multi craft maintenance technician

maintenance mechanic

scientist

process operator

packaging operator

Fleet Laboratories

I witnessed Fleet go from a family owned company to being owned by a private equity firm to being sold to Prestige Brands (a publicly traded company). This newest acquisition has lead to minimal job security and a slash and burn of benefits. The biggest layoff prior to Prestige's acquisition was 13 people. Following the acquisition 52 people were laid off in one day, where long tenured (higher earning) and high-risk healthcare cost employees were the first to go. Lab/R&D jobs are relatively safe, but new management agenda's mean little to no security in administrative capacities. Fleet was a great place to work, but the direction and actions they've taken  make that hard to see continuing into the future.

Poorly ran place, unless you are in the office.  Workers get paid poorly and treated like garbage.  Management stands over and watches every little thing to nitpick over.  No positive reinforcement for doing good work or catching problems before they become big.  Safety is a joke. Favoritism is how advancement is decided,  not knowledge. Double standards everywhere.  Salaries office people get more sick time than hourly workers. Catered lunches frequently provided for office while workers are left out to dry. Weekends happen a lot,  quite often you are told at the last minute toy are required to work,  ni matter what your plans are.

This place is a mess, I got a job shortly after being laid off and it was apparent from the very beginning that the only thing that mattered to the company was moving product out the door. This was done regardless of the quality of the product or without regard to the work-life balance of its employees. A whole department I personally worked with were working 7 days on for at least a month. In addition to toxic management in my department really made this an awful place to work at.

If you need a paycheck with benefits, this could be a temporary stopgap to launch you into a future job but nothing else. Avoid if you can.

This used to be a great company to work for. Great atmosphere and the type of company once you got in the door you knew you had the job you would retire from. After a few ownership changes and a new upper management employees are jumping ship ranging from production workers all the way up to managers/directors. A director will ignore you after greeting them with a "good morning" on a regular basis. Benefits are being taken from the employees all while being paid less than comparable companies. Production works every weekend in some cases mandatory and are reprimanded if they can't work. Better options out there. 

This company excels in promoting from within until the management level.  This company took a chance and hired me right out of college.  I have learned a lot with them and appreciate all of the opportunities that have been offered.  The hardest part of the job is keeping up with the turn around times as they are generally shorter than most laboratories. However, I have a good team working for me and we have improved efficiency so much that our staff is leaner than we have ever been before.

What can I say I worked here in until I could find a better job, and when I found a job I realized how bad the pay scale was for the work they had you do. You would think after a hundred years of being in this type of business  they would do better than this. I wouldn't  use there products only because I know the process. Quite a few of there batches won't pass final inspection because they hire millennials for these jobs.fleet is a very old school environment meaning all in all they just don't care about employees. A UNION WOULD GO OVER GOOD HERE.

Fleet  Laboratories was a great place to work because each day provided something different to work on. There was never a dull moment when you are supporting manufacturing and I always had opportunities to learn to new techniques. This included columetric assays, FTIR, Karl Fisher, and a lot of HPLC method development. It is very exciting when you an opportunity to contribute to the development of new products for a company.

What can I say? This was a long time ago. I love my job for 8 years. I had a wonderful boss and the work was creative and fun. It became less so when he passed away. It became less creative and more mundane as the years passed.  Finally, the company was sold to a firm in San Francisco, and a number of senior employees were fired. I saw that perhaps it was time for me to leave.

Poor management. Thrives on favoritism of certain employees. The work is ok. Get to learn a lot of new things. Co workers are sneaky. Some employees expect you to do your job and their job. Some tasks require you to work alone. Most require teamwork. I most enjoyed working alone. There was a lot of cleaning involved. You do run several machines such as fillers, cappers, case packers. Not alot of heavy lifting.

Excellent people with a strong work ethic, driven and passionate about the business.  Management was always looking for feedback as to how they could help make the business better and develop relationships with all employees and customers.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Multi craft maintenance technician 2 salaries reported	$32.00 per hour
Maintenance mechanic 2 salaries reported	$33.50 per hour
Scientist 1 salary reported	$59,499 per year
Process operator 1 salary reported	$17.31 per hour
Packaging operator 1 salary reported	$15.50 per hour

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