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Don't waste your time applying if the idea of 2 hours on your feet for a total of 7.5 hours a day doesn't sound fun.  It's a job so come ready to work.  If you want an entry level job where you can make some overtime with three different shift options, then you may like it here.  Keep in mind that this sort of thing could change.  There is a generous out of PTO that you start gaining after you are hired full-time (a little over 4 hours every 2 weeks).  By the end of your first year you will have had access to 3 weeks PTO.  However, mandatory overtime kind of defeats the purpose of this, as you might end up spending your PTO on mandatory overtime.  At least two Saturdays every month means +24 extra workdays, but only 18 days PTO.  See the problem with that?
Now if you like the idea of working tons of extra overtime then this is an opportunity you can't pass up, but if you like your 2 day weekends staying as 2 days then maybe think twice.  It takes some time to get hired on full time, and those first few weeks as a temp will work parts you never knew could hurt.  But if you tough it out then time at work goes by fast and most people are really likeable (night shift).
It would be nice if there was a way to get good temps hired on faster than the typical 90 days to recognize their efforts and help them feel more a part.  I have had some good temps I want to train to lead certain roles who deserve a chance to show that they are high quality employees to the people who sign their checks who don't see them everyday.


To start, workplace policies are extremely aggressive. Your pto will be taken without your permission amd you will receive points when attending to family emergencies. The management is HUGELY inefficient sometimes you will not have material or work orders for 3-8hrs. During this time in the best case you'll be doing busy work and in the worst case you will be chewed by the same management that can't plan production schedules or deliver material. The pay is below average for the danger and responsibilities at the very best. The advancement system is very complicated by design and will only yield absolute baby steps and can only be acquired every six months (and only if they directly relate to your current position). Your experience does not matter and you will not be afforded the opportunity to negotiate upon full hire. The workforce is 90% temps and you will be reminded of how replaceable you are on a near daily basis. Most of the people that work here deserve far better than the way this company would ever offer. 
Summary:
The bad: pay is not very good and hard to make better
Turn over is extremely high 
You can and will be replaced with cheaper labor
Company has many aggressive policies 
Management is mostly incompetent 
The bad employees are really bad
Your overtime is mandatory and pre planned 
The good: most of the people you'll work with are outstanding. 
They provide good lunches at a discounted rate 



If you like gossip, sleeping with your bosses to get anywhere in the company, and are very good and getting bosses to favor you then this is the place for you. The pay and benefits are great, but the stress of working here made it difficult to stay, if you do your job and actually work you are the one that will get written up or fired. They are really good at running off their good employees that are loyal to them. If I could give any advice about this place to you, don't do it.its better to just drive to waco for a different production job. Me personally I really hated this place the last 6 months, which I though would never happen because is was awesome working there for the first 8ish months. If you do decided to go with this place, just be careful, no one is your friend they are just trying to use you as a step up for them. Keep your mouth shut, your head down, and work. Don't have any opinions. Don't work to hard though because then they expect you to do everyone's job, some jobs are 5 dollars more than you make. Again, if you can make people favor you really well than it's for you.. but beware once someone has the opportunity, even if the are your "friend" if it benefits them, they will screw you over. Honestly I really wish there was a zero star button. I eventually had to quit because I couldn't take it anymore, I just hated being there and this WAS a place I wanted to stay forever.

A typical day at work includes a lot of drama and rumor mongering. It felt like i was back in high school with the way the team leads would gossip about their coworkers. Management is a mess, more often than not you have half the workers walking around trying to find something to do because management bungling the work orders or there wouldn't be enough work for everyone to do. The management team also changes rules and procedures mid shift without saying anything to anyone. One time they went around during break time to collect and replace tools with a new type without any time of explanation with only an hour and a half of time left for the shift. The work can be hard and exhausting, i have never had my body ache so much or for so long like I did working there. The pay is okay but not the greatest for the hardship your body goes through working there. They do offer great benefits for their full time employees but that's really the only upside. The management team in a certain area of Dyna was compromised of family and friends and the running joke among people not in that group was "Won't last long here without being related to someone else" and you could really see it when you looked at the management team and the team leaders compared to the regular ole employee. I did meet a lot of wonderful people there though. 

i was recently fired for absolutely no good reason. here’s my thing, we are dealing with explosives… they make you work 10 hour days (which we weren’t aware of until the first day of work) then turn around and make overtime days. i told them i am tired because i literally just got off and had to come back to do my mandatory overtime so they fired me. 
the leads sit around all day doing absolute NOTHING! literally are on their phones all shift and ask you to do every single thing for them. 
the higher up don’t care because of course they’re going to believe the leads. it’s just a whole mess in that place. 
VERY UNORGANIZED, they don’t care if you have family, they constantly switch your days and hours. 
0/10 recommend! they try to get you to stay by giving you a small raise. it’s truly not worth it. 
oh, and if you’re african american, just forget about it. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Hourly wage/payday.  Also, the training was decent in order to prepare you to do your job and very thorough about what to do in case of emergencies. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Making explosives on a daily basis.  Company politics. Working with hazardous materials all with special clean up procedures.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?

While I was there I noticed and was told about them playing favorites.  The other employees were pretty friendly.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Work with lots of machine problems, have to find something to do while machines are down sometimes for hours.  Even if there's nothing left to do you must find something or risk getting wrote up.

Our manager was actively working against us, Interfering with our ability to reach goals. Then when ask about where we were on a project our manager would lie to management leaving blame with us when we had not been involved with the project for weeks to work on other things. Very frustrating work environment. They buy expensive machines and hire employees people who have never run a machine before. They blame the equipment for all the problems and downtime. I have no trust left at this point. Hanging on till I find another job.    

Up front: This job is not for the faint of heart. There are challenges presented daily for both management and frontline employees. Workforce, if you aren't an active person this might not be the place for you. Lots of hand-intensive work, constant motion, standing at length. Management, be responsive and able to juggle several tasks at once as every day can be different. This employer holds professional growth and development in high esteem, but you have to earn it. Great company, beautiful campus, friendly culture, amazing benefits.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Fast pace, staying busy, paying attention to detail

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Heat in the summer, trying to complete job when machine goes down.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
We had all age groups, which was outstanding.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Went in early, set up for the day, when time came to start, we ran with it.       Tried to get between 150-200 guns per line per shift a day.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Second best job I’ve ever had. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Sometimes you can’t find two brain cells to rub together. Not exactly their fault. Big companies operate like a bureaucracy. Just part of life. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I feel like I’ve covered that. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Get to work, figure out what you’re going to do and do that.

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