service technician

refrigeration technician

foreman

installation technician

production supervisor

Hussmann

I'm going to start by saying, you attract what you give. If you have the right mindset and mentality, you will have no troubles and will enjoy working here. I get up every morning for work at 3:30 am, work is from 5am-3:30pm mon-fri and 5am-1:30pm on sat. 58hr work weeks. I have prior experience in home remodeling, landscaping, and CNC machining so HR could tell I was well qualified so I got hired directly. When I got hired at Hussmann I was told I'm going to be in Local 250 refrigeration Union so that was a plus. They trained me in brazing right away and they said I'm natural at it. Everyone in my department has 20-35 years experience so I'm very fortunate. There is a lot of knowledge, experience, and wisdom in my coworkers and team lead, and they pour into me everyday. Work is fun and challenging and can be a little intense working at a fast pace, but I like it. Everyone is really positive and encouraging to me, because I try to be kind and encouraging to everyone I come in contact with. Work is what you make it. If you come in everyday with a negative attitude, complaining about the hours, complaining about the breaks, complaining about management, wearing your emotions on your sleeve and getting offended easily of course you're going to be stressed out and on edge and of course you're going to hate working here, but this place is what you make it. working in a warehouse with 400+ workers of course there is going to be a wide variety of personalities, but I chose to stay clear of the negative people that complain about things. They pay you to work. If you like to work, and are a hard worker, and like a potentially high intensity job depending on the work load of the day, then you will enjoy this job. I have no complaints other than a lot of cussing due to different personalities, some negative workers (mostly the young generation ages 22-27), and sometimes we are missing parts to complete the refrigeration cases but this always gets resolved. If you have talent, wisdom, and are a respectful person and carry yourself well others will notice and you will move up in the company quickly. I love what I do, brazing copper pipe is a good trade and I feel blessed to be working here especially in my department.

Management does a poor job of handling conflict between coworkers and does a lot of victim blaming to avoid "picking a side" . They never handle bad apples inside the company instead they sweep everything under the rug and force the victim to find a way to deal with it. Evaluations will be based on how much they like you as a person and not your work. Entire office thrives off gossip and focusing on what others are doing which is why they never get any work done. Accountability is non-existent at this branch and even management will not apologize when they make a mistake , however they will parade you to the office when you do. You will be given cents on the dollar as a raise but they will continue to add on to your workload with things outside of your job requirements. They will force you to help others but no one will help you . Staff will appear friendly but will hold conversations about you when you walk away. Little to no training will be given everything will be learned by trial and error because management lacks understanding of the systems used. Only good aspect is you can learn the position without help of management and learn best way to get everything organized and done.  Also they are really flexible when emergencies occur and you need to leave work or call out. They also always approve time off if done in advance. Also to make up for the low pay they often host office outings and bring in food/treats 

This company Hussmann put out a job opportunity for assembler. They were desperate to hire anyone with any skills.Management is unorganized and demanding. On my first day working for Hussmann I was doubtful of even working at this location. Management is unwelcoming and are rude to production workers. I was told lies about my start time. I was told that I would work from 4pm to 12:30am. On my first day I was alerted that my time would be from 5pm to 2:30 am. The supervisors on the production floor are real rude and try to discourage you. This is a dead end job. On my second day I was expected to sand for 10 hours with limited training. The compensation and benefits is a pay not factoring the cost of living in California it is only 12hr. The job security in this company seemed low because of the supervisors attitude of demanding and discouraging most workers. You are not allowed to speak to Management unless its an emergency. You are told that if you need to speak to management for any reason you need to make an appointment or discuss it with a supervisor. The job culture at this place was full of lies and slave labor. Speaking to workers that worked at this location they said that they were not happy worker for Hussmann. One of the employees said there is no communication with management at all. They don't communicate nothing with their production workers.Finally, noticing all the unsatisfied workers with this company I quit on my second day. I learned that this company does not value its workers.

A typical day starts with you trying to get to your assigned time clock which depending on where you are could be 5-8 minutes away from the entrance. If you're late by a minute you will be pointed.

I learned nothing while working there, training is non-existent.

Management is pretty terrible. They're more interested in getting people on things then actually getting the work done. Your supervisor more then likely won't know the job and will have no interest in learning it. If something goes wrong they will blame it on you before taking any responsibility themselves.

The workplace culture is overwhelming negative. The Union does not support their workers and management is out to get you. It feels like you have target on your back the moment you walk in.

There is no pension, no time off, and no work-life balance to speak of. You won't know if you have mandatory overtime until before you need to report. There is one who has had 58 hour weeks for last two years. That's five 10 hour shifts and an 8 hour Saturday.

The hardest part of the job is dealing with management and the constant mandatory overtime. You will not get a day off unless you have FMLA, and will still make you fight for it.

The work on is simple, or it would be they weren't constantly out of parts.

