quality assurance inspector

cnc operator

tool crib attendant

maintenance technician

janitor

Camco Manufacturing Inc.

I have been with Camco for over 5 years and have learned more than the previous 20 years with other companies. Enjoy the atmosphere and co-workers. The company encourages new ideas and better ways of doing things. From March to August, the company is running at 110% due to the seasonality of the RV accessories business. I have not met a person who does not want to do their best. Folks with bad attitudes that don't like giving 100% every day should not apply. There is always new products coming out which keeps things interesting. I have alway felt appreciation from management for my hard work. The pay is fair and competitive with other like companies in the area. To get a sizable bump in pay (over normal cost of living increases) you have to take on more responsibility in your department. Many people with marketable skills and good attitudes find jobs in different areas of the company after you have proven yourself at your current position for a couple of years. Camco matches a portion of your 401K and has profit sharing. Small company atmosphere. Very low employee turnover. Most employees have 8 years + of service.The company is successful because of the employees. Very stable and safe company to work for.

As an office employee you will find that most of your coworkers have worked at this company for around a decade and most of the employees are older adults. This presents an issue as fresh businesses practices were lacking compared to all other companies I have worked at. I was barely trained and basically ignored as an employee here for months. They instead want you to try to figure things out on your own and there were no SOPs. Instead things were always changing which gave me less confidence in the skills of those changing things. They did not want to provide much help or answer many questions. With the little training I did receive, it seemed the business was being run by people who seemed to just figure out a way to do their roles as opposed to the company hiring skilled professionals for each role. The way this company calculated certain things was nothing like the way I had been trained to calculate and analyze costs at a previous job which was concerning. There was extremely little work to do and even so, everyone took forever to respond to emails. A diverse culture was lacking. This was the oddest place I have ever worked. Hours were 8-5 and there were only 6 paid holidays. 

Breaks are 10min long and lunch is 15min long. They encourage you to have your machine running while your on breaks. Supervisor tried to start fights with employees. They promise you'll learn more and gain more knowledge but never get around to it. They will fire you if you give them a 2 week notice to quit. They promise you you'll never get written up for putting bad parts on the scrap table but will use that as an excuse to fire you if you put too many on. First shift gets pizza every so often but 2nd shift gets the left overs. They often have you running 2-3 machines at the same time checking every 1,5,10, and 20 parts on all machines sometimes on different levels of the building. Benefits are expensive and not very good. They have no 401k plan. Overtime is mandatory but you can choose how many hours a day to get it done that week. 

I have worked here for 12 years, and at first it was a wonderful family-owned business with so many good reasons to stay, despite pay being lower than average. The atmosphere was wonderful. Once the company was sold to a corporation, the atmosphere changed drastically. Many of those small-company benefits disappeared, but were never replaced with other compensation. We not have not had a cost-of living or performance raise in years, and have lost our bonuses and feeling of job stability as many loyal co-workers have left or been let go in the past couple years. 
It is sad to say this as someone who has followed and stayed in this company for over a decade loyally. Loyalty means nothing now, unless you are entering in a VP or C-Suite role.

I've tried to find a company that is great to work for a long time and did with Camco. Unfortunately, my supervisor was the worst manager I've ever worked for. He consistently talked bad about all of his peers, others in his own departments, disclosed medical conditions to me about others, lied to cover himself, and set me up to be portrayed as someone who was not good at their job to justify firing me. Since he did not have any proof, I received severance and won my unemployment hearing. I would say the biggest negative of Camco is that their corporate officers have little to no oversight of their division managers. If they only knew how much money they could have saved, if my supervisor didn't have an ego they'd be playing a different tune.

This company is run by greed and desperation, its a mad house , no one knows what is goin on all the time literally the company runs by itself until management gets involved and thing get screwed up  with no end, 
thru the pandemic "deep cleaning " was wiping the handles of the main entrance with alcohol even when you have hundreds of Temps. coming thru the doors all day long, we were assured that you could not get infected if you work at Camco.
this place has the worst team of engineers I have ever seen, out of 25 or so engineers there is not one worth a dam one is worse that the next, maintenance or the machine shop are usually the ones bailing then out 

I had almost no machining/mechanical experience prior to this job, just labor like landscaping and carpentry. At the time of writing this, I've been there for a year, and am experienced enough to setup, operate machines, and even write basic programs. You receive on-the-job training, and have to option to attend meetings/classes. You basically get paid to attend a trade school, they have handbooks and programming workbooks, and some exceptional machinists and programmers to learn tips and tricks from. Take notes!

At one time this was a great company, unfortunately the founder of the company has aged out basically and it has ended up in the hands of the party crowd management. You must be a YES man to fit in and willing to be brain dead daily or you will be considered an Idiot and trouble maker according to some Managers that claim to run departments. It is hard to run a department when you watch videos most days on your laptop. There are some great employees here, they are just trying to make it through each day and get a paycheck to provide for their families. I would not waste my time unless you are desperate for a job.

A JS has a line to run with 8 positions but they say only 4 plus the js is  needed.Most of the 4 is untrusted not  trained over worked  stressed out temps  JS having to stay in one position with little QA checks what's going on most of the  40 foot line at speeds that an experience full time employee can't keep up with making product high risk of quality issues and failure 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The workers, most are friendly and helpful.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management, they expect you to put fourth so much effort with no benefits or added incentives for the extra stress or
Jobs you take on.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Negative, and toxic, very rough and stressful 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Getting yelled at for when machines go down, you mess up one part it’s a write up.. already short staffed so they go and try to make people pick up the slack for the lack of employee count

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Quality assurance inspector 2 salaries reported	$17.00 per hour
Cnc operator 2 salaries reported	$21.00 per hour
Tool crib attendant 7 salaries reported	$12.07 per hour
Maintenance technician 1 salary reported	$31.00 per hour
Janitor 1 salary reported	$14.00 per hour

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