processor

warehouse associate

operator

production supervisor

production operator

Carboline Company

What is the best part of working at the company?
The pension. It’s all about gossip and who shouts the loudest. They reward yes men and doing the same thing even if it hurts the company in the long run just to make people happy. You never know where you stand because the goal post keeps moving and accountability is selective based on if you are buddies with certain groups. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not knowing if you will have a job when they reduce inventory or make a small mistake. They don’t take care of their people like they used to. No one cares if you are safe or have everything you need to do your actual job. They talk about caring and missing the old days. It’s all talk. People spend their time trying to cover problems rather than solve and prevent things from happening again. Headquarters has the same people doing the same “new thing or initiative” with less people and worse tools thinking something will change. They don’t actually invest in people to grow and  to stay here. It’s why the young people won’t stay. They’re only looking for people who say yes and agree to their same “new” idea they tried over the past 25 years will work again in the new world we’re in. We’re not the same people or company anymore. It is poor leadership across the board.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic no one cares and gives you tools you need

It seemed like a decent place at the interview and beginning of the experience. There were many people who had been there long term. They are very much lacking in technological know how: outdated software and management and employees who don't know basic Microsoft Office skills, let alone any advanced systems. Their response to environmental disaster (flooding) was abysmal and months later they still had no plans to rectify destroyed areas, let alone get their employees back to their actual jobs. They resisted any health and safety changes and refused to update to match current science practices. Disaster recovery for a 60 person workplace was expected to take more than 1.5 years and resulted in the injury of at least two know employees. 

Spent 8 years at carboline in Dayton, NV. Hoping management would come through on all the promises that they make and, nothing. You are lied to from the second you walk into the door. A typical day of work consists of having to figure out management's job because what they have told you to do is impossible, by the fact that they do not maintain the equipment necessary to do the job that they are asking you to do. Almost every piece of equipment in the facility is in disrepair and some is frankly dilapidated. NOTHING is maintained correctly. The safety culture is talked about by management BUT is non existent, due to the fact that profit trumps human life and we'll being. This just scratches the surface of what it's like to work here. Respect yourself more, than to work in this facility. 

Order picking, packaging, and labeling shipments of industrial protective coating products for shipment on commercial freight lines, local delivery service, and customer pick up. Pulled materials from narrow aisle shelves using the following electric forklifts:  Yale 4K Lift Truck Model ERC 0RGN36TE084, Yale Standup 3K Order Selector Model D826, and Landoll Bendi 3K Articulated Steering Forklift Model B40.  Palletized and shrink-wrapped materials using automated shrink-wrap machines. Utilized Inermec Trakker 2425 Scanner with BAAN program while pulling or restocking materials and performing cycle counts. Also tinted paint products using the Corob Tint System with the CorobShop 5.0 tinting software and database as well as the manual pump calibration system.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Pay was not terrible. Not great. But they are having trouble filling certain positions use that to your advantage. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
People will yell at you. They will complain about you. Even if it’s your second week. They expect you to know it and do it well immediately. With very little training. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Lots of food. Which is nice. Most office workers are fun to talk with. But don’t expect much change. They are stuck in their ways and there isn’t much changing them. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
In early. Out late. A lot of busy work. And a poor system that has never been critically reviewed to find better solutions.

Work was fast paced and detail oriented.
Required good mathematical and communication skills.
I learned so much about industrial coatings, from the basic make up of the coating to the finished product.
Management was a bit slacked and did not hold people accountable.  The morale was low from management to new hires.
The pay was not comparable to other companies in the industry.
The hardest part of the job was the tinting of color coatings.
The most enjoyable part of the job was the people I worked with because they were wonderful friends.

My day starts off in the scheduling office. I recieve my batch ticket and proceed onto the floor of the plant. I find my pot or tank and start adding my resin and thinners. Soon afterwards I will add silicon and other powders and later bring samples to quality control. After batch is complete I stage and charge off material used. Some days are harder than others, but we have a couple of workers here who dont mind lending a hand. The hardest part of this job is working behind other shifts. They don't clean up after themselves and make our jobs harder by not taking care of equipment.

Great company benefits , good time off plan and p.t.o. Not very organized in feilds that matter the most. not very structured. Training is poor in feilds they want people to work.Typical day is not very organized by supervisor or mgmt team, fly by seat of pants. I learned product handling of product that need to be packaged and ready for shipment. 70% of the co-worker where great to work with, great people. The hardest part of job was getting the proper training and experience from supervisor/ mgmt team very poor in that catagory. The most enjoyable part of the job was seeing what made and sending it out to custmers.

Seems to be like many other small to medium sized production facilities I have been to. Old or out-date equipment, plenty of manufacturing inefficiencies, sometimes frustrating days, but also plenty of room to develop professionally by bringing in change, working on projects, and kind and easy to get along with coworkers. 

My strongest recommendation is: As the 3rd person in 3 years for the position, I wouldn’t waste your time attempting to work here, particularly at the Dayton facility. All companies have their issues although it is not the neat, pretty bow you are presented with. The concern is mainly multiple levels of disrespect, no autonomy, misogyny, and no reliable recourse. It is far worse than most would expect.  Just be certain you deserve and can obtain better. 

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