operator

machine operator

maintenance technician

intern

forklift operator

Faurecia

I was let go on a point system violation. When I began work at the plant, I contracted the flu. things went far worser as my first two weeks came to an end. It was mandatory for an employee not management to work 7 days a week, 12 hours a day. It was winter and my first in years. As I stated, I had just accepted the job. Working a hard job and getting rest was hard with a family. The first two weeks I had the flu, but later (because I wasn't allowed to plan time off) I also contracted bronchitis and pink eye in both eyes, by the time I had finished the 14th day at work, I was dragging my body around. I never lost pace nor let anyone down working as a Senior Maintenance Tech. As my counterpart would tell me every day at shift change, "You look like a dead man walking." With not being allowed to take time off and being a new job, I felt that the company would be sympathetic, seeing me in that state. Good luck with that, my friend told me. with family need events leading up to my dismissal I had pointed out as night shift SMT. My children were the last straw. The Bullet Co. School system required that students take a physical every year. I was notified in March about this. A deadline in April made it imperative for me to get this done or kids would be left out of their education for the year or until they pass the exam. I tried to schedule time off, a vacation day, and a friend to cover for me as I have done for the friend many times. All I needed was two hours off. It was a doctors appointment, two hours would have been more than enough. I did what any parent would do for their children, I took the time anyway. I went in to work after obtaining the reports for the kids. I clocked in, then proceeded to go upstairs to HR, and I asked if I should go on to work and make up the time at the end of my shift. the response was" That won't be necessary, your fired."  At that moment I was so angry and frustrated, but I stayed calm, walked out of the office thinking about the points system, the work and shifts, the suffering I have been going through, then I remembered the last company meeting we had. How the plant manager called us upstairs for a state of the company meeting and how production is behind and that quality need to increase and how we were all going to go through a procedure  change in quality, then came the hammer... She lit into all of us, telling us that if anyone is caught promoting and trying to get the union stated in her plant, that she would lay everyone off and hire temps to replace the lot of us. She continued to beat us down, glaring at each one of us as if expecting a confession. Then said, "I'm more than willing to pay for the unemployment." That if anyone was caught mentioning the word union would be fired on the spot. That "Fired on the spot" fit the situation I was in and how her statement rang true that she had no loyalty, compassion, I cannot find the proper description for her policies and her as a person. I'm sorry for the book, But I would ask every potential employee, unless it is the only route you can take to provide for your family, DON'T GO TO FAURECIA!

Company needs a complete overall to survive longterm. On the office side of the building their is way too many employees who don't do anything at all, and try to reinvent processes on the floor that don't need changed. Quality is an absolute JOKE. Multiple times the plant manager and deputy manager has said to bypass our quality guidelines with a , "we will deal with it later attitude" Yet we are supposed to reinforce our employees with quality standards.

You will be lied to about the hours you will work and the amount of days you will work. I was hired on to work a specific set of hours, and within a week it was changed and was told we'll if you don't like it then you can go somewhere else. 

UAP managers have their favoritism for sure, if you are a supervisor here and you don't get along with your UAP manager as a friend they will make your life miserable. 

This is quite literally the only job I've had where I dreaded coming to work everyday because I knew the circus I would have to deal with every day that certainly wasn't worth the pay and 60+hours mandatory every week. 

This company only cares about how they look to visitors coming in, no attention is given to anyone that works directly on the floor. If you work on the floor you are replaceable, and don't forget that.

You will be micro managed. You will be working multiple jobs at the same time that aren't your job title, (I hope you like being a production operator/gap leader because you will be doing that job along with being a supervisor when short handed) if your machine isn't running for a nanosecond you will have management breathing down your neck asking when it's going to be fixed even though all these machines are outdated and that's obviously the problem, but they don't want to hear that. Action plan, action plan, action plan!

Your UAP manager will come out on the floor and scream at your employees without you knowing about it. Numerous times I've had one of my employees come to me threatening to quit and I have no idea what's going on, and come to find out my manager has just bypassed chain of command and went straight to my guys trying to cause trouble. 

