production operator

maintenance technician

process technician

tool and die maker

production supervisor

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This place claims the work is easy, and that the union is the reason why we make so little. I honestly feel that if they legally could they would pay minimum wage because they want to make more. They claim to make X amount  and say we're great workers, but pay 13.50/hr at top out. It costs 15.85/hr to live in Ohio as a single unmarried person. Their Health care costs are too expensive, most people stick with medicare because they want to charge 118 a week from your check to pay for a family plan. Your check is usually 370-420 as an operator at the end of the week as net profit. Healthcare for a family would wind up making your actual net 270-350. 

Forklift Operators, known as Support Operators, make a dollar more roughly and top out is 16.05/hr for first shift and 16.20/hr for second an thirds. Again after all that comes off your check you're a bit more secure, but still struggling to get by. you might make $100 more than you did as an Operator after 1-3 years being an SO.

Maintenance requires schooling to move up. so if you have every credential you need to make Maintenance A-4 you're only at 23.15 roughly, that's where most major factories start their Maintenance members.

Quality Control is in the same boat as Support Operators.

THE UNION DOESN'T DO IT'S JOB. They want good operators, they need to train them right. Same with SO's, QC's, and Maintenance. 

DO NOT WORK HERE!!!

Toledo Molding & Die, Inc., is a slave driving company that uses an 8 point absentee system that seems to be common in many manufacturing companies. They have four 12hr shifting schedule shifts and then three 8hr shifts that are continuously forced to work overtime. If you are sick and call in more than 8 times in a year, then you might as well go to the unemployment office after your 9th call out and file for unemployment benefits because you just been fired for having poor health. This company is not only working its employees to the dropping point but also their machines as well with running them almost 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. There are always dangerous oil leaks, water leaks, equipment failures, motor belts breaking, hydraulic failures, etc. that are extremely dangerous to their employees, but the company will not shut the plant down like it should for proper maintenance except for when they have a pre-warned EPA or OSHA inspection. They don't even try to get their plants in full working order for their customer audits. If you're looking for temporary work to get back on your feet, then apply until you get something better. Just do not stay in this death trap because if the machines don't kill you then their work ethics will.

As there website has fictional quotes from there corporate website displays. The quotes from there so called employees which are only from management, quotes are highly false and there is no chance for advancement. Tmd tiffin Senior employees take all the bid jobs to make pennies compared to your 100s you would make since there is a tier system in place. The dues you pay for no representation because ultimately the union has no pull, as in the contract says at companies needs and demands so ultimately they can do whatever they want. There is healthcare, vision, dental, and 401k but it is a little pricey. Work is very easy to extremely fast paced and tech will speed up presses on the off shifts. I would not recommend this place for work pay is very low, and overtime sucks you will work 3 Saturdays a month for 3-4 years straight untill seniority permits if you're lucky. Workers are not friendly, make this place your second home for awhile. If you are considering employment here I would ask u to reconsider many other factories pay way more to start out and better benefits. Not everyone is a bad person to work with but most.

As an operator you'll work on a press, assembly area and pack depending on the designated area. Some machines are faster than others, but generally you learn to work quick and efficiently while still ensuring parts meet quality specifications.
Specifications include:
-No blow outs/contamination holes
-Ensuring all cut parts are not crushed and cuts are within scribe lines
-Carefully checking for webs are warps within parts

Facility staff is less than enthusiastic which may be expected from long hours, forced overtime and machines running under standard. Management seems to show have a "well that's how it is" approach to problems within the facility.

In general, working with TMD isn't very hard. However while some machines run at an acceptable pace, others will be ridiculously fast in comparison with no time for mistakes. When operating such fast paced machines along with unfixed mechanical problems, it'll quickly wear you out during your shift.

At TMD, overtime will virtually always be available. Medical insurance is offered along with 401k. Advancement is also relatively easy within TMD.

