machine operator

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manufacturing technician

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Ecore International

The communication is awful at times. I feel like management fails the employees on a daily basis. Its a dirty job no matter where you work, which isnt an issue for me as I'm used to that kind of thing. The influx of temp workers and new hires that dont stick around is a big red flag. They get a taste of what the job entails and without being properly paid for it, they leave, sometimes within the span of a single day. The nice part is the 10 hour day so you can have Fridays off....sometimes. The mandatory OT can be nice if its now and then, but having people be required to come in on both Friday and Saturday is not ok, especially when youre already there for ten hours to start with. I will say that they do a great job of luring people in with the right promises that every other typical manufacturing company spews. Its a small shop which is nice however if one person isnt there, and no one is available to fill a role, then that department struggles way too much for anyones taste. There is no HR represenative on site which is also a massive red flag. The insurance is awful. There are no raises after 90 days, and raises dont always fully occur after a year. Its physically demanding in that youre lifting 50 to 55 bags off of a bagger, weighing it, and then stacking it on a pallet. Banbury operators are constantly lifting hot oily mats out of and into presses that are stupid hot, along with raw rubber mats that weigh 30lbs for ten hours. If you call in they take your PTO and give you a point, which you wait for a whole year to get back on that date. The training is minimal. People feel undervalued, unappreciated, and ignored most of the time. 

The job is simple and easy as long as you are not a well trained and cross trained individual. The job goes from you running 1 machine for 8 to 10 hours to your running 3 different machines at the same time for 1 hourly fee for 8 to 10 hours. The office politics ruin any type of team support structure that was built. Just like most companies tell you its all about friends and family only care about bottom dollar. Management will come out micro manage a portion of the floor telling operator of machine to run a machine a specific and abnormal way. Once a mistake shows up management blames it on the operator. Their policies written in the handbook are there just to be openly interrupted by HR to make it easier to fire any employee that may or may not be following their rules or they don't like. Seen many follow Ecore's rules and be terminated for off the wall stuff or suspicion. If you keep your head down and don't do learn to much than your days are easy and your pay is spectacular. If you are trained on multiple machines, have opinions, and/or can think for yourself than the pay isn't enough and your days are no longer easy. The team I worked with was amazing the guys/girls all got along and really looked out for each other. Yet that mentality did not travel across from higher up to simple employees unless they liked you. All and all Ecore was like any other business crafty, classy, and creative. I was an amazing company to work for and enjoyed doing my job every day. I did not like the favoritism, the negativity, and the complications that came from usually the higher ups to do my job.

I had high hopes when I joined this company, but unfortunately, the management team made it difficult to succeed. There’s a serious lack of communication, accountability, and strategic direction. Manager is often unapproachable and dismissive of employee feedback, which creates a toxic environment.

Favoritism is rampant, and promotions seem to be based more on personal relationships than performance or merit. It's demoralizing to watch hard work go unnoticed while incompetence gets rewarded.

The company has potential, but unless there’s a major overhaul in leadership and culture, I wouldn’t recommend this as a place for career growth or job satisfaction.

Management here is some of the worst I have ever seen. That goes from the supervisors all the way to the top with the plant manager. No wonder this place has people quitting and wanting to quit every day. There is no sense of moving up. They post jobs for people to move up from within the company for other positions, but you are told that you will never get it, so what's the point of even applying. 

6 day works week with only 1 day off will be a constant thing, and there is even talk of doing 7 day work weeks since they are so far behind on work. I would not suggest anyone apply for a position here until they get act straight and that might take a long while. 

This used to be a great place to work for, but in the past few years the company went from an employee first "we're all family" company to management first. It's now a revolving door company, they chased away all the people who cared about the company and try to fill in the blanks with temps who end up quitting after a few days. HR is nonexistent and management is never on the floor. Anyone can get fired at the drop of a hat, and I do mean anyone. The frequency they walk people out the door makes it feel like they get rid of people for sport, and you're in constant fear of someone tapping you on the shoulder saying HR wants to see you. I would work here if you only needed some quick money and planned on moving onto something better. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Employee empowerment. work with you on scheduling and college retention.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
break downs that could have been avoided with better PMs. lots of bad workmanship on PMs among my peers. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
safe for the most part and constant improvement.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
hurdle meeting to be informed on what going on and if there's and pending break downs. Providing no break down proceed to PMs or projects. Tend to any necessary breakdown as they occurred.

Once a family company, now an organization run by a board. The owner's absence is felt and his absence increases by the day. Upper management is in meetings constantly and can't tell you the name of all the people under them. Lower level managers work hard and are rewarded with more work. Certain departments have advancement tracks, but most production roles have so many people in the queue to move up when someone leaves that you likely will never move up. Sales leadership supports rewarding customers who yell the loudest. Lower level employees are paid well but nobody in actual power cares if their workload overflows. 

If you like working with machines thia is a great place to work. Very physical job but also stress free. Only allocated one 15 minute break per 8 hours but youre alkowed to take longer and quick breaks whenever. Pay is decent, could be better, could also be worse. Higher upa make some bone -headed decisions but the supervisors are really good, at least on my shift. Laid back atmosphere, some OT but not a lot. Double time on Sundays no matter if youve had 40 hours or not, but Thats extremely rare. Overall great place to work. 

I work 3rd Shift the co-worker  I work with was so awesome everybody was nice helpful and generous i am the type of person likes to move around alot since being there I've learned to run and operate everything except for two positions of the work in the department the list of job titles that I've done are reroller assistant, peeler assistant, peeler cleaner, mixer assistant, prepping mixer area, grinder, operating the John Deere, demolder. The two I didn't learn was reroller operator peeler operator.

I had a great time working with everyone. Management wasn't the greatest until the last year when I moved under another manager. They didn't have a clue of the kind of work I was doing as a CAD designer. The work is easy but repetitive and they give you pennies when you get a raise. The most enjoyable part is working from home. Hardest part of the job is when you get a Giant logo you need to quote. The like problem solvers and the schedule is pretty flexible.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Machine operator 60 salaries reported	$19.31 per hour
Truck driver 31 salaries reported	$26.76 per hour
Maintenance technician 12 salaries reported	$29.67 per hour
Manufacturing technician 6 salaries reported	$23.00 per hour
Shipping and receiving clerk 9 salaries reported	$21.22 per hour

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