maintenance technician

production

millwright

electrician

product engineer

Inteva Products

In this review I am talking about how bad the work environment is. Which is commentary about working at Inteva. Employees make the company and part of reviewing a company is talking about the people that work there. I have always been raised to always be true to myself and to keep an open mind. I don't believe in first impressions I believe in long term impressions. Because time reveals the truth. I work with people who seem to believe the opposite. They take their perception and exclusively believe it to be the truth. Regardless of the facts. If they don't like you then there's nothing you can do right. Look up from what you're doing, then you're staring at someone. Address and issue and you're complaining. Talk about how busy you've been and you're some how bragging and think your better then everyone. This type of thinking makes no sense to me. Personally I base my opinions off of personal experience. Hands on approach if you will. If you're nice to me then I'm nice to you. If you're mean to me then I will avoid you. I started this review put this way to add emphasis to the fact that people quit jobs because of the work environment not the work. Inteva needs to have actual consequences for people who treat people like this. Like they can do nothing right and everything wrong. It's so nasty. What makes it worse is how the supervisors and leads join in. Inteva preaches about having an anti bullying policy but more then half of their staff are bullies. They ice people out to get them to walk out. They lie and claim that someone does nothing to try and get them fired. It's a really hatful and stressful environment. I'm currently trying to find another job. The only way anyone can make it at this job is if the supervisors, leads and anyone else in charge likes you. They don't care if you actually put I any effort. They don't care if you damage the doors. They only care about how many doors are pumped out. My job is to try and fix the damage on the doors. But these people have a tendency to cause damage that is so bad that the door needs to be scrapped. And no matter how many times they are told to be careful they never are. They are constantly told to look out for defects but they don't care. They don't see it as their problem to deal with. Just be aware that if you decide to work at Inteva that the staff may be corrupt and manipulative.

Fast pace, have to keep up, or you'll be moved. There is no moving up pay per hour in this place, hilo drivers make the same as the assembly, as well as molding department, wharehouse, tuggers, water spiders, etc. The only position you could make a  dollar 50 more is team lead. Or go all the way and become a supervisor, but you have to have college degree.  Basically everyone gets paid the same.  If your a smoker, can not smoke on property, not even in your car. Have to walk across the street which takes about 4 minutes of walking, depending on your speed. You will be terminated if caught.  In your 90 days you can not call off, call in late, come in late, leave early, or you will be terminated.  Doctors excuse won't help.  Extremely hot working environment, cause the lines are right next to the molding department, continuous heat coming from that area. So in the summer your burning up. Masks must be worn at all times even outside until.you get to your car, even in the break rooms. If they see it off or slipping past your nose you'll be wrote up.  You can listen to your own music, but no head phones. But your also listening to everyone else's music. No cell phones at all to be seen, not even to check the time or you'll be wrote up.  Be back on time from break or you'll be wrote up, be on time to your department when starting your shift, or you'll be wrote up. Over time every night and Saturdays.   Good luck if you decide to take a chance with this company. 

In summary, the organization is led by approximately 15 Executive Staff Members.  The typical day was spent in internal meetings led by engineering type people.  All business decisions had to be reviewed and approved by the Executive Staff.  The workplace culture is all work and very little extra-curicualar activities.  Strict policies and procedures limits all employees from a true entrepreneurial type spirit.  Work place flexibility is lacking.  The hardest part of the job is the cultural expectations surrounding optics and perceptions associated with "real" work.  Most of the people have the belief that they still work as "equals" with the company's largest customer.  The reality is the company was spun off from its largest customer and was intended to function as a stand-alone, independent company and grow the old fashion way - Organic Sales.  Overall, the company tries to treat all employees equal.  However, the Sales organization is responsible for everything but most of the other functions operate separately.  The most enjoyable part of the job is the customer relationships and the quest for acquiring new business.  The technical product development team is very capable.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Pay was better than average, I can not say much more positive then that. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The off shifts have no support, you contact your manager and nothing happens until the next shift gets in and raises cain about whatever issue you had. It’s the usual shift competition and no team work. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Poor everything, the language barriers that I encountered was unacceptable and no help from senior management on the off shift. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
An hour before the shift get to work and check the shift notes. Find the current supervisor ask questions on shift notes and begin placing personal on the lines where needed. Then wait for call ins and go around and beg someone from the current shift to stay for 4 hours to help cover. Pre-shift meeting with team. Relieve team members for breaks and once done get your leads to break. If you’re lucky you will get a lunch break after everyone else has had their lunch break just in time to do relief again for last break. Hope you don’t have a part sort anywhere in between or your lunch is probably not going to happen. Begin your shift notes somewhere in between for the next shift and an hour into the next shift free to go home and do it again the next day.