Do not come here looking for a long term place to work. Come here, get your experience, and split. Quitting this job was the best decision I made for my life

Faurecia in Columbus, Indiana, is poorly managed and operates at a level of incompetence that is staggering. Their inability to schedule or plan is a determent to the equipment required to complete tasks, and more importantly, it’s employees health and well-being. Faurecia management does not seem to understand the basic concept that machinery (and people) cannot be run 24/7 without time for proper maintenance/downtime. This causes the equipment to fail DAILY, for hours at a time which in turn causes the employees to be unable to reach their goals thereby requiring them to work more hours. The management has absolutely no regard for any of their employee’s health or well being. They work months on end, 12 hours a day, with NO TIME OFF (not even Sunday). More than half of the employees exhibit behavior of chemical dependency, including management (which very recently was at least in part the cause of an employee severing fingers). Most employees are so exhausted they are in danger of making mistakes and potentially endangering themselves and others. The management doesn’t even have the common sense enough to know that you cannot allow over half of the employees take a week off at the same time, who all run the same shift and the same line without negitively impacting every shift and employee remaining. Then are upset and surprised when the remaining staff cannot meet their goals. The executive management at this company apparently do not understand that if you have happy, rested employees, you will have greater output, less turnover, less expense for training, more competence and experience higher profits. This place is like a sieve when it comes to money. Not only do they require their employees to stay even if they cannot work because the equipment is down for hours, but they scrap thousands of dollars worth of materials because of the mistakes due to mismanagement. The only thing that keeps employees here is the lack of employement in the area. As soon as people have time to look for new work, they are out of there. The threat of dismissal isn't enough to keep anyone there for too long.

Management is awful. Was told in our morning meetings that we all were replaceable. 12 hour days, sometimes telling a shift they have to work another half shift, so some days were 16 hours, minimum 5-6 days a week. That lasted about 8-9 months before I left. Was there for a couple years, and management did nothing to improve work environment. When mentioned, or safety problems shown, was told they would take care of it, then ignore it. Then they add senseless block offs so toy have to walk around or it makes your job harder. They refuse to listen to any improvement ideas, then complain about a problem that improvement idea would solve. 
They add nonstop stress. There is a reason in the past year or so, thryve lost so many long time employees, some having 10-20 years seniority. They treat employees so awful, that they dont even have enough people to work whole shifts, constantly making people work 6 days a week by making our normal 4 day week, become 6 by making us from other shifts come in and work empty spots on other shifts.
Management is the biggest issue at this simpsonville plant.
HR is awful as well. Text, no answer, and half the time voicemail was full when I needed to get a hold of them. So you have to wait week or weeks to get an answer. Very unprofessional for an HR department.

The pay was decent enough, but when you get told thst they dont care about your family time, it doesnt matter to them. You just need to show up to work. 
If you have a family or get into a difficult situation, dont expect any leniency or help or understanding.
This place is a no fault attendance system. To them, by their words, there is absolutely no reason to miss work or be late and unless you're in the hospital or have a doctors note, you will get pointed and written up. Seen others get pointed when they got pulled over by police as they were turning into the work parking lot 10 minutes before the shift and couldnt make it inside until the police gave them their ticket.

A typical day at Forvia as it's called now is hard to pin down.  It's a very chaotic and disorganized place. Is very bureaucratic and unprofessional. High stress and low morale.
 Culturally this is the typical toxic work environment. Forvia is a company with an international footprint and most of the management staff are non- American. Not putting Americans in position of power seems to be the go to strategy across-the-board.  Unfortunately many but not all of these non-American managers hold nothing but contempt for America and Americans.  Some are more passive-aggressive while others are much more direct.
It should also be noted as an important caveat that while your salary is based off of 80 hours every 2 weeks you're actually expected to work closer to 100 hours over 2 weeks and possibly Saturday Sunday or both. On paper the dollar value looks pretty good but If you do not wish to devalue your salary in such a manner you are not a team player. 
The company will also not hesitate to call you on your off hours, while you're on vacation, in the middle of the night, while you're in the hospital, a funeral, it makes no difference. They have very little respect for boundaries. In fact it could be argued that the culture reinforces this type of behavior.
 I could go on but I think the point has been made.

A typical day at Forvia as a Production Supervisor was busy and hands-on. Most days started with shift meetings, reviewing targets, and making sure my team had everything they needed to hit goals. After that, it was a mix of managing workflow, solving problems on the floor, and keeping communication open between departments.

