maintenance supervisor

automation technician

electrical technician

maintenance mechanic

electrician

Hartmann U.S. Inc.

Days at work can be long, hard, and stressful. The building is not climate controlled, so it gets over 110 degrees regularly in Summer and in the low 40's in winter.

I learned not to stick my neck out - do only what is expected and not much more. getting noticed by management puts you on the b!tch list. Never exceed expectations with these people. Getting results is not often rewarded well. The on-site management is hit and miss. Some are nice and some don't care. They've been through 3 plant managers and 4 or 5 production managers in the last year. I you can't fall in line with the dictates from Canada, you get fired. 

The January 2024 payscale shakeup "pay raise" was stupid smoke and mirrors. they took pay away from the most skilled level of operators and gave more money to those who just walked in the door; i.e: someone who just got hired got paid just as much as the guy next to him who is 2 years senior. Nothing is based on merit or company loyalty. One of the guys got forced into a job that payed almost 2 dollars less. They have some people who try to do the right thing, but they can't get Canada's permission. To do the right thing. Stupid.

The only redeeming quality of working there is the relationships you can make with the people. Most of my co-workers are great people, and fun to work with. 

The hardest part is seeing things not being maintained properly (read: almost every piece of equipment), and the operators being held responsible to keep their numbers up. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Be careful of this place. They say they take care of thier employees, but they don't. I was hired as a bench which essentially is an assistant supervisor and was promised a supervisor position when one came open. 2 supervisor positions came open and I was not promoted to either. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The president of the company was dictating straight to supervisors bypassing the entire management. They even hired people that directly reported to them, not one part of local management. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Some workers did what they wanted and when I talked to the employee about the situation, they would talk to the supervisor. Even though I was right, the supervisors didn't back me up. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Come in and work one or all positions within the plant. I was the only bench that was required to learn every position with in the plant. I was responsible for giving all the employees thier breaks and making sure that the shift ran smoothly. Most of the time I didn't take breaks or lunch.

They don't care about their employees. They are not there to keep promises on their benefits and once they have worked you and used you they will drop you because temps are cheaper than permanent employees.Seemed like a good place to work at first but I soon realized that is a big cluster of clicks with favoritism and drama. Incompetent management from egotistical supervisors. Firing people for often questionable reasons. You could be a hard worker that shows up everyday works overtime...etc and still get fired because someone doesn't like you on a personal level or an array of reasons not pertaining to your actual work ethic or attendance. I've seen supervisors fire multiple people on a shift for questionable reasons. The turnover is identical to fast food. In my opinion it's a bad place to work. They have their facade of being a great place to work that cares about their people but in my experience and many others it is just that...a facade.

I've always been impressed by the people at Hartmann. Everyone I've interacted with has been friendly, hardworking, and willing to help. The company continues to grow while maintaining a focus on safety, quality, and creating opportunities for employees. It's refreshing to see a company that takes pride in both its products and its people.

The work itself isn't always easy. It's long hours in a hot, dirty, messey environment. The schedule is good I you can get past 12 hours. But the worst part is definitely management. I'm a very laid back person and I've seen a lot of drama from supervisors to employees. The supervisors will talk bad on employees on breaks and in the factory. They'll raise their voice and cuss and make you feel like nothing even if you come to work on time and do your job every day. Extremely unprofessional. Your best will never be enough at Hartmanns to the point they encourage people to quit then complain about being understaffed and make excuses for why some people don't even get their breaks during the day.

Seemed like a good place to work at first but I soon realized that is a big cluster of clicks with favoritism and drama. Incompetent management from egotistical supervisors. Firing people for often questionable reasons. You could be a hard worker that shows up everyday works overtime...etc and still get fired because someone doesn't like you on a personal level or an array of reasons not pertaining to your actual work ethic or attendance. I've seen supervisors fire multiple people on a shift for questionable reasons. The turnover is identical to fast food. In my opinion it's a bad place to work. They have their facade of being a great place to work that cares about their people but in my experience and many others it is just that...a facade. 

Managing chaos with no support on a daily basis, and frequently nights and weekends. Equipment is either broken, breaking, or not running as designed. Plant leadership is afraid to make decisions that would effect production because they’re too afraid of getting fired by the Canadian management team. Overall a very unprofessional work environment due to a few rotten apples in key roles, with a few good people mixed in that are trying to make positive impacts for the work force and community. Would not recommend to anyone looking for a career.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Everyone works well together and the senior management team works as one to achieve each other’s goals.  Something that you usually can experience at a company our size.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Our facility being open for 24 hours.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Positive and very team focused.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Working to achieve a safe atmosphere for our employees to work in.  Include risk assessment activities.

With temperatures as high as 123+ degrees with 100$ humidity, long hours, little to no breaks in terms of heat breaks or bathroom due to staffing issues coming from high turn over rate, little to no incentive for long term employment.

Upside
Extremely understanding of real life situations such as death in the family or major issues... that is also likely more shift to shift. They worked with me and I'm forever grateful.

Decent Healthcare still very costly great for single individuals terrible vision insurance, fantastic dental, mental health care related insurance one of the best I've had.

This company like others say has great potential to be a awesome  career but it seems they fire everyone after a few years... Supervisors on the night shifts are rude employees always get the downfall no matter how hard you work they don't respect that as soon as they don't really care about their employees at all ...don't apply there if your a weak person you got to be a rough and tough person I work there no one seems to care about your feelings and how you feel or what you think definitely would not recommend

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Maintenance supervisor 3 salaries reported	$64,565 per year
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