I'd work 12 hours shifts all week if I had more faith in the management. They'll schedule you to work the bad presses (hardest ones, most annoying ones, most mentally taxing ones, etc) every day they're up, because you're one of the few trained on it. As long as you're there, they won't train anyone new, and that's just how they operate. They don't care about what you want. I wouldn't mind crummy presses if they would rotate you out with other people, but it doesn't happen.

Confrontation with coworkers can happen. I had my well-being threatened. While they claim there's a zero violence policy, said coworker was still there the next day, and they even scheduled us on the same press together for the remainder of the week. Management doesn't care about your well-being, mental health, physical health, whatever else.

Crummy place to work, some easy jobs but you'll undoubtedly get stuck on the mentally grinding one while your coworkers twiddle their thumbs on the easy jobs. wage is the only saving grace, but even then it's not worth it.

When I got to work I set up the schedule for employees with approval of Supervisor, posted work schedule and began my work day. I had six presses under my care and anywhere from twelve to twenty people that I monitered to make sure safety and quality requirements were being preformed. I performed minor adjustments to the machines to produce parts in speck, as well as checked on quality control, had relations with shipping and receiving and forklift operations. I learned quite a bit about working on blow molding and injection mold machinary. Management and co-workers were easy to get along with as well as maintaining a roll of leadership without it affecting friendships and productivity. The hardest part of the job was most likely the amount of hours we worked, we we're always under the gun to get orders out and I probably worked anywhere from sixty to seventy hours a week at times, left very little time to enjoy the outside world. The most enjoyable part of the job for me was learning how to step up into a world of leadership, it was new for me at the time and it made a great impact on my work ethic

They treat there employees like their robots the presses run so fast that employees can barely keep up. The employees are not getting trained right and will fire you at the drop of a hat. The management really sucks here I've seen them pick on people because they don't like them and find any reason to write them up till they can get rid of them.  This company offers no incentive for their operators to stay they hire in new employees making the same as the operators that have been there for 5 years if your looking for a long-term place to work it really sucks. They do have a union but you are paying 40.00 a month for nothing they do nothing for you there all about the the average work week is 70 hours plus and there on a point system you get 8 and they don't come off for a year from the date you take it . You will bring home decent money but for the hours you work defently not enough, if you want a life this job is not for you and they don't care about family life either church not a thing you are a robot to them. This place sucks. That's another thing your lunch 20 min and two 10 min breaks in a 8 hour day not enough time to eat really.

A typical day at TMD ( Toledo Molding & Die ) could vary in different ways because I knew so many stations they always moved me around. I learned how to communicate better with people and work in a small work space. I also learned how to discipline myself dealing with those long hours. Management was ok as far as our line leaders but shift managers were not that good and ran things poorly. Workplace culture was alright but wasn't the best when it came to things like interactions, behaviors, and of course attitudes. The hardest part of the job was getting use to the long hours, holding the drills for a long period of time, and not making the line go down. The most enjoyable part of the job was the money I was making. I made pretty good money and the breaks were decent too.

I enjoyed the variety of projects and skills required to get the job done. Building fixtures to prove out ideas, working with suppliers to implement improvements, and working with operators to improve their work cells. Other than April 26th 2018 decision to end my employment for a lock out infraction, great experience. I felt a suspension without pay would be would be more in line with the offence as I caused no issues and immediately followed the requirement once reminded of the change. Previous 13 years of employment  with no discipline and implemented many significant improvements which improved quality and maintained a competitive position in the automotive market for expansion,

my typical day at T.M.D was pretty much a routine in which i enjoyed it consisted of clocking in doing beginning shift paper work then beginning my task for the day. iv learned a tremendous amount about how machines work what it takes to be a loyal fatory worker and how to manage my time if say a press went down for a period of time. the management was spectacular very nice understanding team of workers, supervisors,and leaders. id have to day the hardest part of the job there would have to have been learning a new part or parts that where not very easy for someone my size to handle. the easiest part i would say would be all of it in general i just enjoyed this type of work period.

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