I learned a lot about balancing people and production. You’ve got to keep operations moving without burning out your team, and that takes strong communication, quick decision-making, and staying calm under pressure.

Management expectations were clear. There was a heavy focus on results, but if you handled your business and supported your team, leadership noticed. Like anywhere, some managers were better communicators than others, but overall, it was a solid structure.

The culture was very production-focused. Not a lot of fluff. It was about getting the job done, staying safe, and working as a team. Most of the crew had each other’s backs, and that made a difference when things got hectic.

Hardest part of the job? Keeping everything moving when equipment went down or when we were short-staffed. You’ve got to think fast and get creative. Most enjoyable part? Watching a crew come together and knock out a tough day. That kind of momentum and teamwork is hard to beat.

My day will start when I punch in and then I go to my locker, get the things I need for my line and workers. Then I meet with supervisor to discuss whats going on for the day, if anything important happen on the previous shift that I may need to tell my crew, get paper work, and any other updates. Then I go to the dock area where the stock is to take inventory of whats there and compare it with whats needed to get the orders filled and loaded and out on time. Then I go to the line or work area and talk to the GAP Leader( group of autonomous production) from previous shift to ask how thier day went. Then have a top 5 meeting with the gap which is a 5 min meeting to let the gap know of whats going on, whats needed for the shift, safty, and production numbers from previous day and then get work started. What I did learn from the company is organization, cleanliness and teamwork. I have gad supervisors that knew thier job and made sure they help you understand. My co-workers, some of the werent the best, but we all had an agenda and this to produce quality product and get the production numbers for the day.The only hard part of working is running out materials to do the job. The most enjoyable part is knowing the you have meet your goals for the day.

Things that were said in interview, such as climate controlled, were lies. Temps inside are usually around 90 degrees with spikes up to 120 on hot, humid days. The lies don't stop, ever. Never assume that what they tell you is true. Free lunches are a plus, if you like veggie burgers. Otherwise the cafeteria is pricey. Component shortage is a constant problem, making lines shut down during the week, in turn making Sunday work inevitable. The only shift that has weekends off is A shift (days), which consists of the people who have the most seniority. But that isn't always the case. The company can put new people on day shift and say its temporary to get around the union rules. I have seen a new hire work on day shift for several months because it was "temporary". The contract between the company and the union is almost complete garbage. There are so many clauses to protect the company and to let the company conduct business as they see fit. Basically every union rule has a clause that the company can use to override the contract. And even if they blatantly disregard the contract, there is nothing that the employees can do about it because of the "No Strike Agreement". I am personally still employed there because the higher pay makes you feel trapped, but I am very actively looking for something else. As are a lot of others.

I enjoyed my time working at the Faurecia Saline Plant.

The work included was simple but challenging in that there were quotas of parts required that our teams had to produce.

Co workers, were for the most part a joy to work with, many work relationships turning into friendships or positive acquaintances.

Supervision and leadership were generally pleasant to deal with,
work teams were facilitated by Gap Leaders that were knowledgeable and generally approachable.

In my time there I helped to achieve a record number of PPM built and sent to our customers without defects, an achievement that was well noted through management.

The hardest part of being employed with Faurecia was the scheduling for our respective department, including uncompromising weekend shifts, mandatory overtime which if refused resulted in the accrual of attendance points, frequent changes in supervision, inconsistency in company policies, and the threat of losing your job through health related circumstances within or outside of the plant.

Best part of the job, was the relationships with the people there.

Started off as a good company with lots of potential. The management and engineering teams can do no wrong. The lies and hypocrisy really makes you feel like they want to succeed. Maintenance gets their hands tied on what they are aloud to do to fix equipment, they wont allow access to what little parts we have, and dont want let the techs bring in their own tools but in the same token wont provide tools that are needed to get the job done ie. Multimeters, hammers, screwdrivers... yes we dont have screwdrivers. They say at one point they are not tracking time and they next minute write up an entire maintenance shift for not having any time on work orders for 2 hours when they're were no calls and no parts available to complete the work that was left. It's a joke when the management wont hold each other accountable but blames the hourly for the failures in management duties. The manufacturing manager over maintenance tells union personnel they are not allowed to conduct union business on company time. The point is the lies and hypocrisy know no bounds with no accountability with the management team,  not the supervisors, the management.

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