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Type of work: the work load here is very physical. You will be using your hands/tools. It is a batch plant so lots of manual labor including forklifts/yard mules/trackmobile. Charging raw materials from drums, totes, bags, and storage tank headers using flex hoses. Automation is in the works but moving very slowly.

Culture: most of the operators here have been here for a long time so many can be close minded. Everyone is very helpful and there is a strong sense of teamwork. However some can be harder to work with which can make for a toxic environment. 

Management: management is very involved in the operations department. Engineers can be seen questioning and hovering over operations. Micromanagement is one way to describe some of management/supervision. Overall there is a blurred line between operations and engineering.

Pay/Schedule/Security: the pay is very competitive. Of the other sites in the area, Dayton is the highest paying. 401k and benefits are also very nice. Yearly bonuses and cost of living raises and also very appealing. Operations works DuPont schedule with overtime averaging 250-350 hours/year. This plant has a very good turnover rate with most people either retiring or voluntarily leaving. To my knowledge there has never been layoffs for operators since the site has been producing. It is very rare for someone to be terminated unless it is involving discipline, or personal issues. 

Final thoughts: overall Indorama Dayton is a great place to get in the industry. Due to the manual work you gain lots of insight and experience that most operators might never see. The pay makes it that much more appealing. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
I have a very bad experience with the site head in Nigeria plant which was the part of the reasons for my resignation. The site head lack leadership experience and he does not what to be a leader . 
My direct boss has promoted me twice, but when it gets to his table, he would decline the promotion because he hates me and it was not that I was not doing my job.
I developed 99 percent documents in closure Department and all the records developed by me were sent to Ghana plant for use .
The site head is a one way leader that listened to someone opinion to evaluate other staffs not by their work.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Leadership problems which I have said in the previous box

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment is okay.
The culture is okay and it should be developed 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The days were okay but horribly working the site head.

A typical day at Indorama Ventures was normally laid back but that could change at the drop of a dime. I learned many things working there and became very confident and comfortable in an industrial environment . I used a lot of my previous knowledge from attending Calhoun Community College such as equipment, components of the equipment, critical thinking,  and the basic function of different instruments and equipment found inside every day industries. The upper management was far behind where it should have been in Indoroma and lacked many safety nets that I was taught in Process Technology. I enjoyed my time there and really bonded well with my co-workers. The hardest part of my job was cleaning daily, repairing certain equipment in a timely manner, and adjusting variables in the process to maintain set points (temperature, pressure, vacuum, levels, flow etc.) I really enjoyed the laid back atmosphere that Indorama offered.

Our site has always had a Family Culture and when we were bought by Indorama Ventures a few years ago, we weren't sure if that would change. Our leadership has made great strides in this changing environment to keep our site united by listening to the employees and striving to keep our core values intact. No company is perfect, but overall this is a great place to work at. What truly makes our site special is the people. Co-workers tend to turn into friends and extended family, creating lasting relationships. And that is something you can't put a price tag on.

What is the best part of working at the company?
They pay well, the people are knowledgeable 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The rushing through the training process. Qualifying you as an operator, saying you're ready,  and without any issues at all they let you go. The people on the unit i worked were not welcoming for the most part, telling me people will think I don't belong because of my work history 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful, and not very inviting 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Some days are very uneventful. Some days you're not sure which way is up. Everyday you're being judged

Terrible workplace, no room for growth, management passes blame down to leads without support. Did not schedule maintenance to be present didn’t all shifts then blamed leads for lack of production when machines broke down. Does not listen to solutions offered to improve processes. Overtime only offered to 1 shift same 5 people. Little to no communication with management. Implements small bandaids to issues instead of resolving root of problems, then held accountable if those bandaid solutions don’t work. 

Indorama, where it be the office the Woodlands, TX or Bangkok, Thailand, do not care about its employees. They will work you until you resent them and quit. They have even put in their job postings that the "company comes first" and the ownership group in Bangkok truly believes this. They do not value Americans or their culture. 

Been here almost 5 years now the most positive thing would have to be the operators and a select few of the supervisors. Management expects 110% from you at all times without providing you the required tools much less the support needed to perform each job. You will fight for every raise that you earn and what you are told will happen will most of the time never really happen unless you fight for months on end. 

A day of work usually consists of prioritizing work orders and attending morning meetings to verify the objective for the day. Co-workers are really friendly and good people which makes it the most enjoyable part of the job. The hardest part of the job is neglect of management to fully staff crews so the workload is distributed unequally and frequently doing more than 2 jobs.

Great plant to work at, have made many great friendships. You run into untrustworthy people on occasion but overall good job. Management could be a lot better. Similar to most jobs in the operations field, lots is expected, lots of forced work, management doesn’t fix many things unless absolutely needed. Overall if you can get over some of the cons, you make a lot of money and have great benefits.

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