branch manager

production worker

production operator

warehouse associate

design engineer

Goodman Manufacturing

Directors and Vice Presidents in this company don't allow department managers, who are their direct reports to make autonomous decisions for the operations of their own departments and teams.  Instead the directors, but more especially the VP's (some worse than others), want to step out of their roles and micro-manage every single person that reports to department managers, rather than allowing the managers to do their jobs.  It's frustrating for managers, and is very frustrating for the employees who report to a department manager, as you never know whose direction to heed.  

I wouldn't recommend this company to any job seeker out there, as there is little room for professional growth, and absolutely no chance that you will ever earn enough trust to make decisions within your assigned role in this company, unless you rise to Executive management.  My advise?  Don't waste your time and talent with this company, because you won't be appreciated.  The HR department and CEO of this company are very passive to actions of VP's and directors, and seemingly never address the serious mistakes and terrible behavior of his executives, even though their mistakes are to the detriment of the company. It's very sad, because this company has the potential to be great; the manufacturing facility is impressive and massive, and employs thousands of people in a geographic area with few good jobs. But if you don't have great people running the show, then this facility is just building, and this job becomes just another dead end job, and the hard working people on the ground doing the real work suffer the consequences.  Plus, don't apply here if you don't enjoy sitting in a low wall cubicle with all of the many visual and noise distractions all day, as most cubes have heavy foot traffic walking by all day.  It's impossible to concentrate at my desk.

When you are shown you are not a valued employee by a supervisor so many times, you kind of get that oh well attitude.

When I first started there I excelled at my job. I was promoted to Lead in 3 months (unheard of for a temporary employee). All was great for a few years even without a direct supervisor The team and I excelled, we got along, and only had minor issues with some attendance. Then along comes a supervisor from one of the closed facilities with a need to show his importance. He changed up a system that was working, and inventory accuracy dropped. Moral dropped and then the employee turnover rate grew to where I went from being in charge of 10 employees and getting a lot done to having 3 employees and expected to turn out the same work. We worked Monday thru Friday and an occasional Saturday in the beginning to being told we would be required to work 7 days a week every other week. This was unacceptable because the workload was not there on the weekends, we were expected to fill other positions (same titles) in other areas of the plant. This made for a hostile work environment and ultimately the reason I left. Good riddance , the company and environment I work in had become toxic and was affecting my health. I am happy at my new place of employment and doing excellent. The CEO has an open door policy, but he is never there when the door is open. Doesn't respond to emails, and HR is always siding with the supervisors even when proof is given about discretions.

Poor management at local level, play's favoritism with employee's.  Poor to no training or have to ask for training.  Want's employee's  to know who the boss is and will allow others to ridicule your mistakes in front of customer's . 
There is no team effort unless covering up a mistake.
Workplace culture is uncomfortable as lack of  or no communication.
Computer system is outdated and have to ask questions such as what company name and what account to bill under. 
Hardest part of the job is working with others that do not communicate then  embarrass you in front of customer's . Not helping when you ask for help or just walking away to leave you in front of a customer then to hear them talk bad about you in front of a customer.  
Team members running to tell managers of mistakes instead of helping or training .  Instead telling you it's not my job to train  you.  
Cussing you to a customer then not speaking to you  or offering to help in anyway. 
Management spending more time looking for little things to write you up than helping you learn the job.  
Going out of your way to start early or stay after on your own time to help a customer and be written up for it.  
Setting you up for failure and lying to upper management.
I would not recommend this job to anyone until major changes happen as they have gone through several employees over the last few years.

I worked for this company for almost five years and gave everything I had to this company. One month and a few days from five years they decided to terminate me and use my absence (not technically a absence) as a excuse when I was being sent home due to the lack of work. They even had me working many positions from leak tester, coil repair, bender and the list goes on. They fired me and made me look bad instead of just owning up. You would think they would feel bad after letting you go but then they kick you in the rear with the lies. Five years and a bad reference. There is a man upstairs and this business won't get to far too long. I understand the economy went bad and making $17 a hour I was one of many they let go. It is no secret why but why lie. The sad thing is this company has no care for their employess, had they been concerned they would have thought about all the people they let go and their families. Please do not trust this company and think you can make career with them. They are hiring people and when they get to a certain pay they terminate and find someone else through the temp. agency.

