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I've worked at Hodge for a couple years and have seen the company grow a lot during that time, both in size and purpose. With Hodge being a large family company, it's very apparent they see every employee as an extension the immediate Hodge family. They genuinely care, and that couldn't have been more noticeable than it was in the company's response to the pandemic. We all received care packages and frequent reminders regarding new safety policies which made us feel safe coming to work.

Flexible, hardworking, innovative, and thoughtful are the words that come to mind when I think about the people I get to work with every day. I'm surrounded by people who are ambitious, who care about the people they work with, and who constantly work hard for the company and its customers. I'm also surrounded by a lot of people who have worked at Hodge for 5+ years, and worked their way into their current roles from entry level positions. It's cool to work for a company who invests in their people like that. Hard work is rewarded around here and that's why we've adopted the tagline "Whatever It Takes."

After watching multiple people get fired and branches get closed, instead of leaving I decided to stay, and bring on rock solid technicians, large accounts that made a lot of money, create a great fun culture that saved a branch from closing, while being told there were advancement opportunities for all of my efforts. None of this happened. Instead, I became micromanaged by vindictive and incompetent supervisors to the point I had no choice but to leave. HR did nothing about my complaints and let it happen. Myself and the techs I brought have moved on to another company since, as well as customers. They also introduced production bonuses after we left and paid other people for the work we created and did. I wouldn’t recommend anyone work for this company it’s a revolving door with nothing but instability waiting for you inside.

oversee the daily operations of order fullfilment .Create truck manafest log in all missing parts,take attendance and shift around people as needed if short handed.log into the metrix system and out is the days notes numbers at the end of the shift to corrospond with the workforcev manpower.utilize the SAP program to manuver thru screens to look of material and keep production flowing.I have learned a lot with moving heavy equipment ,kcowing the clerical aspect of the job and overall operations to maintain production,..The point system I think is the worst of all it cal get you terminated real quick.If you miss two days as a no call noshow you gain 8 points well that all you are gat anyway is 8 points.so ive seen a lot go and come.Even good workers that make good numbers.

I worked at Hodge as a contractor for a larger manufacturing company. As the only Hodge employee in my area, I felt very dis-connected from my true co-workers, which created a very tense environment. 

My manager was uninterested in actually teaching me the job, and far more interested in talking about their recent promotion. Right from the beginning it was a very tense and competitive environment. 

The pay wasn't horrible, but for the work I was doing it was lower than it should have been. I left a higher paying job for the "opportunity" that I was promised, and I ended up being miserable for my entire duration with Hodge. 

The last straw was when I reported for a planned meeting and my manager blindsided me with manipulated data. That threw any trust I could have for them out a second story window, and I resigned. 

Overall, I would not recommend working there. The culture is one of distrust and dysfunction.

This place completely is awful. Management is terrible. They lack any type of professionalism.  There is a lot of favoritism between upper management and middle management. There was a ton of mandatory overtime. You were expected to work 10 hour days monday-friday and then there was mandatory Saturday shifts sometimes. So if you have outside of work, they expect you to give it all up and do nothing but work for them. They preach about being a family company, but don't care if you have children or a family. Got in trouble for calling in when my child was sick. You get PTO, but good luck using it. You must hit numbers when storing or picking parts. And you better hit our matrix numbers or they complain. The safety culture there is non existent. The front door is a revolving door because they fire people so fast. They hire temp workers, poorly training them, and then complain they aren't doing their job correctly and let them go. 

The company itself is a thriving one.  The changes in work environment however have greatly decreased and rapidly so. 

Changes in work flow also contribute to a more 'robotic' numbers based culture where metrics is not only priority but the basis of measurement.

The work day is an 8 hour (30min) lunch break routine - nothing bad at all to say about it.

The tasks themselves are not impossible but the numbers game and metrics expectations can and have caused a decline in morale.

Would love to see this company bounce back with a pivot that would once again focus on overall productivity and not solely unrealistic  metrics expectations.

Managers are disrespectful. Yell, publicly berate, fire at drop of hat. Core values a joke. They know this, no shame. This is a family run business, expect the nepotism and preferential treatment that goes with it. 

Do not take a job in the KITTING department. Managers make it hostile environment. 

2nd and 3rd shifts are more relaxed. Storers, putaway, pickers, unloaders on floor can be good positions. Office is a nightmare, stay away! 

Keep your head down, out of the rampant melodrama. Don't ask too many questions or offer ideas to make things better. Take your orders. Hit your numbers. 

Don't bother if you will be late or need to miss work.

If your family or know the family " Hodge " your good. But they look for every little reason to let you go......put in all this time and for what? Basically don't even know who's in charge there. The plant managers wife does whatever she wants and if she doesn't like you they find a way to fire you. She Is in everyone's business even after she was moved to another location. Her way or the highway. She was promote in less than 6 months from a floor worker to supervisor just because of her husbandVery unprofessional. HR is a total waste of time. That coordinator doesn't ev.en know his job or perform it the way it should be. Very lacking.

Wharhouse manager sits in the human resource office all day. Rarely comes out to the warehouse. Only blames and doesn’t listen when things aren’t going how he thinks they should.  Everyone is hired on thru a temp service. Except they aren’t. They delay and come up with excuses as to not hire you on. The pay is terrible. Coordinators and others that have been there for 6 years only make 13.00 an HR. you never know who you actually work for as John Deere employees are allowed to boss you around and write you up. No matter their position.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The only good thing about this company is the paycheck they provide.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management and there favorites. This has costed alot of good people their jobs, and made alot of new hires reconsider employment. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
This company preaches alot of great things, however it's almost always empty. Environment wise it's alot of complaint about management, who the favorites are and how they get away with things.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Warehouse clerk 3 salaries reported	$15.33 per hour
Warehouse worker 2 salaries reported	$16.50 per hour
Shuttle driver 2 salaries reported	$17.50 per hour
Warehouse associate 1 salary reported	$14.25 per hour
Shift manager 1 salary reported	$56,000 per year

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