machine operator

operator

forklift operator

warehouse associate

material handler

Gildan

Gildan in Eden, N.C. I thought was going to be possibly a chance personally for me to have an opportunity to further my knowledge and skills working within another warehouse environment different from my first experience, and to also allow me an open opportunity to work in a much larger warehouse overall by square feet, more usage of battery operated walkie riding, tow motor rc , and tall reach equipment, battery operated also and reaching at a greater height than normal RC tow motor. Also the warehouse is furnished with battery operated order pickers and very large in size Turret Trucks, battery operated as well the Turret is able to go safely all the way to G level in the warehouse, which counted in feet measured to over 151 feet high in certain locations throughout areas of the warehouse, where others it will not due to ceiling height. One must be very cautious and openly alert at all times while in restricted tunnel bay work areas, while possibly meeting another piece of equipment while on the same aisles in the warehouse while picking orders for shipping, or while placing inventory in the warehouse locations that has already been received, scanned, checked in and signed off on, then cleared to move from the receiving docks out within warehouse storage locations according to RF Scanner information after scanning inventory to be located in warehouse location. I began on 2008 on 3rd shift 7p-7a. At the time that I came in, shipments out per shift per night, the numbers expected were very high. There were several separate teams in shipping, each team a different task for each truck that team loaded. Teams included two scanners to let both people scanning verify the correct number of cases and styles ordered were exactly what was located on the shipping dock. Extra cases were marked and thrown out for return to warehouse locations if not on shipping inventory. While the lines or walls of cases were being scanned, the two loaders prepared by stretching out beforehand, and placing needed repairing cases in a neutral location until those boxes could be reboxed and new labels. A walkie rider driver would then come to the shipping dock and await orders to go ahead and start lining up walls or rows to begin pushing into the trailer for the loaders to remove cases off the pallets and load onto the floor of the trailer. This process would continue all the way to wall of row 24 on the shipping, rows all clearly marked. Once all cases, including reboxed and relabeled cases are loaded onto the trailer, an airbag is placed, causing the cases side to side, top to bottom to become tight, making a well snug fit to prevent cases from tipping over, thus possibly damaging the cases and merchandise inside already paid for, or even tragically causing an extremely large and dangerous weight shift within the trailer, throwing the entire tractor trailer's center of balance off, causing damage to the trailer brakes and axels, and perhaps even breaking the fifth well behind the cab connecting the trailer to the cab causing possible jack knife , rollover, total loss of controls in tractor a Actually if you are someone who likes fast-paced and you are healthy, capable of a lot of hand,arm,shoulder,chest,entire full back,athletic legs,MUST HAVE HEALTHY FEET, DUE TO THE FLOORS. GOOD SHOES ARE A MUST AND YOU HAVE TO REPLACE NEW SHOES REGULAR AND SOMEWHAT OFTEN, IT IS A WAREHOUSE.

It could be a good workplace if it wasn't for the lousy management team, Starting with the plant Manager to the shift supervisors and including HR team. Management team is clueless and completely careless, they do not care for the employees, but they do not care for the company either. They just protect their big fat paychecks but do not do the job. You see them riding around their little bikes but not solving any problems. Some of them spend more time in the smoking area than in their office or on the floor. The place is filthy all the time, the equipment are falling apart due to the lack of scheduled maintenance but they do not even make sure that the problems reported are taking care of either. The new employees do not get properly trained so they do not perform their jobs properly affecting the production chain and most of them end quitting. Management team live in a fantasy world, they do not want to hear or acknowledge that there are lots of problems. When we get visitors they bring extra help to clean the longtime accumulated filth, the filth that is visible, to make the place look neat but behind the covers of the machines everything is rotten and malfunctioning. When we get visitors they even low the equipment's speed and deactivate the equipment's lights system to make it look like everything is working perfectly, while it is not. They brag that safety is a priority but they are just covering their tales, avoiding Gildan from getting fined again for safety violations and protecting their big fat paychecks. While they are harsh toward employees that do the right thing and work hard, they play blind and enable other employees misbehavior. As long as the pounds of yarn get shipped, they don't care who works or who does not. Because of all these, the morale is very low, making things, worse and worse everyday. Most people are unhappy, talking in the locker room and break room about finding another job. In their disappointment lots of them become careless like management. The management team at Gildan don't even have the capacity of foreseeing that their behavior will end biting them in the rear end and one day they will not be able to even ship those pounds of yarns. This is just the tip of the iceberg!! If I was an investor I would not risk my money in a place like this. If I was the president of the company and a shareholder I would be very concerned. If I could go working anywhere else I would not be here.

