millwright

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Interfor

I felt I needed to leave a review due to another individual below that seemed unhappy with his time here at Interfor Molalla.  I must say that in my experience the people have made me feel welcome, I get the support I need from management, and if I need help with anything I simply need to ask, and people around here will see about making it happen. In my experience it has always been true that if you take good care of your employer/facility then they will take good care of you. This place has been no different in my time here.  In life it's on the individual to make the most out of what they've got or make the best out of what they are handed. In life when you strive for change or need help, you get a lot further with positivity, a smile or a laugh than you ever would by being a negative nancy and simply complaining without a offering a solution, or being rude to people, as typically they don't really respond well to that sort of treatment and gets you the opposite of what you desire.  I have brought a few improvement plans/projects to management here, and they have always been open to hearing them and offering aid where possible and allowing me to try my hand at making things better around here. There is certainly a lot to do as an individual, and keeping this place running is the top priority on all our lists, but I do hope to make things a bit better and more efficient on my end where I can. This is a high demand industry that demands a lot of time and energy at times, but that is not unlike any other production facility when you are in a support role. When you work in a production industry in a supportive role; this is to be expected. Production needs to run, and it needs the support of good hardworking people to keep it going. I enjoy feeling like part of a team and do my best always. Everyone up front in the offices have never been anything but helpful and courteous to me and I know that our HR department does a great job helping everyone where they can, especially during these interesting times of covid.  HR is very very supportive of all the staff here, I can tell you that much. It's an exciting new industry for myself that I was happy to join, which makes me a third generation worker, and maybe that along with working at a large industrial manufacturer in Portland for years, it may mean a bit more to me about supporting this place, because I know the impact it has on this town.  It does a lot for the community, people and outlining businesses it supports by being here.  I must say also I enjoy seeing the beautiful scenery around here instead of the smoke stacks and concrete I used to see everyday in the industrial blocks of Portland.  I also like how supportive they are of the local things around town like the schools and other community events like the 4th of July parade just to mention one.  

PAY IS NOT WORTH IT!! The sign on bonus you get is taxed so it turns out to be a total of maybe 1300 not 1500, advancement in company does not happen or does not stick and you go back to original placement, there is just as much gossip and drama as being in high school, and if your not careful you just venting due to being stressed can get you in trouble for being too mean. There is no team work regardless of the many team meetings, all the employees that work the floor have the mind set of "oh well that is not my problem". Only one person of management(Supervisor) actually cares about running things efficiently and stays down on the floor to  try to help the employees. The management that rarely comes out of the office would rather have the speed turned up and get everywhere backed up due to people that do not work or move very fast or not being fully trained or trained correctly. There is a very small amount of people that understand what team work and a good work ethic is and how to train others to be good but is slowly becoming less from the growing mediocracy of doing just the bare minimum to get by until the end of the day that has become normal. Everyone that has left in the last 6 months has left because the pay in not worth it because the only give you 1 decent raise of like 50 cents then after is so minimal that it makes no difference or they were no longer willing to deal with the Plant Superintendent who would rather replace people instead of paying them what they are worth. This place is not worth the constant stress, drama/gossip and risk of getting hurt or being sore all day long, DO NOT RECOMMEND!!

the applicant came into the job with an open mind and ready to work with no judgements also I wanted to work long hrs. and six days a week.the applicant gave a 100% of my time and ability and volunteered for extra overtime which they welcomed that's what I liked about the company right away cause I had been out of work and was eager to make as much money that I could.the job was one where they expected me to do my job the best way I could without making any mistakes and not watching over me like I was a child.i learned a lot about that kind of work such as different kinds of lumber,what grade of lumber,good lumber from bad lumber and wet lumber from dry lumber and what effect it has on its value or price and good lumber from molded lumber.treated lumber from untreated lumber.the workplace culture was laid back depending on your job and the company always stressed safety at all times we had a safety meeting every morning and every month.the hardest part about the job was getting along with certain people just like other jobs a certain people in management and dealing with favoritism and not too many opportunities for advancement.the most enjoyable thing was the chances to get extra overtime.the company had a very good benefits program which included 401k medical and dental insurance.life insurance paid vacation time off.the company had established a program where we got a bonus for reaching our goals at our plant.

I worked at Interfor for six months. Granted that's not, by any means a long time, but believe me when I tell you it's plenty. 

First of all the management absolutely does not care about the employees... at all. And they will make it known. Employees are rude, unprofessional, and 70 percent of them can hardly speak english. Another 25 percent of the employees are ex convicts and guys with no high school diploma. The remaining five perecent are workers that have been there a long time and don't know anything else. The bathrooms are disgusting and i'm not going to go into detail on it but just take my word for it. You work slave hours for slave wages with absolutely no opportunity to advance. There are employees that have been there twenty years and literally make $11 an hour. You start at 8.36. The way they operate the plant, the plant I worked in anyway, is completely unorganized and unsafe.

