Hornady Manufacturing

Before the company started growing so fast, it was a good place to work. Now they’re just like every factory out there. Long hours, lots of turnover. 
Unless you have a degree and are young you will never get off the production floor. Favoritism is as bad as I’ve ever seen. I’ve seen people work one day in production and move to the office simply because they’re related to management.
There are good benefits, annual bonus and after 6-7 years, vacation days are plentiful.
However, you’ll pay for it with your body. Standing on concrete, heavy lifting and repetitive motion are daily.
I only stayed for the yearly bonus and they dangle that at every opportunity they can.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Competitive pay with comfortable work environment 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I didn't find anything particularly stressful

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Overall inviting helpful and friendly. There's a couple people that are like that but that's anywhere you go

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Come in suit up talk to the previous shift see where everything's at. Start your day off checking your bullets and making sure everything's running good. And that's pretty much what you do all day unless something breaks down then you do a little bit of work to the machine,get it going again.

Busy for two or three hours and then very slow for the rest of the twelve hours.  Learning all the aspects to making a bullet was fascinating and enjoyable.  Management was the worse here than anywhere I've ever worked.  For the most part my co-workers were great, a lot of really good people.  Having to work nights and 50 plus hours a week were the hardest part of the job.  The best was being able to purchase product at an employee rate which was very affordable and easy to start a new hobby but addicting!

My experience with company has given me the knowledge of product inspections, sales and marketing. Responsibilities included but not limited to touring clients through company site, inspecting production levels to be sure that all products are in line with FAA standards. Also, I have been able to provide new and innovative marketing ideas while keeping under budget. I have worked closely with the company’s Personnel Activities Director to plan and direct company functions for employees and their families.

as far as running  press goes it was a lot of fun making bullets i can honestly say i enjoy doing it , lots can go wrong and you are given the task of making the press run a good quality product .... don't expect any advancement what so ever if you want to go to another shift or another department .... forget about it they will make you promises and say they are working on it... they lie its as simple as that if your not a good buddy or in a select group of "anonymous" individuals your going no-where so good luck

Overall, it was a good workplace. You have to be willing to learn and pay attention to your work or else you're really going to struggle. There's a fair amount of micromanaging, but do your job right and it's tolerable. There aren't many opportunities for advancement, at least not in the Ammo department. The profit sharing bonuses each summer were very nice. Biggest downside was the schedule- 12 hour shifts and frequent mandatory overtime, 50+ hour weeks were common when I was there.

Show up to work on time go over your Shop order. Make sure you had all your supplies to start your day. Didn’t learn nothing get the same job every day. I like my job a lot but the hardest part to go to my job was bad management and the packaging department is Michael management by the supervisors if you didn’t follow their rules how they wanted it ran you were at target. I did not enjoy that.

This job is definitely not for everyone. The 12 hour shifts get very tiring after a while, all while being slow paced doesn’t help. Management is quick to show their favorites and does nothing to hide it. The pay is great for what you do and the benefits are amazing, if you need a job that will treat you well along those lines this job is just right for you. Overtime is mandatory, extra O/T is usually available.

Fun opportunity, good pay with equal growth opportunity for all employees.  Good quality product and great people.  Only drawback was loud noise but company does provide appropriate hearing protection.  Best job I've ever had as an 18 year until age 21.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The they work with us !! On anything like flexible schedules or other things!!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The sometimes there’s no overtime,but other than that everything is perfect 👌!!!

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Excellent 👌!!!everybody are nice people!!!

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Fantastic,I like those details

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