A day at work is like going to my second home. I learn something new about the job and my coworkers everyday seems like. I'm a team lead over three other guys that's in the group of four. When we disagree about things time to time management let us work/talk our issues out with each other like adults. I like that it helps build respect and trust with one another. My coworkers are  good people like family. I love the personal convocation we have with each other. This is how we get to know each other on a personal level. The hardest part about my job is when I have to get one of the guys in my group back in sync with why we come to work. and they feel that I'm power tripping. It's hard for me to get on to them when there just not doing the job and I know they know how. I never let them know how I'm feeling because it is my job to keep them in focused on the job. The most enjoyable part of my job is when we start a project and it run from start to finish with no errors makes me feel really good because all the hard work pad off. It also lets me know what we can do as a team.

The people were fun and friendly.  Typical work days are rigorous.  Corporate tracks everything, but site management plays favorites in many locations.  They're interested in the bottom line, not making friends.  Be advised:  good company if you perform top tier, bad company if you work hard but don't wow them to their satisfaction.  They aren't going to hand hold.  They're serious about business only and will cut corners or employees if needed to further the agenda.  Not dissimilar from many major corporations, but it breeds an underlying sense of looking out for number one rather than a sense of teamwork and camaraderie.    The business end of things is pretty do or die and constantly in flux.  They'll tell you people have worked there for centuries, but the truth is they only keep people long term who have intellectual capital that is vital to them.  The minute you're not useful you're put to pasture.  One guy said it this way, "Welcome aboard.  Write your employee phone list in pencil."  However, the environment, while shallow, is very friendly.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The ability to advance with the company and provided the necessary training for employees willing to look forward at a future of the company 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Every job is demanding when producing a product in mass production. And, having to deal with lead or group assistance allowing less than a quality product pass inspection 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Goodman closed officially in 2020
 The culture was unbelievable awesome and the AIM Union set the tone and everyone self followed with sure focus that the atmosphere we breathe was honor, respect, dignity, and contentment of mind wherein people graduate high school going straight to Goodman (Amana) at the time and 50 yrs later their life was complete 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Meeting and conversating with my follow employee's and putting our 1st Class HVAV Systems daily

What is the best part of working at the company?
It is a very stressful job. They have people in lead man positions and management positions that don't even know how to communicate with people everyday at work. There is something that will stress you out.  As far as communicating.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The supervisors want to prove that they have authority already. The lead people are not educated and don't know how to communicate with others and they can fire you. Whenever they feel it's necessary most of the time they fire. Good hard working individuals who only want to support their home and they're bills and they have done nothing wrong

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is very stressful there is someone Always watching you And trying to say that you are doing something wrong instead of teaching you the right way They try to. Get you in trouble and Report you.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Watching your back. And trying to keep your job people are out to get you

Fast paced environment with great management personnel. This position provides account monitoring, coupled with administrative type job processes, providing service to both internal and external customers.  I have learned to operate business processes through SAP and other computer related applications in depth to aide in the expeditious processes of providing service to our customers. The work environment is very friendly and fast paced.  The hardest part of the job would be the reconciliation of accounts which require a more in-depth study of how or why monies were applied.  Basically, you are required to research and study the history of payments, sometimes as far back as three years in the system.  This process requires you to know how to quickly maneuver through many computer programs, some old and some new.  The most enjoyable part of the job is the satisfaction that I feel when I help customers and they are happy, satisfied, and confident that they are doing business with a reputable company that has their best interests at heart.

I hated working for this company from the day I was hired. Location manager always blames you for everything and writes you up for anything he feels doesn't fall in line with his vision. The warehouse manager was full time but wasn't there half the time and had no clue how to manage a warehouse much less anything else. The warehouse associates were set in their ways and unhelpful when orders needed to be pulled for delivery. Everything was an emergency and frustrating. The warehouse was small and there wasn't enough room for anything but yet trucks kept bringing more and more equipment. Organization was a joke and you couldn't find anything ( not even the guys that unloaded the truck knew where it was) I wouldn't recommend this company to anyone seeking a job. Avoid Goodman at all costs!

Management doesn't care about you
HR Doesnt care about you!
Pay is too low for the amount if work you actually do
Work on Saturdays during the summer
They cut your hours during the winter

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Branch manager 3 salaries reported	$77,667 per year
Production worker 11 salaries reported	$23.11 per hour
Production operator 13 salaries reported	$20.67 per hour
Warehouse associate 15 salaries reported	$15.54 per hour
Design engineer 3 salaries reported	$88,542 per year

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