machine operator

assembler

production associate

intern

repair technician

Haworth, Inc

Work/life balance was good, as long as the projected productivity requirements allowed for it. When orders are down, like they are now you would be lucky to get a full 40hr week. When things are booming (like they always are around Christmas) forget it you have to work. Salary staff has very relaxed work hours but again are to have a sense of urgency to meet customer demands. 

Compensation and benefits are good if you are a salaried member, not as good for hourly members but competitive in the area. However this is again subject to orders. I would not work here as a temp employee, you are treated as a sub standard employee with unreasonably high expectations for what equates to less then what you can make at McDonalds or any where else and probably get training, job skills Etc. 

Job Security/ Advancement this is entirely based on the manager you  work for. In some instances I have seen members put into positions where they were given no direction what so ever with unclear expectations, and naturally failed. Continually see people put into situations with little to no support from managers as they are too focused managing problems instead of long term leadership in helping their people be successful.. 

Management, some promoted within, some from outside. Those promoted from within got there by knowing how to politically side step issues and befriend the right manager. Very little accountability taken and are quick to pass the buck to the members who bust butt every day. Again there is a difference between leaders and managers. Very short term, bottom line focused. Based on the actions taken it seems as if the company is staging itself to sell by inflating bottom line vs reinvestment in capital equipment. Work environment is not as open door as advertised due to  soft management egos being offended by strong outspoken members. Management will eliminate those that choose to question leadership and challenge status quo. There is a lot of double speak, do as I say type of mentality.  If you are capable of doing what you are told (or not told), keeping your mouth shut, you will do okay there. 

Job Culture is struggling, top leadership is trying to implement Toyota philosophies but refuses to be willing to pay for what it takes to get there. Legacy employees resent the approach to continuous improvment and continually revert back to a mind set of "not having enough time". Again there is a environment here that does not promote openness.

Worklife at Haworth, Inc. was challenging and rewarding for me. I was fortunate to be a part of a critical program in the organization with a team of highly talented individuals. No two days were ever alike. I was in the support role for six team members and one manager. We were tasked with educating the organization in the elements of Lean. It was important to locate information for employees in a timely manner and to relay information back in a manner that was unique to their area in a fun and educational manner. Lean is an old program and we needed to bring it to new life for the organization.

One of the many items that we worked on as a team was to develop an educational piece to roll out the program.  The final result was entered in a competition with our vendor. While we did not receive the gold award, silver was a great accomplishment.

The management team was always available and supportive. I had ideas about how to do certain things for them and was given the opportunity to make changes in branding and setting new standards for the Annual Operations Conference. 

Integrating new team members with seasoned team members was challenging at the onset. Not all personalities worked well together. I tried to resolve issues within the team and to assure team members that we were there to use our talents to help others. One team member did leave the department as a result. The team worked well through the transition and the individual found their new role more suitable to their needs as well.

Being able to support my team members in their endeavors and to be able to provide my own input was very enjoyable and challenging. Reaching out to manufacturing teams and the office with our work was very rewarding as the changes that were made were significant and helped teams work in new ways.

This line of "unskilled work" is definitely not worth the pitiful wage they give you in return for your labor. Most of the work is very boring. Most of the people are stale, but who can blame them? They work at Haworth after all. It is just another job that people do in order to survive, it's not a job that you'd choose over something else trust me. But that goes for most factory jobs anyway.

Every day is the same for most of us. We show up, we get our stuff done and we go home. Repeat. And as a 3rd shifter myself I can personally say that working until the sun rises is NOT good for the human body, and I lose most of my week to sleep anyway. Hard to spend time with the people you care about when you sleep most of the day am I right?

I would say that the hardest part of the job is finding the strength to show up every day and shut off my brains natural systems that are so desperately screaming at me to find something else to do where the pay is worth the labor. The second hardest thing is knowing that no matter how comfortable you get with your coworkers, supervisor, etc. If you are no longer useful then they will replace you in a week. Nobody is significant here. No matter how hard you work on the floor.

I learned several different jobs at Haworth, but my favorite was in the Service Parts and Modesty Panels departments. I worked in service parts for about 2 years, before becoming Production Coordinator over both departments. I was very good at my job. The previous coordinator had taught me everything that he knew in the ten years that he was there. I was able to take over where he left off with no problems, and no other coordinator in the plant knew the job that we did. In a typical day in service parts, I turned everything on that needed to be turned on for the day, and then I would print out a list of orders going out two or three days. The orders that were due that day were called MID orders, and those had to be shipped out before the end of the day. After I printed out the orders, I would look up any kits/parts that I didn't know, or make sure I had all of the parts that I needed for all of my orders. If I didn't, I found out why or where the part was, and did everything I could to make sure that I had it before the end of the day. After I made sure I had everything that I needed, I started gathering it from all over the plant (some parts were in Press and Fab, others in assembly, etc.). I had a cart that I wheeled around the plant with me to get what I needed. After I had it all, I started boxing them up according to the orders that I had printed that morning. I kept working on these orders until I had them complete, or until the last hour or so of the day. At this point, I had to allocate the parts to pallets and wrap them in shrink wrap and then drive them to the loading dock with the hi-lo. After I finished that, I cleaned up my work station, restocked what I could, and shut everything down for the night. This was my favorite position at Haworth, besides being Production Coordinator for this area.

