production operator

maintenance mechanic

territory sales

shipping and receiving clerk

senior operator

Bostik

I have worked at Bostik for over 7 years now. My husband has worked for this company for 9 years (we met prior to working here). Both of us have been able to support our growing family while achieving our individual career goals. Bostik has provided us both with great opportunities and the only limit is how hard you are willing to work. With a community of inclusion and a management team focused on continuous improvement there is never a lack of learning opportunities. At our plant, this staff of 55 feels more like a family than a business. Everyone works together in a spirit of comradery rather than competition. I have never been stepped on for someone else to get ahead; rather, I have been encouraged and motivated by not only management but my teammates as well. The ones that filter out quickly are the ones that have not absorbed the culture of care and inclusion we have fostered here. I am proud of working for this corporation and I know my husband is to. Thank you for the many wonderful years Bostik!

This was my 2nd career out of college after my first with Loctite Corp.  I really enjoyed this company, it's people and culture.  This is another company I would like to have stayed with.  I wish I was wiser then, like I am now.  They were more of a specialty adhesives formulator and dispensing equipment manufacturer than a large volume commodity low-price point mfg/supplier and I thrived in this environment since I was a good value-added sales engineer and territory manager.  The management team was great and personable all except for one.  That's a pretty good record in my book.  I would work for them again in a heart beat.  I was their "Sales Master" one year and they were good to their people.  My first Regional Field Sales Manager was a great guy and I had two-so draw your own conclusion there.  The National Sales Manager at the time was the greatest guy and person and I wish I was able to report directly to him after my first Reg. Mgr. was promoted to another division at that time.

I have never seen a more kingdom building culture at any other company I have been a part of.  Bostik is a matrix organization where managers really do not have the authority to manage and each section of the matrix builds its own silo and defends it against the other.  The culture is infections and conceroust to a team building environment.  Bostik can complicate ANY process and make it harder to due business for the customer.  In the end I felt like customers just got in the way of the "processes" and "business."  Bostik's way of running the company will inhibit you from effectively growing the business.  Bonuses are unattainable.  

Bostik has a track record of acquiring successful and profitable businesses and running them into the ground.  

Monday through Friday gig. Two lab shifts. If you’re straight out of college or just looking for something to pass the time or maybe gain some work experience then try for it. Most enjoyable part of the day was going home. However, this is not the place if you want to advance and not for a person who is strictly work oriented. Way too much clowning around. Hardly any QC work to do. Test samples and enter data into a computer, that’s it. Not so much “tech” work as it is more of a data entry job. Spend more time on a computer than you would working at the bench. Job responsibilities do NOT equal the amount of pay required.

Bostik was a great experience for me. I was able to supervise 26 employees, learn more about QA, shipping/receiving and cement/grout manufacturing and application. I received raw material in inspected it for quallity according to company QA specs. Approved/disapproved product during manufacturing according company QA specs. Trained new employees. It was a very fast paced work environment especially with me doing QA, training and shipping/receiving. The hardest part of the job was trying to keep some of the young employees focused on the task at hand. The most enjoyable part of the job was being given so much responsibility

Bostik, in my opinion, has very little regard for safety, even though they seem to boast it. The fact that there was an accident resulting in the loss of a manufacturer's finger a year before a major explosion where 4 were sent to the hospital [and OSHA fines for blatant safety violations]. To work for Bostik, is to take your life in your own hands.

In my short employ with Bostik, I noticed laziness, rule breaking, and a couple of separate minor accidents where the manager was brought in at night. When safety issues were brought up, none were taken in a serious manner. One person quit without notice after 10 years of employment and I was fired for speaking up.

Be afraid, be very afraid...

What is the best part of working at the company?
It was close to where I lived. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Absent management. Understaffed. Hostile work environment.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Blame from the top down. Zero accountability. Owned by Arkema, and the management style is whatever keeps Arkema off of their backs. At any cost. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Chaotic. Don't know what time you're getting off day by day. Switching machines multiple times a night due to understaffing. People go without lunches daily. It's a total mess.

At the start things were complicated for the fact that i was new ,but then when i started getting along with my co-workers everything was getting alot easier with all the confidence i started to get with my supervisor and manager and the rest of the line operators ,during the time i started to get more and more experience ,and started to learn more about how to control my official line .I learned alot of different ways to operate my machine ,ways to make it run slower or faster.It was a good work oportunity that helped me learn alot about the job and showed me how to get along with the rest of the employees

Equipment failures created an environment of crisis management. The nature of the product produced required that cooling tanks be used to cool the product before packing, this created numerous problems with production flow as the packing dept was the bottle neck. A manual process that would frequently stop due to box machine failures. Communication was also a problem between the departments. Career opportunities do not really exist, Their idea of career progression is learning to do the same job on a different machine. The argument for continuing education is pointless when the organization will not allow you to use it.

Great money in maintenance, good benefits, lots of o.t. available. Problem is, the management is running off of a good ole boy system. I was a Sr. Maintenance Tech there for almost a year. They tried to get rid of two people to downsize the shift operations and I was highest paid.....yeah, bye bye. They first tried to write me up because I wouldn't violate OSHA rules by hanging off of a catwalk to make a repair and when they found I was going to fight them on it, they offered me a severance package. Do the math yourself.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production operator 1 salary reported	$19.00 per hour
Maintenance mechanic 10 salaries reported	$28.35 per hour
Territory sales 3 salaries reported	$106,667 per year
Shipping and receiving clerk 1 salary reported	$21.50 per hour
Senior operator 4 salaries reported	$24.08 per hour

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