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Training is horrific, management knows nothing about the process of extruding plastic. Making life on the production floor troublesome at times. Their are key workers that hold this place together. Recognition has gotten better however a good salary will go a lot further than a bag of chocolate covered pretzels and a pat on the bum.  The hard workers get it the worst, the only careers in this facility are in the office unless you can get a supervisor role or I suppose a lead role where you can make 50,000 base.    You can work as much as you want and make good money with overtime if you wanna give them your life but  but do not expect a raise in the end.  This job is a starting point.   Having no knowledge about manufacturing you can come in and immediately make 18$-20  if you don’t mind nights there is a 2$ differential.    There are a lot of people here who simply do not care about anyone around them.  If you work hard you can climb to a higher position one step up. There are so many people who don’t care that if you do your job you can become an all star but dealing with the lack of training and individual performance reviews is just to much after awhile.  If I knew some one who needed a job and wanted to find a quick way to support there family i would recommend duraline while they search for a long term job. 

Workplace culture is at 50%. Many of the policies and procedures are not followed, and no consequences unless you are not related or in with management. Safety is not engaged at All.

2 of 4 supervisors are open to help those falling behind, the others will write you up for anything. 

Learning how to make HDPE pipe is a good skill set, if you have a supervisor to train you. God forbid the Plant Trainer helps, if he is not asleep somewhere. 

The enjoyable part is complete orders assigned for the day, don't make scrap and go home. The schedule is awesome, never work more than 3 days and every other weekend.

The disappointing part, job is so easy working 5 of 12hrs and still workers still complain about everything, take a lot of breaks, make mistakes that a 5th grader would do. 

As for management, they go with the flow. They just hired a production manager who was making some changes, holding people accountable, and trying to help others have an opportunity to grow and learn new stuff. Then they got rid of him, cause people started crying and lying. I work with them and hear their plan to get him out of here, and it worked. How sad, can't trust anyone here. Just do your job, be quiet and go home.

The turnover rate for this company is terrible the shop is set up incorrectly with the equipment things do not run as smooth as they do at other plants !  You’re constantly fighting pipe that unravels on the floor when they’re short staffed and only 2 to 3 people are trying to run everything because the company cannot keep employees because their management is absolutely terrible .  And I know this because the people that work in the offices get treated 100% different than the people that work on the floor !  Those who work in offices do not do nothing all day but sit there and if they have to come out into the shop it is a big fit and fight and attitude problem !  They work off of a point system even if you’re five minutes late you get a half a point any means to fire an employee for this company !  Your floor managers are going to be nothing but children that they hire off the street with absolutely no experience and do not expect to move up in any positions very quickly they would just to soon hire somebody and pay them less rather than move you up to a better paying position !  There are no races or advancements !

Good place to build a life especially a family life. The schedule is great, alot of people complain about 12 hr shifts but in a period of 2 weeks when most people work ten days I work 7. They pay well and hard work does not go unnoticed. The only downfall is that alot of employees would rather spend there day complaining and whining rather then working an getting through the day. Upper management is good but shift managers are pretty much worthless overpaid babysiters, they have no backbone and absolutely zero knowledge of the job, incredibly lazy an just get in your way all day if they're around. The human resources department that consist of one lady who can never be found is never helpful and most of the time makes things harder then they have to be, just another worthless pencil pusher with an attitude problem.  Overall it's a great company to work for if you don't mind a little hard work an can deal with a few negative whiny worthless employees. I appreciate my job an the opportunities given to me.

I’ve been at the downstream position for a few months now and it’s a fast paced job most of the time. The job Itself isn’t that difficult and the mechanics of the facility are pretty easy to understand ( at least for me). 

My issue is staff is very overworked including supervisors due to constantly short staff, but company wanting to meet a quota per month on lbs of pipe produced. This also leads to no time to train new hands on the job and I’ve seen most just thrown into not 100% sure of what they’re doing or needs done. Some have been here longer than I have and still haven’t cut the pipes etc.

All in all, fast paced job that can have its downtime’s . Needs more emphasis on getting new hires up to speed to run 5 lines effectively, and have better work to personal time ratio. Since I’ve been here we’ve worked almost every weekend and most people either stay late or come on early just to make sure we have the hands to get thru a shift..

Production workers are focused, productive, and cooperative with Q.C. in the goal of producing a quality product for our customers.       Management has undergone several changes since I began working here and most have not improved our product line nor the morale of the production crew.
    A typical work day starts at 8pm and ends at 8am.  Four line inspections of all lines producing are required per shift, two samples from each line are submitted for inspection and testing per shift.
    I have learned how to use a pi tape and do density and ash testing.
    In past the hardest part of the work was doing all the inspections required, all the testing required, and inputting all values into the computer within the twelve hour shift.  Currently the challenge is to find enough work to stay alert and focused.
     The pride I take in performing the necessary safe-guards is the most enjoyable part of my job.

I will have bad memories of this place for a long time. It's true what others have said. 12 hour shifts and forced to eat lunch while you work. No breaks of any kind are provided. The machines run 24-7 365 days a year and never get shut down unless being changed over.I worked in QA and out on the production floor rolling pipe. As an experienced qa tech (over 20 years in the metals industry) I was appalled by this company's practice of falsifying quality records. Faking tests and making up data. Training and safety are non existent, but the company does put up a good facade. Yes, chainsaws are used to cut large diameter pipe and watching someone after a 11 hours of work without a break, using a chainsaw made me very nervous. Mountain Grove needs the jobs but this place should be shut down before their low quality or abysmal safety practices kill somebody.

Dura-Line has amazing people on the 'front', i.e. the people in the plants and the front-line with the customers and in Knoxville.  They work very hard, are extremely committed to each other and the customer, and are what makes this company successful.  These are some of the best people I've worked with in my career.
The executives of Dura-Line and Orbia are a completely different story.  Never have I see such a selfish, disconnected, only out for themselves type group of leaders. It is a wonder that the company hasn't imploded on itself yet.
Orbia is so focused on being a large, global company with "best-in-class" programs, that they don't care about what is really happening within the company.  And if you are American and over 40, you will not have any type of career progression as they are fixated on millenials and non-Americans for their leadership roles.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Payday, they pay hourly very well.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of planning and organization.  Chaos all the time because of poor planning and inadequate systems.  Most nights were a mess because we run out of critical components to do the job. Lack of preventive maintenance caused a lot of work arounds and downtime. Poor planning and direction. Nobody knows what to do. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Poor leadership, always changing plans due to revolving door with people. Supervisors don’t stay because of chaos. Say one thing, do another. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Not good, boss expects you to read his mind. Then when you don’t read right you get yelled at and made to feel stupid. 

Usually counting the minutes until break time and end of shift

The Sparks division of Dura-Line is not at all what I expected. I was sold a bill of goods that included terms like “Just in Time Manufacturing”, “Kaizen”, “5-S” and “Progressive Leadership”. These ideas had nothing to do with Dura-Line in Sparks, NV.
As a manager, it was made clear that you were there simply to take blame for failures that you had zero influence to avoid or correct. 
It is a decent place to work if you are out on work release or if you have no high school diploma. 
The pay is low for hourly employees and more than a few times I watched other managers brought to tears at the berating of the Plant Manager (since retired). In all fairness, that same Plant Manager did proclaim himself (my hand to heaven) a term often reserved for an orifice related to one’s lower posterior (an attempt to keep this both clean and postable.) At least there was truth in advertising there.

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