maintenance mechanic

production

production supervisor

operator

laboratory technician

I am a temp employee but I was very excited to work at innocor. I work at the Brenham Tx location. The other employees that I work with are awesome. We all have a lot in common and all do the best job that we can. However , the management is what I , and many other workers, have a problem with. They do not appreciate the work that we do. They point out all the negatives. While they want compliance on our part they are not in compliance with providing us a safe and sanitary work environment. There is a multitude of safety hazards all around the plant , including but not limited to , electrical , mechanical , chemical , and sanitary hazards including the disgusting employee restrooms. The supervisors do not care about the employees and complain constantly even though we always get the job done no matter how many hours it takes. It gets extremely hot in the plant and there is no relief. They will not even let you sit down for 2 minutes to rest. We work anywhere from 8 to 12 hour days with only a 20 minute break during the day. Most of these things would be overlooked if the management were more cooperative and showed a bit of appreciation because at the end of the day we are making them loads of money while we make chump change for a wage. Its hard to find a good job and while they know that they use it to their advantage by having management team up against their employees and making it a no win situation unless you just comply. That would be ok but only if they were on the up and up. In closing ,if you are considering a job at innocor, the employees that I work with are great but management there is absolutely horrible.

A typical day at work included, staffing production lines with employees and temporary workers.  Facilitate business and safety meetings to inform staff of daily vision and production goals.  Making sure lines are stocked with materials needed to meet production standards.  Systematically report hourly production in data systems for administration to view.  Monitoring safety procedures of workers to ensure safety and prevent any unsafe acts or injuries while working.

Value and give praise to employees, public recognition when deserved is deeply appreciated by those that make it happen everyday.  This encourages all employees to continue taking pride in their job and the quality of the product.

Management must be supported in order to deal with potential problems within making business decisions and assisting with workplace issues that may occur among employees.  Without the proper support it is very difficult to create a culture of quality and excellence.

Hardest part of the job is dealing with making proper adjustments with people and business.  Understanding the business and understanding how to handle problems prior to is of most importance when doing the job properly.

 Consistently making production and providing our customers with quality products with no complaints is the most enjoyable part of the job.  Being able to work as a team daily, implementing company policies and procedures in an positive way creates a great working environment.

This company is just like any other manufacturing job for the most part.  Good and bad.  Good management and bad management.  Some shifts do most of the work while others get away with murder.  It's a foam company so really how hard can it be to work with foam.  The work is easy in my experience.  You are not "whipped" into submission and expected to over-perform daily.  You get done what you get done.  If you come in and work every day like a normal person you won't have any issues.  Call off like most of the bums I see and you'll find yourself on the streets where you belong.  No a lot of mandatory overtime.  It is available if you need it at times but 40hrs or less for the most part currently, which I love.  1/2hr lunch and (2) 15 minute breaks make the day go by pretty fast.  Some of the work is steady but not vigorous. The shift I'm on has an awesome supervisor who treats everyone as an equal and just expects everyone to do their job, nothing more, nothing less.  There aren't many perks to working here as there are no incentives.  Didn't even have a holiday party this year.  You get what you put in.  No bonuses.  No extra recognition for doing a great job other than from your supervisor, meanwhile the slug next to you gets the same pay.   

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part about working for this company is your co-workers and being able to learn new things. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The management team is the most stressful part about working at FXI. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
If you want to constantly be disrespected by management, this is the place for you. FXI in Brenham was by far the worst place I have ever worked at. This places causes nothing but stress, they are horrible to their employees. It is almost like being in a prison. You never know what time you will be getting off. Things could be go perfect and then boom, one of the managers would have a bad day and take it out on everyone. There was NEVER any positive feed back, no matter how hard you tried to please them. They are just so negative. I would save yourself the headache and don't bother. They would take time off your lunch, even if you didn't take a lunch. They have such a high turnover and it is 100% due to the management there. My co-workers were cool and fun. I have yet to meet a person who enjoys working there. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day is constantly being yelled at and disrespected.

