manufacturing engineer

welder

summer intern

engineering intern

test engineer

Great Plains Manufacturing

Management could be better, a little bit of work politics and rumors going around but nothing too bad. The culture that is talked about during the hiring/training process is great, however not always followed through well on the floor.  HR pushes that overtime will be voluntary, however that was not true in my case. Benefits and pay are great for the area. Coworkers are generally good people. Break times are a little short for 10-hour shifts, two 10 minutes breaks and 30 for lunch with an extra 5 minutes on breaks in extreme heat.  I left due to family circumstances; therefore, I am not upset with the company in anyway. Overall, it's a good place to work and if you work hard and stay dedicated there are opportunities for advancement.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Poor management and poor coworkers. The people don't like to work and dump it all on one to two people. The admins don't want to teach or help those "lesser" than them. The company is full of people who would stab you in the back the first chance they'd get. Avoid at all costs.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
All the work falls on one to two people who can't keep up with fours people's work loads. The boss has no interest in helping fix this.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Hostile. Everyone would stab each other in the back the first chance that comes up.

A typical day at Great Plains would involve loading weld jigs, tacking parts together, and welding parts together. At the end of the day sweep and clean bay. I learned how to weld really well with a miller access 450 and flux core wire. The management was good depending on the day. Co-workers were mostly older men who have been welding for years which I got along with most of them. The hardest part of working for Great Plains was getting to work at 5 a.m. The most enjoyable part of the job was getting ice cream every month for working safely.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The 4 day work week is by far the best thing about the company.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful thing about working here is the lack of communication from management and the special treatment of some employees 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is stressful at times due to the lack of communication about what the standards are.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day for me is me trying to do my best to complete what's required and go home.

Great Plains was a good company to work for. The pay was good and so were the benefits. The only problem I had was the fact that my supervisor lived to work. I myself work to live. We very rarely worked a 40 hour work week. Our supervisor would lead us to believe over time was manditory when it was not. Plus he knew nothing about the programming of robots in the welding department. So other than not getting to spend enough time with my family the company was good to work for.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Stability.rate off pay.enviroment and benefits a plus safety 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Right now should be de amount off hrs they are working 
For mi not enough 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The best part is that we work as a team y every coworker is ready to help to get the job done

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Every day is unique because you get to do something different and learning new ways to do the job

If you don't mind working hard this place is great, but there are still communication issues from upper management to the floor especially in the assembly line. The current manager of the assembly line doesn't really make himself heard in the morning meetings, and has a tendency to irritate employees to work faster even when the production is set to be supposedly slow. On another note, performance punishment does tend to happen here.

I don't know exactly what I will be doing from one day to the next, but everything they ask me to do they have trained me to do.  I learned to drive a forklift and operate various machines.  Management is mostly good and my co-workers care about the products we make.  The hardest part of the job was not knowing the task I will be assigned from one day to the next.  I really enjoy working with the people inside my department, they make the job bearable at times when it is a pain.

It's a great place to work for experience and they do a lot for the communities they're in. However, at the smaller plants, the opportunity for advancement is absolutely not there and overall, it's not a very inclusive company to work for. Benefit plan setup is great if you're single, or if you have quite a few dependants, but I'm not a huge fan of paying the same price per week for my wife and I as someone who is married with 3 kids. Especially not for two plans they offer. 
Hourly pay is good. Work environment depends on the plant. 

They don’t care about people just numbers. Management has no idea what actually goes on in production. They have no idea about equipment problems or they don’t care. They get upset if someone stops to fix equipment because it Interferes with production. Like I said it’s all about numbers. Their Attendant policy is horrible. Hr is a joke they aren’t there to help employees your more likely to get a gold slip if you report a problem to hr then get help. Just stay clear of this place 

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