I do not recommend Interfor to anyone seeking employment. Unless you're an ex con, undergrad, illegal, willing to slave for 60 plus hours a week for eight dollars hour, then don't waste your time.

You file a serious safety violation and they utilize Employee hand book to get rid of complaint. My direct Manager was fine and utilized me as a Supervisor properly. We both were new hires from New York. He took political route, I voiced my 2000 hours of Safety Schooling through the proper channels  for The Plants needed safety.
Also the Safety Officer had no skill set to be in that position. Promoting from within is a great moral builder. But not in key educated officers.
Also the no overtime until 40 is cruel to the good employees.
I started on a Friday. Saturday I worked 15 hours to repair a hydraulic system and completed it, I also came in Sunday, this day should at the minimum be overtime, doubletime in 70% of America's Maintenance Departments. 
 I know South Carolina is an RTW state, but SC employees need to be treated fair. We need to quit running away from other states, and taking advantage of the South and Mexico. With subpar safety and benefits. Good Moral makes Good attitudes which brings motivation and self pride. None of which this facility has. It reminded me of the old Tom Hanks movie " Joe versus the Volcano"

Interfor talks big about transparency, but they are sneeky.  They say employee's are important but they do not treat onsite management as if they are employees. Came in and cleared all long time management / supervisors out to put their own people in place and wonder why the mill has gone from most productive mill in southeast (before Interfor) to non productive mill (after Interfor). They got rid of most people that made it the most productive mill and changed the production.process with the attitude that everyone else is stupid. If supervisors do not have job security why would hourly employees feel confident about their jobs. They have meetings to see when the next meeting will be and nothing is accomplished from all the meetings. They make the environment uncomfortable because they make employees turn against each other to keep a job.  You always feel like you can be replaced and they have no problem kicking you out the door. Would not advise anyone to commit to a position with Interfor. Money is not more important than family, pride or respect.

So the wages at interfor are competitive and fair, and they have some pretty good training programs. But that's about it, management is a joke, and the culture is toxic. That's not to say that it couldn't change because I believe with the right personnel in the right management positions would be able to turn that place around. Sometimes its just worth it to make a couple less bucks an hour and have a job that you don't dread going to every day. Oh yeah and one last thing, worst HR woman in the world! She is completely useless. One of HR's primary responsibility's is to work with, and for the companies employees. I can tell you that this woman does not work with or for interfors employees. It got to the point where I just refused to ask her for anything because she would always make matters worse! All I can say is I hope that they get some better management in there before they loose all their good employees.

Sooooo, where to begin, the 1 pro, is it’s Monday to Friday, so weekends off!! The cons, HR is non existent, even if family is ill or dying, don’t expect help! After your hired you have to make an appointment to see her, definitely not any open door policy with front office. Other managers bend over backwards to try and fill void which is nice! Union job, so it’s a constant battle to advance, get time off, get OT, etc. Rarely do you get appreciated for hard work or extra hours, stressful work environment, always new people, turnover is unbelievable! No safety standard, no EHS coordinations, due to no coordinator for more than a year. No bonuses or extras, didn’t realize just how bad it was till I worked somewhere else! 
If you can get in anywhere else go there, if you just want an OK paycheck, and a headache every day, this is the place!

You start on as cleanup then get strong armed into working on swing shift which they claim as being 10 hours 4 days a week not mentioning the 1 hour lunch window (which you'll likely work for 30 mins of) and that almost all positions carry an hour or more of mandatory overtime. 
Half the supervisors don't know what they are doing and will second guess you on a job they can't do themselves.
Promotions seem to go exclusively to employees who work unhealthy amounts of overtime after shift/weekend shifts  regardless of seniority or actual productivity.
If you somehow manage to squirm your way into maintenance or a relief role you might have a good time otherwise you can expect career stagnation and an ever growing list of demands from management.

As a kiln operator check status of wood drying. Load   / unload  wood for sawmill and planer to run. Run dry kilns calculate drying times so both sawmill and planer continue to run. 
No load was ever exactly the same and each had to be dried differently. Always having to make adjustments to the kilns so they dried fast but without sacrificing quality. The responsibility for drying wood of high quality.was the hardest and the most enjoyable part of the job. We were given a lot of latitude in how to do the job. Management stayed in the background allowing us to do our job. As any production workplace the pace was fast in order to keep with customers orders, but it was a decent place to work and if the mill was still there. I would not need to write this.

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