injection mold operator

production assembler

material handler

quality technician

process technician

International Automotive Components

This company has a Union that looks after the best interests of the workers and gives them a voice. The schedule is very good. (6-2, 7-3, 3-11, and so on) It gives you opportunity to work around a family schedule or have a second job. There is occasionally a possibility of a senior worker "bumping" you onto a different shift though, but its not often that this happens. Also, they ensure your scheduling if you are a student. They do lay-offs for a week at a time here and there though but some people can claim unemployment benefits and be okay financially. Depending on the plant you are in the break times can be two tens and a twenty minute lunch. Its all production so you will most likely be doing a repetitive action all day. Like stapling vinyl or assembling vehicle consoles. The co-workers can be gossipy but generally everyone pairs up or has a group they break with or chat with all day. Sometimes this can be stressful but other times it could turn out to be a good group that works well together. A typical day is clocking in a little early, putting your lunch in the fridge, going to your station, preparing any tools you may need, talking with co-workers or not, and beginning work. Every two hours you brake. Then a couple minutes before leave time you'll clean up or go smoke then clock out and leave. They have it so the traffic is low flow at these times, how they did that was scheduling. Some get off at two some at three. Managers are okay there are many supervisors you get to know them if you want to and 50/50 they're personable people. Theres hard  jobs and easy jobs. Easy jobs get boring hard jobs are hard jobs.

A typiocal day started with a brief meeting with supervisor for job assignments and any needed info concerning machines,products n materials. Run my machine and  make parts, inspect for defects, proper color match and short shots. then I would do any required assembly and pack product for shipping,apply shipping label.

Learned a great deal about quality n how to trouble shoot and recognize issues with the machine/product.

Management was pretty good for the most part. Highly involved in the process when new products are being made. 

My co-workers were very good, although, I did have some personality clashes with a few,but, you have that anywhere you work. Had fun and worked well with my team.

The hardest part of the job was not getting frustrated when a new product wasn't being made to the standards required by the 

the most enjoyable part was when we were able to make parts that were up to the standard required by the customer.

I was paid decently,  but was forced to work an extreme amount of overtime.  Most of the management liked to aggressively micro manage. They made the work atmosphere unbearable at times. The point system they used for absenteeism also included the forced overtime, which was unfair. If you had low seniority you worked 12 hour days non stop while the higher seniority rarely were forced. 1st shifts superintendent would come in early, over rule the 3rd shift supervisors, and harass specific employees. They were his targets. Other employees and management would recognize when he targeted someone. He did this everyday without cause.  They also laid off a majority of the employees because they couldn't find new work.  The management didn't worry about this until their jobs were in jeopardy. Too little,  too late. That place is a sinking ship. At least, I was blessed with amazing co workers who helped make it bearable. 

The job was good, sometimes great, with some bad days but what job doesn't. The people I worked with were fun, & nice people. My supervisors were the best I have ever worked for two great guys that I still respect to this day. For the company, they apparently like to employ office personnel that love to violate both state & federal laws. When I brought it to the union representatives attention he did nothing to purse any kind of disciplinary action against the HR manager that who had committed all these violations. The Federal Law that she violated was the termination of an active military personnel that missed an entire month due to military duties that was the reason she had put on his termination letter. When I reported that to my union rep he told her she can't do that she realized the potential lawsuit, she swept it all under the rug & requested that all documents be returned to her, even  the letter which the military employ did not give back.

The management at IAC makes it perfectly clear that you are just a clock number to them unless you happen to be one of their favorites. There is a ton of favoritism and inconsistency on all of the shifts. Management targets specific employees and harasses them and juvenile employees help with this culture. Advancement and opportunities are based on seniority and not who is best for the job or the most qualified. Employees are expected to handle issues in an unsafe or incorrect manner just so things can stay running. The union is often untrustworthy and too busy stabbing each other in the back and fighting for authority within the shop to adequately address the issues of the people paying dues. The overall environment is negative and hostile and there is little to no team work throughout the shop. You are expected to only use 3 doctors slips a year otherwise burn points which are way too difficult to earn back.

This place is all about rumors, who you know, who you're in a intimate relationship with or who you're related to. It reminds me of grade school and eveyone talking about who has cooties. All of management is uneducated and it shows. No common sense in the entire facility. If you're not "popular" or a suck up then you're singled out and bullied by employees and management. They are a union factory but most of the officers are only officers to find out the "gossip" and they will collude with supervisors get you in trouble, reprimanded by management, or have disciplinary action taken against you. Their attendance policy is ridiculous. You only get 5 doctor's notes per year so employees with medical issues or have young children with issues are subject to being terminated. If you can tolerate all the rumors and backstabbing the insurance is worth it. It is great insurance and very affordable.

A  typical day would be checking the parts after coming off the presses and being assembled.  If there were missing components or the molded part was defective in any way, the lot would be red tagged or tossed altogether.  I learned to be extremely observant. 
My department supervisor and the plant supervisor were on top of the running of 2nd shift.  They were firm yet approachable.  
Our plant was located in a rural part of Southern Indiana, where the people had only a few choices of workplaces.  We were one of several different types of plants.  The people were hard working, belonging to the United Auto Workers union.
The hardest part of the job was getting use to working 8-12 hours a day, standing and walking the whole time within the plant in either the cold winter or the humidity of the summer.  But working with my former coworkers made it worth while...that was the most enjoyable part.

IAC is an automobile supplier and so at the end of the day the company is a slave to the whims of the American automotive industry, what this means for most of the hourly workers is that some weeks you will be required to work 12 hour days many days each week and other weeks you may struggle to get 40 hours of work.
The work is not hard but keep in mind that manufacturing is always a numbers game so the pace tends to be very fast and some may have difficulty keeping up.
IAC is a union company (local 86) so periodic raises are built into the contracts which are usually for 5 years at a time.
Those workers with young children or who are married have the most difficult time adjusting to the long hours and inflexible work schedule, all this being said i would still recommend this company to a friend.

Well, for starters it’s always a great work out everyday at staples!.  Tests your mental strength and physical strength. First we have a meeting to discuss goals for the day, we stretch and warm our joints and muscles and then we head to the floor where everyone works to crush the daily goal. It’s very intense and most can’t do what we do at staples as far as the physical strength and endurance! Each day I challenge myself and watch my rf wrist scanner each shift to ensure I give it my best shot each night!

Insane turnover, 7 day work weeks, 10-12 hour days, no time off, clapped out equipment. Union except for management. Impossible to make any meaningful progress. Nobody cares about anything or anybody. Especially operations/production management. The turnover is so high there is no point in learning anyone’s name. Production/operators are union so there’s zero accountability for anything & nonstop grievances & whining. They’ll work you so much that you’ll lose track of the date, day of the week & possibly even what month it is. Every day is a full on train wreck from the second you walk into the plant until you manage to crawl back out 10, 12, 14 hours later. Rinse. Repeat. It’s never ending. Complete dumpster fire of an operation. Pay is good because you’ll hit 1.5x OT by Wednesday & Sunday is double time. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Injection mold operator 5 salaries reported	$20.30 per hour
Production assembler 13 salaries reported	$16.03 per hour
Material handler 10 salaries reported	$18.04 per hour
Quality technician 2 salaries reported	$17.80 per hour
Process technician 8 salaries reported	$25.25 per hour

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