do not apply, you're wasting time. the job Haworth INC, Located in Holland Michigan I was called for a possible position of machine operator, I applied in November of 2014 and wasn't called for the position of machine operator till late June in 2015. at this point I was really excited to get the job, but was left with nothing after being promised for 14 an hour pay plus benefits and I went up to Holland for their possible placement testing and scored A's in all 3 testing of comprehension, mathematics and reading in which you will not be paid for, not to mention the 2nd day after reviewing my scores and realizing  that I was compatible with what they needed in a employee only to be told after wasting my schooling, time and, money on such a promised position; to be told that we are going to proceed on with other applicants and when asked for the reason I was not able to work for Haworth, they replied with no excuse, not even a lie to at least give closure on why I was not able to work for their company. I did not contact them for a job after November 2014 because I was sent a email confirming that they only would consider possible candidacy from employees in the Holland area and I live in Muskegon, MI. I also was not the only person who was put in the same story, a sum of 40 of us took testing that day only to accept 2 people out of 40 for the 20 positions in which they hiring for. I will never apply for this company EVER AGAIN! I feel it was my duty to tell future employees who look for opportunity from this company to proceed with extreme caution so for you don't waste valuable time, energy or, even resources competing for a company who after was really not going to produce on their words.

If you plan to be a production worker, learn how to moo before you come to work here.  Production workers are nothing but a replaceable herd of cattle in the eyes of upper management.  Turn-over rate is very high. 

In my department nearly 80 percent of my co-workers have not even been there a year.  Most of us have no intension of continuing to work for this company.  Management always claims to be "looking into everything". 

 Examples:
1.)  Just yesterday (after being told that we would have the Friday before Memorial Weekend off) we had a last minute meeting less than 24 hours before the Memorial Day weekend that we were being mandated to work the next night (Friday)  Most of us had already scheduled flights, booked hotels, or made plans with our families.  Many of us chose to ignore to mandate, take the point, and lose our vacation pay.  Most of us were already looking for another job even before this took place.

2.)  A team of very hard-working temp. workers (who were better workers than many of the direct-hired workers) were let go with about a week's notice just before Christmas.   This company is heartless when it comes to their production people.

Great place to work to get by, but KEEP LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE IF YOU ARE IN PRODUCTION!



I was a remote market manager in KY. Was hired in as a Senior BDM because of past selling successes and work ethic. Because I was a remote market manager, I never really saw other Haworth employees on a daily basis. However we were all the best of friends . We would discuss wins and losses ..happily more wins than losses. And when we all got together for a Haworth function we all hung out together. I have many stories.

As to what I learned..I knew how to sell before I got to Haworth but they polished me in sales technique and procedure. I had a great boss  who led and taught me the  importance of "leading by example".

A typical day consisted of end user or A&D sales calls 4-6 per day. met with dealers as needed or requested. Also meeting with networking members to compare projects and pick up new ones. Share all with dealer as they were the ones doing design prints of space and proposed space. Strategizing with them to close business with targeted accounts.

The hardest part of the job was in 2 areas...Losing an order and when the dealers fought over territory.

Winning and the dollars and accolades from sales awards that came with it. Also the friends and associates I made along the way.

The job was great! I loved it. Until one day half the line got laid off. While I was working there I loved all my co-workers. As far as management though, they are terrible. I noticed that my supervisor from PED Assembly didn't seem to like any of the girls on the line, but would like any person who was male. One of the laziest employees there got strong approval from her. I worked my butt off and so did a few other people there and we didn't get any sort of recognition for it. We did everything we could to get our job done as fast as we could. She would depend on us for more things than the average person on the line, but when we got laid off and a couple months later asked for our jobs back she told Tracey we weren't allowed back on the line, even though the desperately needed someone.
I had one other supervisor at haworth and she was amazing! She said from day one I looked like a go-getter. She would go out of her way just to ask me how I was doing. She said she would do anything to keep me happy because it's not everyday she sees such a hard worker. So overall your experience at Haworth could depend on your supervisor. Sometimes you really have to kiss face to enjoy your job, and even that doesn't work. Other times you just get blessed with a good supervisor.

my typical day at Haworth was to create request for special product that was sent in by a dealer or end user.  Added feature notes to was changed to the existing product on the spread sheet and verified if the request was feasible or not.  If feasible I created a price for the changed product, if not feasible I gave the customer options for a solution they could have.  I had to deal with our suppliers on a daily basis as well as our dealers.  Each day I would get 15 to 20 request completed a day depending on the complexity.

I learned a lot about the different product lines and was able to deal with most of them.

The hardest part of the job was keeping up with the production changes, on what can be done or can't be done in manufacturing at a given time.

To many layers of management, one manager would say one thing and the other would say another.

I loved the work place culture and enjoyed working at Haworth.  The people are great.  If I wasn't for the covid 19 pandemic I would still be there and wanted to retire there.

Worked about 7 years at this place leading up to a Team Leader in the  rand new walls department I lived for this company even had 6 straight years of perfect attendance. Everything was good until 2012 thats when a new HR REP and a new Manager took over then it became a  cess-pool.the manager was so rotten and mean to people he went as far as using profanity and if you were to ever take him to HR you would be putting a bulls-eye on your back both of them word not judge you as a worker they would judge you on if the liked you of not The HR REP even went as far as attending parties with manufacturing workers on the weekend. well needless to say i had an outstanding evaluation every year that i was evaluated then i was set up laid off, i refused to sign the layoff papers and wanted to have meeting with General Manager so they sent me home after that they called me everyday for a week and threatened me if i didn't come in and sign the papers well after about 4 weeks passed by i went and signed the papers because the told me they would fight my unemployment if i didn't sign the papers. They really did a number on me and my family. FACT. i never did get my meeting with the CEO.im sure this Review will not get posted.

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Machine operator 5 salaries reported	$19.81 per hour
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