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Your first couple of days will be great!  Everyone will be friendly, helpful...you will think that you won the employer lottery!  Then the truth begins to come out.  Turnover rate there is extremely high.  Production lines are in a constant state of training.  There are some good supervisors and managers there, BUT you also have the majority that will either be like a boil on your hind quarters or completely non-existent.  I had the non-existent one.  I could never find him.  In the two months I worked there, I saw him maybe five times and that was in passing or when I had to go to this office to drop things off.  The person who was training me (God bless her soul) was so stretched thin, I didn't get proper training.  I got one full day and then from there, it was, "Oh, you need to start doing this" and then it was a quick two minute training session.  This happened multiple times.  And God help you if you made a mistake!  It was then the end of the world and get this, no way to correct errors in the system.  REALLY??  At no time did my manager check to see how I was doing unless it was to yell about a mistake that I made.  I'm sorry, but I was new and no one right out of the box is going to be perfect.  No kidding here, but in two months, I made two mistakes that couldn't be corrected in the system.  The world came crashing down then.  It was then that I announced that I give up.

This is mainly a "fend for yourself" type of employer.  There is no feedback about anything, no support, no nothing.  Potential employee, be advised now.

Working at the Huntsville location is by far the worst experience I've ever had at a job. Not only is the place run by incompetence, but they have some of the most unethical practices I've ever witnessed working at a job. They've made a habit of hiring people for one position and then taking it away once you're in the door. There's no proper training or standardized work for anything in that building. Management makes sure they're paid well but could care less if the employees can afford to pay their bills. All the supervisors do is smoke every 10 minutes and complain about what needs to be done while offering no help. They also have no problem lowering your pay and taking money out of your paycheck in THIS economy while expecting the same quality work from you in return. Everything in the building is old and outdated, including the people. If you have a problem, you're better off writing about it in your diary because HR and management will talk about it amongst themselves with no resolution in sight. The lack of communication and organization throughout the building has me wondering how they've stayed in business this long. When they fired the VP of the location, they should've gotten rid of the rest of the management team, and maybe the place wouldn't be as bad as it is now. 

The company has experienced a significant increase in sales over the last couple of years and overtime has become normal (at least 45 hours a week). As a result, there is a high level of job security along with plenty of opportunities to work extra hours.    
However, the company's process is kind of chaotic.  The production deadlines do not match the shipping deadlines, employees are moved around the shop constantly to fill demand, some supervisors put a lot of pressure on employees to work quickly, and inventory runs out of parts.  
It is not all bad though.  With it being a fairly small plant the people (from all departments) are extremely social and friendly, both inside and outside of work.  


*Some people have complained that full-time positions (and benefits) are offered selectively and not at the times that they are promised, but I have noticed that if you are persistent and let management know how important benefits are for you they are more likely to offer them.  This sometimes means threatening to leave or letting them know what other offers you have.

My workload was overwhelming and I often felt undervalued, as I was a key player in the Dometic world, globally. I miss a lot, but I did not feel that my immediate management handled my role responsibly, and respectfully. I was overworked and extremely undervalued. In the end, this definitely caused me to become bitter. Done of the best bosses I've ever had were at Dometic, no doubt, but near the end of my tenure, there were key factors that did change to cause me to feel as if I no longer mattered, and that I were more than expendable. I am quite aware that every employee is expendable, no matter the company, but every employee, in every company, should also feel valued. In retrospect, looking at the tremendous responsibility I had, I also realized that it was likely not compensated fairly. It's with mixed feelings that I even left, as I considered this company my own, with every action I ever made

Quite frankly I just needed a placeholder job at the time of working for dometic. The days are gruelingly long and drugged out. The work culture motto there is just "hustle hustle hustle",  your constantly on your feet for 8 hours straight, and the music on the PA is the same day in and day out. Team leads micro manage to get their quotas met and this even happened while I was there, but there was a sabotaging snitch that quite literally no one wanted to work with because he would simply jam up the line to make himself look good via working faster than the person after him, plus leaving break early to get back to the line just to start it early with no one else around and then proceed to snitch saying "they take too long on break" and that behavior was encouraged! Eventually towards my end I would notice other coworkers devising the own unique ways to take prolonged breaks because honestly, working on those lines at that job was truly horrible. Not recommended 

Typical day log into computer, set up screens, log onto phone, take calls, enter in data from orders wither phone fax or web, take returns and enter data for returns, answer questions when customer has them, log out at end of day. The management was helpful and trained and reviewed training so we could ask questions about products we may not understand. Co-workers were helpful and friendly all around pretty laid back environment. The hardest part was trying to fit it all together to make for a more productive day. The easiest part was filling in the orders. I enjoyed the customers they were friendly and even if they may have been a bit grouchy at times they were not mean when talking. The management and the co-workers were great as well. I enjoyed going to work everyday.

I loved my job at first. Then quickly I came to realize that a lot of sketchy things happen here. Dometic definitely plays favorites with people. They tell you that you can go to HR when you have issues but they play favorites to. I once went in about a supervisor and it backfired bug time. I went in seeking help and came out a crying mess. Dometic has very few good things about it. Unfortunately they don't care about your personal issues or problems and will work you to the bone and give no praise for it. Most the people there are rude, disrespectful and ignorant. I've never worked somewhere that made me feel like I was back in middle school more than dometic. If you're looking for a stress free no drama get your work done and go home kind of job THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR YOU.

My experience at Dometic has been good and bad. Its my 1st factory job and overall I really do enjoy my job! I do have some issues with the management on my line, however, there will be issues at any job. All companies have cons and pros. I feel that if I give my employer my all, that the kinks will work themselves out. I feel that if I go into my job and do the best that I know I can do, then I am doing my job and it will be noted that I am doing my job and doing it well. Always give 100%!! 
I have definitely learned that I can do more than I thought I could do! There is NO A/C in the building except the break room. I didn't think I could stand the heat, but I started in the winter time and i have made it thru the hottest part of the year. I also didn't think I could use the tools that I use on a daily basis now. Or lift the things that I lift or work at the pace that I work at.

Company only ha 5 regular employes at that time. Some people were temps for 5 to 10p years. They would not hire on regular except for in indiana. Thery had a regular work force. The company also allowed the employes to use a garbage can in the restrooms instead of using the toilet like in third world countries. I spoke to them about the health hazards and they didn't care. I would never reccommend this company to anyone to wrk for. The fired upper mangement and brought someone in who only dealt with qualty and wasz a quality engineer. Was not able to have good communication with employees alway cussing and yelling at then. If u just shut your mouth you were fine however when you spoke up he tried his darndest to get rid of you. Also asked some employees to do things against OSHA regulations ane I was one of them at the time

Everyday I would place parts from skids to shelves scan them into the system and move them, but nothing was ever good enough for anyone that worked there. They always wanted more even when you do your job, plus your bosses. I would stay away from this place if I were you because management sucks and the leads like to play favoritism. The work and pay balance were fair I just think it was dirty how I was done! Doesn't really matter life moves on and i'll find better in time...just please if you read this learn from my pain. No one likes being harassed and bullied especially when they pour there heart and soul into a company. Overall the company isn't bad by any means I wish some people didn't have there positions because they don't deserve them!

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Associate 10 salaries reported	$23.50 per hour
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Material handler 1 salary reported	$19.26 per hour

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