It is astounding to me that a company this size can be so ignorant of  the basic needs of the employees that have done an outstanding job (which has been acknowledged by the company on many occasions!) ! Their policies are very 70's and they have no clue that any of their people have a life away from work! They give you attendance points for keeping a doctors appointment to adhere to the company requirement that you have an annual physical in spite of the fact that you are scheduled to work 10 hour days 5 days per week (as just one example).
The health benefits dig deep into the pockets of poorly paid workers who average about $10-12/hr. the benefits are borderline ridiculous and to move to another position requires you "bid" (??) on another job, sign in to a "volunteer" sign up book for job that doesn't even have a job description.
"Management" seem to be a group that have lots of experience at meeting production goals but little experience in doing it with any tact or diplomacy whatsoever. The Plant manager is a foot stomping, whiner who acts like a spoiled 3 year old child than the grow man ready for retirement that he is. The Operations manager (2 plants) is an arrogant little man who would rather spend money on crummy lunches than give raises although the other plant has had two cost of  living raises and the place I work hasn't had ONE! There IS NO JOB CULTURE other than a a phony 3 icon moto that is a joke and ignored by employees that don't support them. 
Overall Gildan is a company that heavily depends on poorly paid domestic labor that are intelligent enough to produce a raw product that is shipped to Central America to be knitted into flat goods to furnish brand name American companies with their clothing at the cost of the dignity and job security of their US employees!

As a spinning operator you run 2 machines with 1,824 bobbins each machine and 2 sets of winders 37 winders each set 
A lot of work. Fast pace. Hot. Breathing cotton dust is not fun and  not healthy. I think. Cotton will get in your eyes mouth nose   It’s everywhere your clothes and sticks to your skin. You have to walk constantly around the machines non stop. 
3 15 mins break 1 30 mins lunch 
7am-7pm work schedule 2-2-3 
If you are lucky you get machines that run good and you can have a productive day and have time to do everything. 
If not you will be running a bad machine and you will be stressed out and  tired and getting behind and not enough time to do everything. Sometimes you get help sometimes you are on your own. And if the machines runs bad you may not be able to take your breaks at all 
Not everyone can breath in an environment where there is a lot of cotton dust 
Sometimes you find your machine in a bad state because the person running it on the night shift didn’t do a good job or simply didn’t pay enough attention so the machine would run good. Dealing with that mess will set you behind at the start of your shift until you can get the machine caught up
Good insurance and benefits 
A lot of opportunities for overtime. If you want or need extra money. 
Supervisors are really nice and friendly and helpful and try to understand 
Not enough spinners so when trying to get days off you may need to find someone to cover for you for the day. Usually someone from the other shift. 
You train for a month and start with one machine and as the time goes the work increases. You get help you are not in your own. 
The work is easy. Not heavy lifting at all just a lot and repetitive so for some people hands may hurt. Feet may hurt. Walking for 11 hours on concrete Non stop. 
Wear polyester t shirts or clothing  Cotton doesn’t stick to it as much as it does to cotton

Job security and advancement
Hard to get hired on, not much room for advancement

Management
Supervisor was nice, but supervisor's boss seemed rude

Culture
People do not seem to feel valued

Overall
Pros:
-good pay 
-paid lunch 
-mostly nice and helpful coworkers
-not much overtime
-easy work
-8 to 9 hours 
-plenty of optional overtime availible
Cons
-Saturday hours differ from weekday hours, not announced until Thursday's shift
-mindless/boring work, standing in one spot
-only one 30 minute break
Other information: 
-supervisor not enthusiastic, it would have been helpful if supervisor was more involved, personable, and excited (or pretend to be haha)
-goals are unclear: won't tell you the amount of work you need to do because they think you will only do that much, only advice to meet production is "work harder and faster," not told about production goals when first starting
-supervisor's boss apparently watched us on the cameras and moved us around if we talked too much, but certain people were allowed to talk and others weren't.
-point system very flawed: I was let go due to "absences" but only missed one day, this was allegedly because of my supervisor making errors when manually clocking me in/out when my badge scanner didn't work
-hard to get hired on: there were about 5 hired on employees, which I found very telling. was told that if you get 8 points, you are not eligible to get hired on. also was told that employees have been waiting 6+ months to get hired due to COVID19, you are supposed to be eligible after 3 months. many temp workers left within 1 week
-super hot downstairs, but temperature was good upstairs? 
-communication did not seem good especially communication with the staffing agencies 
Overall would not recommend as a long term job, but it is good if you need something temporarily.

