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The production job listing shows it to be a 10-hour day 4-day week job. This can be true, but for the last couple months haven't been for most. It's really a come in at 6am and leave when finished, which can be 7pm, possibly later. If you still don't get done what is needed by the time you're released for the day, then you'll come in on Friday to make that up. These extra hours are not optional. If you've got kids, or a second job or anything that needs scheduled during after-hours or Friday you'll have a tough time here. The burnout here is very real, depending on where you are. The struggle started a couple months ago with a 20% increase in production demand without any direction on how to accomplish this aside from "you just need to figure it out"

The line moves as a single unit. If one area is struggling, then everyone suffers. This leads to you waiting for your next bus, sometimes for hours. Now you're behind and have to make it up either by staying late or working Friday, and there wasn't really anything you could do about it.

All the employees here have been offered monetary compensation for 5 star reviews. Most employees have been here 10 years or more, or 1 year or less. Very few since I've been here seem to make it past a couple weeks.

A typical days work induced convering van chassys battey compartments to be accessable via the undercarrage. 

I learned alot about a vehicles electrical systems and how to implement a wide aray of features and components properly

management was quick to respond and mitigate inefficiencys and correct assembly like process errors

the co-workers are encouraged to float to each others stations and learn each others jobs for purposes of smoothing out assembly line holdups and to promote an attitude of being the best you can be ( if you were not there was always someone else who knew your job and could replace you) 

the hardest part of the job was ( for my self ) the social politics between co-workers but it was minimal as I kept to my self.

the most enjoyable part of the job was the feeling of a job well done at the end of the day and further ingraining of the knowledge of the skill set that was learned by doing.

The people are awesome
The work is hard, but fulfilling
1.You work as safe as you can to save the company on insurance
2.You work as fast as you can to save the company on labor
3.You do the best work possible to increase the brand name, and to take pride in you job
These three are beaten into you all day every day. All three are taken VERY seriously because the bottom line is so important
once a week/month someone in management, or in the office does something that costs the company $700,000.00-$1,000,000.00 and oh its not a big deal go back to making us money
Then they wonder why the whole plant is rocking like a schooner in a hurricane

Long hours standing on your feet doing the same thing.  Got along well with my coworkers and enjoyed working with them.  Would get interupted frequently and have to stop what I was assigned to work on to make other parts that the line had not ordered in advance and needed done right away.  Rarely seen supervision unless the line was down because of poor planning on getting the parts made that was needed until they was out and then would put pressure on the employees to get the parts done right away.  Felt that my hard work was not appriciated and that they did not consider me a valued employee.

When I started working here, we had a great place, most management cared, supervisors, leads and employees were respected.  Since we were acquired by another company, the general manager, his engineering director/manager and HR have been able to disrespect employees, not follow the basic rules themselves, let some employees do what they want while others are wrote up for the same actions.  They don't respect employees, tell you lies to get you to move to a different department, or not let you transfer at all and don't follow through.  Unfortunately it isn't a good place to work anymore.

Working at Collins bus a typical day looks like very busy and allot moving around. I learned allot about how a bus is put together. At times management could be hard to understand. the workplace culture was about business and getting buses out. The hardest part of job was working in the summer and when production would fall, you would know if your gonna still be working or your hours were gonna get shorted down. 
 overall the most enjoyable part of the job was you would only work 4 days a week and have Friday, Saturday, Sunday off and enjoy family time

When hired they tell you it's Monday through Thursday 6am-4:30pm, that is definitely not the case. Some departments work Monday-Friday 6am-5:30 or later and sometimes Saturday. If you have a family emergency you have to take points because they refuse vacation if it's not given 48 hours in advance. If you have appointments you have to take PTO or vacation even if it's on a Friday. They don't believe your outside life (kids, family, free time, plans made in advance) are important at all. If you speak up for yourself or give an answer they don't like they will fire you.

The only good thing about Collins Bus is fair wages, some decent benefits, and having Christmas week off.  Have to jump through hoops to obtain medical insurance with VERY high deductible. Management and HR department are a joke.  Most miserable job I have ever had and I was there for several years.  It continually got worse.  Big discrepancy between exempt and nonexempt employees!!  Most people are treated very unfairly with great disdain and lack of respect from management and corporate.  Have to maintain a CYA (cover your axx) file.

I've been at Collins for nearly 15 years now.  The company has made great improvements over that time but has had a few periods of struggles.  Over the past couple years we've seen some dynamic improvements across the plant and they are taking it to new heights.  Great facilities upgrades, a huge focus on employee appreciation, big pay increases, and more.  We are planning to beat all previous records and we're on a great path with local leaders and new ownership. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Good pay work is not bad Not a bad  place to work.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
A hot place to work in the Summer time.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Okay but not great. Pretty easy to get along with other employees.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Long hours and stressful at times. Been working there almost seventeen years.

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