I always loved coming into work and saying good morning to all of my coworkers. They typical day starts off with a conference meeting to make sure the whole team is on the same page before we even begin our jobs. One of the things I was really happy to learn was how good it feels to have a healthy customer relationship as well as learning how to operate the SAP operating program to make our jobs much more simplified. The only hard part i could ever say about the job is when something would happen out of our control and we had to inform the customers as early as possible as we make it our pride and joy to delivery quickly and efficiently. As far as management, I have to say, they have always been extremely helpful in anyway they could and make sure their team is taken care of. It is an amazing company to work for, and everyone treats each other so well it is hard to imagine we hadn't known each other our whole lives.

Innocor has provided me with opportunities to grow in many areas. Giving me an opportunity to lead and manage a team of five other individuals. Thus driving me to utilize people skills and become creative in providing a friendly, fun and safe work environment. In order to accomplish my tasks, I was driven to create a system that is very efficient, and results in the best possible out come. Management never interferes if the product goes out satisfactory. The most enjoyable part of the job is the relaxed atmosphere, the freedom to incorporate my own ideas and strategies in my unit. The hardest part of the job is working with others to bring forth a desire and motivation to do the best possible job together as a team. The workplace culture, is a little diverse, mostly American and Hispanic. Being multilingual definitely helps with communicating to both cultures. I have learned how to be a good leader, multitask, and multi manage different aspects of the job, as well as helping me develop a strategic mindset to accommodate the demands for each day.

I never received the one on one training with another maintenance planner to critique role responsibility. The description of the role was never given as well. I only received training through the CMMS website courses. I was not allowed to perform the inventory improvements expressed in the interview. I was given the approval to improve the software for all areas of uses such as asset installation date, identification tags, photography information, equipment manuals & prints. The maintenence techs did not care for instructions from me. I was met with defiance on  occasions dealing with the work order status & inventory physical stock clarity. Along with new system data requirements needed for change over avoidance by maintenance management team to submit the reports caused hesitation in  submitting vital information to corporate team.

Typical day would be 8 to 10 hrs., with the opportunity for more if needed. My work integrated with every department in the company which required a pace setting "finger on the pulse" in order to keep up.
 Learned new systems and technology. Developed department's interrelation skills with internal and external associates. 

Management was very supportive and communicated well with a view that no one was left out of the loop. 

Very driven 24/7 manufacturing.  Respect was driven top down very well documented and measured which was shared with everyone via graphs and charts.

Hardest part of the job was finding and training good people.

Most enjoyable a task or project well done. Next would be see good people suddenly develop into the persons you knew they could be.

Work-life balance
Terrible. Working in pourline, you have no idea when you’re getting off.

Pay & benefits
Pay was good. Long hours.

Job security and advancement
It’s a click. If you buck the managers, they will work to get rid of you.

Management
Awful management. They care ZERO about you.

Culture
Horrible culture. Foul language and managers talk to you like garbage.

Overall
The job itself is good, but as is typical, people make it bad. The managers treat you like trash. They never acknowledge your hard work, while pointing out your failures. The managers have no problem writing you up for errors, while not acknowledging their role in the error. The plant manager was a great guy, but gave his manager too much leverage to mistreat honest, hardworking employees. It was very long, hot hours with no care for your personal life, at all.

Management was not on board making this a safe place for employees. Many injuries that were not recorded and things not being fixed. No training program, not hands on with work/life balance unless you were on the day shift. Worked second shift and mandatory to stay until trucks were done. Some days 15-16 hour days. No follow up on issues on the floor, HR never followed through with issues. Could basically do what ever you wanted and get away with it. Never worked for a company that had so many issues and non compliant with safety, training. Turn over was great!! Move them in and out like cattle. Pay was horrible for the work you had to preform. No accountability from management on handling issues that needed attention.  Very happy that I have moved on to better things!!

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