shipping and receiving clerk

manufacturing engineer

die setter

operator

machine operator

Burkland

The job isn’t hard. They just don’t wanna pay to get any competent workers in there. Plant manager, president and owners make great money, they leave all the hard work to the floor workers while they live great lives and the floor workers can’t barely scrape by. The plant manager makes terrible decisions, cares about hunting and fishing more than making beneficial changes to the company. All in all the work is fine, the place is a disaster though, house keeping is practically non existent. If you do clean it’ll be dirty in 3 minutes due to the lack of oil containment. The air is thick with oil mist and it’s a hazard to walk or drive Hilo in there. This place lost 2 supervisors in a years time due to the lack of progression of pay and benefits. They say they offer 401k, Health, dental and vision, but you have to pay for it so it’s not like you get anything from it, no matching 401 no bonuses. Barely any raises. If they got the current plant manager and president out of there they could turn that place around. All they have to do is support the lives of their workers and the rest would sort it self out. Maybe contain that oil they use. 

Do not work here. Unfair management practices, unsafe and extremely toxic, filthy environment. Management doesn't communicate or care about their employees, special treatment is given to those who deserve to be fired, while those who do their job right and work hard are treated poorly. Free for all full of high smoking forklift drivers that hit things drop parts and almost run over people several times a day and leave the forks high in the air in the main isle ways when they leave the fork lifts. Oily, slippery floors everywhere, toxic chemicals in the air, hot, dirty, noisy environment, broken machines held together with duct tape, parking lots and stairs never salted or cleaned in winter, parking lot poorly lit with tons of sharp, scrap metal everywhere, people high in the parking lot, loud music at work stations that are covered with 7 course meals, supervisors that disappear and turn a blind eye to everything.

I was a set inspector at Burkland Inc. Goodrich MI...ran the progage machine and a parts inspector. Pay wasn't all that bad but not near enough for what you have to put up with. Team leaders are extremely partial to there favorite worker's....major brown noser's! Male team leaders sit on their butts in the office and chase around the younger female employees. Female team leaders are down right LAZY. After the big wigs leave for the day everyone runs a muck. Music so load you can hear your self think straight to do your job or paper work. Quality (rovers) are the same way. Two faced! If you like the brown nose atmosphere, then this is the job for you.

The leaders never looked out for their employees, like when raises came around only they got one and bonus. The leaders played favorites big time, i can understand liking someone alittle better then another but the leaders would go hunting and play poker with the same employees getting the raises and special treatment! Oh the maintenance guy's there were a joke too, i mean if you went to tell them your machine was down the would get mad and treat you like you was stupid! It is a big mess there for real.

They pay less than average for the same kind of work you'd do in other shops, The plant manager position is a revolving door, the people that are in management positions have the job titles but obviously not the power to do anything as they will admit, the owners are too involved in the company and it really restricts on what the management can do as far as their jobs go. I believe this place would be ran a lot better with management that actually has their wits about them and given he proper authority do run things day to day in the shop

What is the best part of working at the company?
Hours. M-F with weekends off. Other then that nothing else. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The office manager never responding to workers questions about payroll. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Horrible they don’t have one they follow which leads to no one having a productive environment. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Data entry for tracking parts, time on machinery per employee

 The floors and machines are all in a state of disrepair. Floors covered in oil. No clean up time. Improper safety practices. Production standards are 10+ years old. No maintenance or tool maintenance on all shifts. Training is poor, no set standards or guidelines. No coordination between shifts. Temps have more leeway with attendance without consequence. Production manager has no personnel skills. No management control between shifts. Bonuses removed. 

Working at Burkland was temporary for me but the time there was some what stressful because the workers didn't know how to be there to work. The supervisor was okay he knew what needed to be done for the day and that's what he focused on. The hardest part of the job was trying to make sure we got a certain amount of parts out on time. The most enjoyable part of the job was getting everything done by the end of the night.

It was a very dirty place to work, they always seemed more worried about making money which to an extent was understandable but they gave you just enough to barely get by. As far as production goes they always had to rush at the last moment to get things done than other parts were falling behind because of it.

When things are working properly the day goes by quickly. Go to cnc start the cnc run 4 parts for quality check. Check parts on cmm. If all parts are good then go back to machine and run. Do quality checks throughout the day every hour. Change tools When they alarm out. And make adjustments as needed.Fill out paperwork for down time and scrap.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Shipping and receiving clerk 1 salary reported	$15.50 per hour
Manufacturing engineer 1 salary reported	$78,500 per year
Die setter 1 salary reported	$23.50 per hour
Operator 1 salary reported	$21.00 per hour
Machine operator 1 salary reported	$16.00 per hour

Working at Burkland: Company Overview and Reviews

Burkland

Burkland Ratings

Popular jobs at Burkland

Salary Satisfaction

Job Seeker Tools

Employer Tools

Browse

Stay Connected