Best part of working there is that they have a nice cafeteria. It's all horribly overpriced but the food is good 

To start off I have been with Hussmann 3 times in 18 years. 1st was 3 year run in the 90s and was a great place to work. 2nd was 4 year run mid 2000s and it was BAD! Hussmann management was terrible. Trane came in and destroyed us then laid off 60 men in one day. 3rd was most recent. I was promised the world so I came back. Management sucks BAD, lie and create a bad work environment to work. Dispatch same people as in the 2nd run lie, and fabricate stories to make you look wrong. Account managers have no clue and act as if they are your service manager. This place is very unorganized and stressful. They chase dimes and micro manage pennies.  They lie about refrigerant tracking and use materials on other accounts paid by other customers. They have ran all the good Journeymen out and have no one left to hire so they have started to hire unqualified mechanics. They breech contractual agreements and wait for you to fight it. The uppers do not care about employee retention and do not value opinions.  The turn over rate is 80% in less then 1 year. Apprentices are treated very bad.I do not recommend this place at all stay away from Hussleman if you value your life and health. Do not work here.

A common saying at Hussmann Chino is "that's not my job". While the company promotes an "Owner Mindset" as one of its core values, in every position, I experienced and heard some one say "that's not my job" or " that's above my pay grade" which inferred that both management and lower level employees  lacked a sense of urgency to simply get the job done. In other words, when things got tough or difficult as deadlines approached, fingers would start to be pointed. While the company does offer a decent amount of progression internally, you need to look for it yourself. After my promotion from the manufacturing floor to the office, a upper level manager was upset that my production lead signed off on my promotion. Nepotism reigns in your ability to move up as well. While I am grateful for the experience and there are some great people that I associated / worked with, the company totally lacks a team oriented atmosphere and the "sink or swim" mentality is a common downfall in the day to day. 

Current management has no idea what they're doing, every time you come to them with a question related to the job it's always "get with this person" or "ask this person"  and then proceeds to give you a number of a technician. Who decided to make these guys managers? they are always in a bad mood you can't come to them with the most simplest question or you will get huffed and puffed at. You will learn absolutely nothing from this company it's everybody for themselves, Won't even get started on the on call .. They will work you down till you fall to the ground during on call and try to keep you out all night if needed. When you need to run to the supply house you will be waiting at least an hour or more till they give you a PO for materials. Not worth it at all trying to prove yourself to a company that does not care about you or take the time to train and develop you to become better technician. Better know it all before you decide to apply

If you wanna work yourself to death then this is the company for you. The company doesn't care about your welfare, although they have these safety meetings to act like they do. These safety meeting are designed to protect themselves not the employee. If they cared about the employee they wouldn't have them working 32 hours straight with no help. When, you call for help you get no reply from your managers. Now, if you start denying calls you'll get a phone call. 
They also think thay after working all day and night you only need 4 hours sleep. If you don't answer your due to being exhausted I can guarantee, that when you wake up you'll have nasty voicemails from your managers. 
The company in a whole is poorly management, everything is one lie after another. If you decide to work for Hussmann your a fool. If you have a family don't plan on spending time with them. Hussmann doesn't Cate about you or your family.

they dont give out a schedule, when you work 10 hours they only allow three breaks. 
work is on a tack timer. except custom which i worked, and usually they set a date when the unit/chasis is shipped. fans are displayed around warehouse and clocks are displayed around the warehouse, and information about the warehouse is posted on a bulletin  near the cafeteria. work on weekends were slow. I learned how to place orders for metal, how to assemble refrigeration, and how to wire and weld the chasis/ unit as well. teaching teaching in hussman has been passed down from generation to generation, so teaching in Hussmann is no problem. the hardest part of Hussmann is the hours sometimes you will feel like you haven't slept in weeks. and the people of Hussmann are very kind people, and are reasonable and well develop in their specialization of units

My typical workweek was M-Th 6 am to 5:45 pm. Fri % am to 3:45 pm and Sat 5 am to 11 am.  I learned a lot about installing and maintenance of pneumatic, hydraulic, and HVAC systems.  We used 5S principles to organize our workday and workweek.  One of my coworkers was licensed in HVAC, so we performed all maintenance and repair, including replacing compressors, on the HVAC systems.  I had a good relationship with management and they would help us with coordination  whenever it eas necessary.  We were radio dispatched so we were always just a few minutes from any job.  The hardest part was geting up at 3 am on friday and Saturday so I would be on time and I never was late.  The most enjoyable part was inishing a job compltetly knowing that it as completely finished and would not have any callbacks

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Service technician 45 salaries reported	$36.36 per hour
Refrigeration technician 8 salaries reported	$34.87 per hour
Foreman 5 salaries reported	$39.88 per hour
Installation technician 3 salaries reported	$31.84 per hour
Production supervisor 2 salaries reported	$90,842 per year

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