetings, and constant meetings online since office was closed. No one ever met goals or targets, but would always pass buck to another person or department, and this was how it was supposed to be. I got shamed for not meeting a time deadline for a part I was working on, but got praised for deflecting another delay to a person outside of my department. Multiple mini-scandals inside the company walls are unspoken about. Mental breakdowns and burnout left and right. Many people don't even make it to a year. Cult-like mentality around how good it is to work there. People talk up a free/cheap lunch like it's the best thing in the world but....it just isn't. Everyone went on and on about "The Bissell Burger" on the lunch menu and it's just frozen patties on a griddle. Such a weird company. Only positive is the pay. Pay is way beyond any other company. Get the bag at your own risk, though.

I worked there through a temp agency for 4 months during the Christmas rush. I didn't miss 1day of work and was never late. I was told that I was a good worker, part of the team, as I quickly learned the operating system and had no problem at all working anywhere we needed help. I loaded/unloaded trucks, did put away, replenishment. I was in complete shock when I was let go 2 days before Christmas, right after the potluck in which I brought 80$ in dessert (I truly thought I was part of the team). I was given no honest reason by Bissell, and even the temp agency didn't understand. So thank you Bissell for the worst experience in my working career. As sincere as I could possibly be, you broke my heart. 

The work culture is one of the best benefits for working with BISSELL.  Depending on your department, you will either have extremely busy days with more than enough work to fill your days, or you will have time to enjoy the work environment that surrounds you.

Management works daily to improve on communication and benefits and their interest in their employees concerns are received and valued.  

Not many large companies, have their CEO and upper management eating lunch in the cafeteria with their employees side by side.

Gave 4+ years working in a no-win situation.  As a middle manager, you can find ways to make a difference.  However their is a distinct difference in the haves and the have nots.  The employees are nice and relatively kind person to person.  But within the next room, the corporate politics take over.  Eat or be eaten!  It's a poisonous work environment.  Not sure if their could be enough cleaning in the upper management to make a difference.  This is a "short term" gains minded private company.  

What is the best part of working at the company?
BISSELL is a family oriented company.
BISSELL didn't seem to adhere to corporate games...promotions were earned through solid contributions, not the buddy system.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I can honestly say that I encountered no stressors during my year at BISSELL.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Solid team environment, that carried from department to department.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Pick up where I left off from the previous days work.

Day to day business was busy and could be fast-paced at times, but I never felt too much pressure to be stressed about anything. A modern, open floor plan workplace led to more collaboration and faster, better completion of work to a higher quality. I learned a lot about the field I'm in and how it translates to the workplace, and gained a lot of great experience. The workplace culture is fantastic; everyone is polite and helpful, and each person wants the other to succeed.

The work place is very diverse, all different walks of people and cultures. I’ve never personally seen any racism take place. If you show up on time, and do your best to complete whatever task you have for the day you’ll be fine. They do expect set ups to take 5 courses to have a better understanding of what they’re working on. Yes you do have to cover the cost upfront. It can be fully reimbursed dependent on your grade. You also get a big pay raise once these courses are complete as well. Too many people are lazy today and don’t want to do any work. Yet they expect to be paid for working all 40 hours.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Brand manager 3 salaries reported	$95,000 per year
Quality manager 5 salaries reported	$99,256 per year
Senior electrician 3 salaries reported	$31.83 per hour
Maintenance technician 1 salary reported	$29.00 per hour
Maintenance electrician 2 salaries reported	$31.50 per hour

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