My day would start with having a meeting with all of management before the start of the shift to go over any quality issues, costumer issues, dock sorts, and the daily scheduled production. I would make sure that molding was given me the correct product and that assembly was going to get what they needed to cover their daily requirements.
The reason I had the meeting was to create a team effort to accomplish the task's and goal's for the day. I beleive in the team concept. I also learned how to think out side the box. I worked with upper management on lean processes, 5S process, and continuous improvement. I would also work with the engineer's to understand the technical side of the buisness so that I could help to improve processes or help find root causes when there was down time.
When I created a team environment everyone knew my expectations
and we all worked as a team to accomplish our goals. I grew very close to my team and loved working with all of them.
The most enjoyable part of the job for me is to work as a team to accomplish goals that make a buisness conpetetive in the current market.

I worked for a short time at this location. The job was great and I was happy with it. However, some of the other employees' personal lives interfered with work too much. There is a supervisor who has slept with other supervisors, him being married as well as the others. The reason we knew is because they talked about it. This same supervisor and a woman in the front office have been having an affair, again both themselves being married currently. The woman up front talked about it constantly with others before and after work. She even discussed his health issues and I find that appalling. Enough people knew of this but nothing was done to at least make her stop talking about it. It is so bad that the community is finding out about this behavior.
 The work environment was not work friendly and distracting because of this. Im sure the rest of the company is not like this, but Im surprised that this behavior of fraternization is openly allowed with this location. I found another opportunity and quit posthaste.

As far as production goes the people who train you are very dedicated I want to spend time to make sure you know your job and make sure you know it within time. As far as management goes management always seems to be either not having enough time lack of parts and issues with shipping. As far as shipping goes it has a do what I say not what I do mentality especially for new employees also if you leave the said department the plant manager himself can make you return to that department( with less pay for job) if they're short-handed; that's a negative and a red flag. You could also refuse and take a point( pink ticket) and go home if they stress the issue. Production I would recommend, shipping I would not because they have no value of the employees or the help the give.

Inteva is a great company to work for as long as the economy is good. They are quick to lay off and eliminate jobs when economic woes are on the wind. A former division of Delphi, Inteva is owned by a venture capitalist that feels cold and heartless. Inteva itself is far less on the cold and heartless side. Leadership is solid at the top. The CEO is excellent, a good communicator, and definitely a company cheerleader. Most at the VP level are solid though, as with any company, there are a few head scratchers as well. The company has grown through acquisition of other companies and seems to be on a solid path. As long as the auto industry is going well, there are not many companies in this industry that are better to work for - as long as there is work.

I have learned a lot working at Inteva and have had some great mentors. The reality is Tier 1 automotive manufacturing is always going to be challenging and stressful.  You can either embrace that and grow or complain until you quit and go somewhere else.  I love my core job but often say I would like to go do what I do somewhere else.  But in the end the pay and benefits make that a difficult leap so everyone just needs to decide what they can and cannot tolerate.  My biggest negative here is that the morale is always low.  People get dumped on and spread thin and it often feels like you never have a chance to succeed.  If you can have the mindset to know you do your best and don't try to dig out from a hole that you never can get out of you will give yourself the best opportunity to grow and learn.

I care not to comment about the work conditions, management and the treatment at my last employer. Let's just say it was a bad experience from the start and continued until I had to leave the company to protect my sanity, dignity and integrity. You don't want me to describe the unbearable, intolerable work schedule and hours with No Time Off At ALL nor the discrimination and unfair treatment that exists daily.
I have to stop there before I say too much and get on my soap box.
I am looking for a position working with Medical Records, Office Administration, Case Management, etc. in a stable company or agency in social and family services.
Thank you Indeed for your support and assistance. My resume is posted online for your convenience.

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