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A work day is very repetitive which is something you'd expect from a printing facility and only thing that makes it different would be the people you work around with which would be a plus if you are a open type person. Biggest issue i see would be the lack of proper training round here. Pretty much have the blind leading the blind and there's no courses or structural ladder to improve on knowledge. First day in and your thrown to something it usually takes years to learn an the expectations for you to learn is ridiculously high. Only way you learn is from making a ton of mistakes and hope you really good friends with some co-workers so they give you tips, otherwise your on chopping block. Management is pretty much a joke an they alone act as know it alls where as instead of hearing you and your concerns they pretty much ignore you by listening one ear and out the other. Time after time they will say we want you (workers) to give ideas or speak up because we are One yet nope once again your shot down. Workplace culture honestly is the only real plus side. The vibes here are really good to as there's a lot of laughter and smiles,kind of like family. We have our frustrations time after time whether with job not running right or simply having a bad day but I guarantee you'll laugh at least once from a joke thrown out here an there. Well its obvious to say each department has its own difficulties, however as a whole the hardest part working here is simply finding your "spark" or "drive" to try and be the best. There's many many days that morale of crew can be seen very low an people don't want work harder and be pushed to quitting. Morale hits very low because its the higher ups who want to push you to work harder an harder but when the end of year comes around they always try an find any little excuse to try an not give you a raise. We have quarterly pay outs 4 times a year but many of us you know there's times where we as a group tried our best and yet when it comes to quarterly payouts its a joke and in the meetings its always negative this or that. There has been times i felt under appreciated and that alone makes me feel and say why bother if at end of it all its never good enough. A simple congrats would be fine but nope you rarely hear those and more negative comments. Finally the only best part i can say about working here is they will schedule fun days for the employees and their families to come out somewhere whether its the Beach,bowling alley, etc for holidays or how we went 2 years without a record-able injury incident and had a company picnic.

I was night shift and how fast paced and stressful it is depends on your role. My role was more laid back, but for most of the time I had to constantly move and keep busy. The warehouse job guys slept on the job a lot and that was the most laid back, and the hp print guys just sat the whole time mostly looking at their phones while letting the machine run. The most stressful job is the long press jobs where they are kept constantly running at fast speeds that are hard to keep up with at times. When I first started they would compare different shift workers speeds to each other and that contributed to a toxic environment between co-workers trying to get the longest easiest jobs to boost their speeds, but they got rid of that soon after and the mood calmed down after that. Management is detached from the shop floor and inefficient, we would run the place much better if we were allowed to self-manage ourselves. I was paid 10.50 an hour for full time, felt underpaid and so did everyone else. From what I asked other people they were paid from 11 to 12 bucks an hour and everyone felt underpaid. When they hire you they will lie about giving raises, no one gets raises ever, but there is made-up bonus which I've never seen. Because of the low pay, people quit often and so we were constantly understaffed and overworked, it is common to work mandatory 6 days a week, sometimes 7 for consecutive weeks in which you are not paid more for overtime. If the next shift worker isn't coming in you have to cover them for half the time and there is no extra pay for that either. Some liked the overtime because they were desperate for cash since they were paid so little. Promotion is non-existent and if you are lucky to get it, its only to supervisor who isn't paid much more than workers anyway, not sure about how it is in the office though. 

In short, it's low pay, long hours, and would only recommend if you can't get anything better.

Being an employee at Fortis Solutions has been extremely draining and overwhelming. My co-workers and I are constantly busy because of the workload. I have learned that you can give your all and wok as diligently as possible and it does not seem it is ever good enough. Management make decisions and seems that instead of making things easier to deal with additional work is required. Everyday something changes where it adds more stress. The workplace culture has definitely changed. i do not feel I have a great support team. Some people are not easy to approach when issues arise. My hardest part of the job is coming in to so may request and workload has been too much o deal with, I feel pressure if things cannot get done as I have many responsibilities.I believe the customer service team work hard but still cannot seem to get caught up. The best part of the job is to get to see my team members as we vent and try to give advice on how to handle stress. We have each other's backs because I don't feel that anyone else has our backs. I would like to see changes where the working environment can be more pleasant and we can all work together rather than be uncomfortable. Hopefully we all can see changes sooner than letter. I feel we are asked to do extra work and our pay has not increased or any incentives have not been put in place to motivate the employees. People seem to be very unhappy working at Fortis SolutIons and you can tell this because employees have been giving their 2 weeks and there are so much more to come. If we felt appreciated and compensated for our work people would be willing to stay.

