welder

staff accountant

shipfitter

Eastern Shipbuilding Group

A typical day of work began with me checking my job assignments,going to my area assigned.I'd then set up my machine and all my equiptement,weld until lunch stop take a break then work again until break.clean up put everything away when work shift was over ,go home then repeat it again the following day. I've learned how to weld in all positions,different types of welding as far as mig, stick carbon art,stainless and aluminum.I also know how to use a cutting torch.I can operate man lift,track hoe,excavator,35 ton crane,bob cat,articulating dump truck.My management to say the least was ok.I got along with everyone co-workers,supervisors etc.I am a people person and work well with others.I am fairly good at making friends wherever i go.The hardest part of my job was working in the heat,pulling leads out in the middle of summer.the key to that is staying hydrated.I guess if you honestly want to know my favorite part of my job was break and lunch,all things aside the best thing is when everything goes the way it was planned.no accidents,no mishaps,makes the job go quicker and more effective.

I worked here for the longest 3 months ever. Although the pay is good, it is not worth it! After my 3 months trying to kill myself, I decided I deserve better than a job where I work 50 hours a week and don't even feel like moving when I get home. And to top it all of, you even have to work Saturdays! I need time to recuperate!

This was my first -- and last manufacturing experience, I decided to try here because I kept hearing about how great the pay was, how they always have work and how they never have lay-offs, plus back in the 90s I went to high school with a few of the guys who work here. I don't know how they stand it. I guess it could be a good job for some people, but not me!

I think I will stick to the restaurant biz. Before this I was a cook out on the beach and I have since gone back to cooking. The work is still hard and it may just be seasonal, but at least I can move when I get home, plus I get my weekends back. If you are considering working here, good luck!

On a daily basis, we received merchandise from vendors, we visually inspected every aspect of the merchandise received, took pictures (photos) of every part of the equipment received, and any and all accessories received, documented any and all findings, especially any defects. Photographed any and all accompanying documents, as well as documented in journals all documents. Once completely finished, each pallet  of merchandise was labeled, shrink wrapped, and relocated.

Because I am also fork lift certified, I also had to occasionally relocate the pallets I completed, or other pallets in order to get a job done. They would normally be relocated by an employee that particularly worked on a forklift.

On a typical day at work I come in at 5:00 am, walked the boats to see what night shift had completed. I look for safety issues, give day painters there task for the day. Do my paper work for day and scheduled night shift work. I learn to work with many different attitudes very day. Management sometimes we had 2 to 4 meetings a day about issues that come in on a daily basis. They definitely gave us support in any issues that came up. Like any work place the workforce were sometimes agitated with each other or other trades, But that's where we come in as MANAGEMENT. Dealing with short fuse in all trades, trying to motivate the workforce in the afternoon when its's over 100 degrees. Seeing a complete BOAT finish and sailing away. The most enjoyable part of the job was working with a lot of different races, genders, and personalities, learning different things from each worker.

Would be a great place to work but management has no clue what they are doing because they don’t know how to work with people and build a good culture! The turnover rate there is insane they go through atleast one or two supervisors a week it’s no wonder they have to hire so many contractors because no one wants to work there! They promise raises that never come. You’d think they would care about keeping someone around that’s not a contractor but nope everyone is replaceable and that’s the problem that’s why no one wants to work there because no one wants to work for someone who makes them feel like they’re replaceable at any moment. Other than that the benefits were OKAY, pay was not what it should be, the work was normal shipyard work, there was no work life balance because if you want to survive on the wages they pay you have to be there 7 days a week.

I started with no experience and moved up to team lead within 6 months and was promoted within 1 year becoming an Electrician's Helper, but was also being "groomed" for a supervisor role. (Doing a lot of the supervisors job for no pay increase and being held responsible.)
If you can learn quickly and adapt, it seems easy to move up in some roles, but there were others who had been there for 10+ years stuck in the same role. Promotion opportunities were definitely based on who you know and how well you could get along with the chain of command.

Management here is on the "Make it up as a you go" Program.  None of them have any idea about employment law or positive workplace culture development and have zero inclination to do so or to change anything. Sick days are not really allowed without having to grovel or just straight out be punished, unless you play the COVID card and in that case they allow one week non questions asked. The entire company cultural is mired in fear and mistrust to the point of absolute stagnation. No interest in process development because the people in charge are treated to the core by change. 

Prepare to have no life while you work 6 days a week to watch nothing get done or everything you have done be undone. Most of the employees and supervisors do not care about getting anything done, let alone doing it correctly.

Management rarely comes out of their offices, unless they are coming to yell at somebody while they sit on their golf carts.

If you are in with the right people, you can pretty much do whatever you want with no consequences.

The company has burned through so many people, they are left with the absolute dregs of Bay County's "talent pool".

Awful place to work. Stay away.

A typical work day at eastern ship building group would start off with a saftey meeting every morning then supervisors would assign you to the job task and area you would be working on and at,supervisors were always around to help in any way they could whether they be on on welders crew painters or any other,somje of the hardest parts of the day would be during the summer working below deck were temperatures would rise but water and fans would always be provided, and finially the most enjoyable parts would be watching the finished boats being lauched.

I go in extra early and work hard all day. My pay is awful and I have only gotten a 30 cent raise in 2 years. I can’t go to the dr because the copays are too high. I stay because I am a felon. The only good thing about them is they hire felons. However, the majority don’t work and don’t care about their jobs so they offer no support and are lazy. I am stuck there. I am underpaid and overworked and the benefits suck. They can’t keep quality workers because they don’t take care of their people. I look for a new job everyday. Pretty much everyone I talk to is unhappy there. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Welder 1 salary reported	$70,000 per year
Staff accountant 1 salary reported	$51,896 per year
Shipfitter 1 salary reported	$29.00 per hour

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