What does my new job mean to me?  It is for starters, an essential income source, and I am very glad to have it; I've already repaired my vehicle, and paid the bills.  It's nice, I am around very supportive and pleasant people, and they act with class and a friendly demeanor.  The entire building, is a machine, I said it was something to smile about every time the thought crossed my mind.  Management meetings every morning, the shift supervisors do a really good job, they always look busy, but when they teach you, listen, it makes life even more fun, or the job easier, however you want to look at it.  Lots of staff events, normally for non profit ventures, the company is involved in several attempts at saving humanity for those in unfortunate situations.  It is important companies like this cotton business exist, it assists the world in so many ways.  Some examples being, giving food and supplies to people in need all over the world, assisting schooling in impoverished countries, as well as employing people in other countries...  It's a huge business doing really nice things for people, and is part of 2,000 other companies diligently taking the path to finally, achieving a low carbon emission economy, its supposed to happen, we really got to take care of this planet, even though the universe doesn't end and there are other planets with life and so on and so on, it's nice, and I like it, don't you?  
This business has been well taken care of from the farm all the way to the happy customers, and the company is worth spending life with for a lot of people, and there's lots of avenues to take with it, I always think I'm right at the front of fashion, I would love to be part of the energy...

Great beginners job for temp services or wanting to gain experience in a distribution center. Pay varies and no sick days, limited vacation and weekends varies, due to management team. If needing a weekend off you are offered to use your vacation day or get points deducted against you, that can lead to termination.
 I have learned different formats and work abilities when identifying product inventory and product control.  Its more self taught and finding out different ways to solutions by fixing the problem yourself. your cant leave the facility for lunch and there's a limited tie to eat. Lack of communication, so its best to pay attention to your work and documents to have an organized day at work. You must be on time for work and not a minute late unless yo will get pointed that can lead to consequences. No AC in facility but fans, so yo will need to provide a clear water bottle as needed.  
 they are vary strict on Safety, which is a high pros of  recommendation. 
 You will work over 5 hours without a 10 or 15 min break, lunch was just now changed to 30min from 20 min. you cant clock in before shift. very strict rules, but lack in communication and showing employees respect and value.

Well I have work for this company almost three year I work alot and hardly ever out but sometimes I feel like I just not getting anywhere the jobs are running so bad and the heat is hot and bad sometimes..  The one's that work every day and even work there days off are feeling like they get done wrong.. The dress code is unbelievable the stuff that hang out of some of the ladies clothes are like u are at hooters not a,work place.. And rules are not being taken seriously  like headsets.  People music is so loud they can't hear anything  .
If a,bad fire would break out I would hate to see the ones with them on getting hurt. But no one should have to risk their lives to go tap them on their shoulders to get there attention to tell them to get out NO ONE;;;;; I REALLY LIKE WORKING THERE BUT SOMETIMES I WONDER;;and moving  on different jobs ever two weeks isn't good  alot of the people feel they should just go by years there and let them choose the job and leave on it that way u can learn what's wrong and tell someone so it can be fix. Moving u,never see the same thing  I,set and listen to people and this stuff I wrote is mainly what everyone is talking about.......

You work 8-9 hours with no 15 minute breaks only a 30 minute break that feels like a 15 minutes because half of your break is walking to and from break room, the team lead and supervisor don’t know how to run a business, they will pick on certain people, talk bad about coworkers instead of helping them, the supervisor on the bottom floor stay on her phone when shouldn’t. You can’t go to your car at all, there’s no talking on the floor, and they want you to work nonstop, if they see you taking a little 30 second break they will tell you that you can not rest. Please don’t work here the money is not worth it, this job doesn’t care about its workers. People come and go I seen it because they don’t know how to lead. And you don’t get train at all. The supervisor and team lead have no logical thinking they do chaotic things and when it doesn’t goes their way they will blame the workers and try to threaten to basically fire them if they do another mistake.

Work day starts with a meeting to tell employees what is scheduled for the day. There is a high production standard that must be maintained. Dropping below standards can result in corrective action up to termination, this applies from starting associates to supervisors. Most of my coworkers were good natured and hard working. Management doles out information sparingly and usually only at the last moment. Do not make any important plans for weekends. The company usually only gives 24 hours notice if they add a workday. Even small accidents may cost you your job so be very careful at work. There are many different projects going on at the same time so be adaptable. It is a temp to hire job though hiring is generally long in coming, expect 6 months minimum before a hiring class. You get a paid lunch break. The warehouse is air conditioned to a degree but can get a bit cold in winter and warm in summer but neither to extreme. Dispite the downsides, it is a nice place to work.

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