Plenty of things need to be looked at. Favourtism is one of the biggest problem. If manager knows or is related to someone or has freindship with someone, it does not mean that person can come late, mess up jobs and still never get called out. Whereas others who are common employess get called out on even small things. Managers should be qualified and educated about Business analysis and rules and regulations. Plus, company is buying cheapest and disgusting stock materials which gives so much hard time to people and in return they get called out for wasting too much or either for mistakes in the jobs. Cleaning equipment used to be perfect and never gave us hard time. Now new managers have brought in some cheap cleaning equipments which dont even clean and people have to use acetate for cleaning presses. which is just unsafe. Managers are trying to make their managers happy who are above them, and for that they are treating their employees like slaves. and giving them all the low level work environment. Press men are leaving the company day after day, and not that they need raise or more money. They are leaving for the cheap work environment, where un-experienced people who have never operated a press are questioning them and trying to implement or add new regulations that are nothing but pain. Only join this company if you are terribly job less,, otherwise stay away !!!!

Fortis is a wonderful, growing company that offers great benefits and cares about its' employees!  The growth trajectory has been fast, and that's not always easy to manage, but they keep their focus on their customers and their employees.  I have worked for so many companies that don't and they all ended up going under.  When our CEO visits the plants he goes directly out onto the production floors to talk with the people running the machines and making our products!  He wants to see them first. He's interested in them and how they're doing; what's working and what isn't and how he can help them. That tells you something.  If you are looking for a great place to start a career or develop yourself further, this is a terrific place to do it.  If you put in the work, your supervisor will  help you get where you want to go. There are a lot of opportunities to contribute to the team and the success of the organization. There is an emphasis on teamwork and collaboration and keeping the customer at the forefront of every project.  If you are team-oriented, understand that customers come first and you care about quality and service then you will be successful here!

A typical day at work, arrive and be ready to quickly get to your daily tasks, for the each day moves at a rapid pace. Learned much about about Fortis Solutions  and their process of producing labels, and appears much more complicated than I thought at first. Especially since in Accounts Payable, you really must learn the whole printing process in order to understand our complicated General Ledger process invoices through correctly. So far, management, peers have been very helpful in the learning process. Hardest part of the job, daily emails from all our plants, amount of paper that has to be printed from the Supplier emails, and other sources,  organized into proper folders at each plant for others to access. Very time consuming, and entering into Radius/OA each day can be intense, which requires more than regular 8 hour day, however doable, we persevere. The best part of job, is learning Fortis new processes, and all  my peers and all their support and understanding. Very grateful for the opportunity to be part of this great team.

Was hired to be a lead on a weekend day shift and after they kept up the appearance that this was still their intentions and then 10 months later said that wasn't going to happen and that I had to go to night shift, even though their was a position open on my press, they hired someone new and gave them that spot, so time at the company means nothing.  I would not recommend this company.  Management is rude, Work/Life balance is nonexistent( they wait till the last second to ask for overtime, which is every weekend.)  The Culture their is horrible, some of the people are resentful because the original company was bought out by Fortis and the management doesn't have guts to discipline some of the troublemakers. I've worked in printing for along time and this is one of the worst companies I've worked for.

Be careful with what they offer, they don’t always deliver what they promise. There’s no advancement, if you’re good at what you do you’ll never leave that spot.  Management doesn’t know what they’re doing they focus more on everything you do wrong than guiding you to progress.  You will be expected to take on multiple responsibilities and never be compensated for that.  They are too cheap to invest in their employees but will expect you to work your butt off for peanuts.  There is noticeable favoritism with management too. Don’t expect much in raises or promotions unless you’re close with upper management. Make sure you get their offers in writing because they will not follow through on their promises. Overall don’t work there unless you want to be micromanaged or enjoy a stressful toxic work environment with little to no work/life balance. 

Do not be fooled the job description states a 40hr week but that is not the case. 90 percent of the time you will be expected to also work Saturdays so decide ahead of time. The job is fairly easy but not quite compensation to pay bills comfortably. You will often not have basic items needed to complete your work easily and supervisors will not give them to you after asking. The place is an osha nightmare. Very unorganized. Poor communication. Do not treat employees very well unless you are one of the clique. Just all around not great. It’s a job it’s easy but very boring they do not care about a work life balance at all even though there are many ways to help that which I brought to their attention but again they don’t care. If you can handle what I have stated then it’s a fairly easy but not very good paycheck.

The management is terrible and most of them are located nowhere near the plants they help. The only way they can tell if you did anything is through smart sheet and if you forget to update it looks like you didn’t do anything for the day. The production manager of the west Chester Ohio plant has people skills and personality of a brick wall. He has no concept of how to interact with people to get an appropriate response. Since fortis bought out the original company most employees are on their way out the door. Bonuses were taken away, people are quitting daily, and no one is appreciated for the hard work they do. And senior level management sits at home states away believing an ignorant plant manager knows what he’s doing while their employee pool continues to dwindle to nothing.

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Operator 15 salaries reported	$20.32 per hour
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Press operator 5 salaries reported	$22.40 per hour
Project manager 3 salaries reported	$19.64 per hour

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