maintenance technician

forklift operator

machine operator

fabricator

moldmaker

IPEX

I invested a significant amount of time in this hiring process, completing four interviews and two assessments. After each stage, I was told I had performed well and was progressing to the next step.

Throughout the process, there were repeated scheduling changes and inconsistent communication. One interview was cancelled the day before because of a supposed organizational restructuring, and I was told the position was on hold. The very next day, I was contacted to continue the process. An interview was changed from virtual to in-person for a "better discussion," only to be switched back to virtual a few hours later.

After the final interview, I was told I would receive an update by the end of the week. That update never came. I followed up twice over the following weeks and received no response whatsoever.

I completely understand that companies may choose another candidate or even decide not to fill a position. That is part of the hiring process. What is unacceptable is failing to provide even the courtesy of a final update after asking a candidate to invest so much time and effort.

This was an executive-level leadership position, where professionalism, communication, and respect are expected to be held to the highest standards. Unfortunately, my experience reflected the opposite. The way the process ended left the impression that candidates' time and commitment were not valued.

The interviewers themselves were professional and engaging, but the overall HR experience was disappointing. A simple email or phone call would have demonstrated the level of respect that experienced professionals deserve.

the pay and health benefits are pretty good, and the people you work next to are fun.  That's about all the good I can say for this company.  IPEX talks a good game about improvement, and innovation, but the reality is their machinery is built for the 80s.  Quality is subjective, not qualitative - heck not even objective.  Engineering is in canada - they have no clue what goes on but dictate the machines - and they are garbage when it comes to extrusion.  Then you get to run the machines with a union that protects the most worthless employees and an HR department riddled with perverts that make you not want to report anything.  Even if you desperately need a job - this place is one to skip over.  Just ask how long the current operators, supervisors, managers have been there - they will tell you a few that have been there for 20 years, but ask them how many have been here for less than 2 and why the job is open again.  

Very toxic everyone from the basic supervision all the way to the top management. I worked at pineville 2. Absolutely no advancement, no training, and lying supervisors. They'll try to just tell you what you want to hear and leave you with a bunch of empty promises. They will lie about the job description. As a low level machine operator, you'll pack parts and nothing else and that's all they see you as, a parts packer. Nothing more, nothing less. If you have offered from other companies, TAKE IT!!! It's the not worth the stress they try to put on you. Always trying to have the lowest paid worker doing things while the ones who make 10 more a hour than you just sit around and sleep. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The location isn’t too far from the city and the pay is fair

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The racial inequalities and hurdles certain classifications of people have to overcome in order to be successful within the company and non-union members 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Racial diverse yet very segregated although the physical job nature is laid back 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Hauling freight back n forth to dumps, 5S cleaning behind the truck drivers in the pipe yard, and pulling materials from warehouse racks from the Material Blenders

Honestly pretty much a dead end job, they raised the starting wage but not the wage if people already working there. After your initial raise of about 50 cents (around 90 days in) good luck seeing any more money other than the annual cost of living raise which is about 25 cents. They post open jobs but usually don't give them to qualified people because they don't want to lose the people in the positions they are currently in, instead hiring outside the company (a lot of times family of management). I could keep going but you should be able to make the call from this point. 

As an R&D Co-op student in Canada a few years ago, I generally had a positive experience. I was given a lot of projects and opportunities to present my work in written and presentation form to the rest of the team. I was increasingly given more and more responsibility and some of my projects ended up being quite impactful. However, the longer work hours (8-5 PM) and type of work was draining, I guess slightly improving plastic pipes and analyzing why they failed is not my thing. It is more of an old-school workplace, however they have recently expanded into new facilities and maybe things have changed. 

Human Resources and supervisor care less bout their employees in gossip   Short breaks hiring mangers are useless in care less they expect workers do more than one job at a time the supervisor gossip in make up lies high heath care coverage unsafe working conditions no parking for employees in want employees to be there hour and a half before their shift start Human Resources make up their own rules for the company 

I thought I was hired to do a different job; had I have known I wouldn't have taken the job.   The Union is a joke.   The plant is extremely hot.  It was a very physical job not for people my age and they don't care if you hurt yourself my supervisor told me "That's the job deal with it", and they wouldn't work with me with my hearing impairment which I disclosed to them immediately in my very 1st interview.   Not a good experience a lot of people there don't have a clue to what they're doing, especially management.   Think twice about going there.

A typical day at work is hard with a lot of concentration and responsibility. I learned how to find a short cuts to do things more faster and more simpler. Management overall was pretty good. My co-workers were really nice persons, we had lot of fun together. The hardest part of the job is to work with a line speed, because smaller diameter pipes comes much faster than bigger size of pipe. The most enjoyable part of the job was to see our shift workers and work together with them.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Everyone works as a team.  We all get along and we get the job done.   It's a great place to work with good people,  great pay and good benefits.   

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
You have to get used to the hours.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's a warehouse it's cool when it's cool and hot when it's hot.   You have to dress accordingly.   But we do have fans and heaters when needed.   

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Go in with a positive attitude to get my job done.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Maintenance technician 4 salaries reported	$32.73 per hour
Forklift operator 3 salaries reported	$23.52 per hour
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Fabricator 1 salary reported	$20.30 per hour
Moldmaker 2 salaries reported	$74,880 per year

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