sales representative

welder

skid steer operator

equipment technician

quality assurance inspector

I have been spent many years with JCB. I have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly with this company. In the beginning of my time here, I remember pulling 80+ hour weeks for months at a time. I can also remember when I was one of a few people in my area not effected by lay-offs. This is a company that expects you to be here. If you do the bare minimum of show up every day and give the base 70% effort. The sky is the limit. I have moved up in a brisk manner in this company because my hard work was taken notice of. On the flip side, I have seen peers around me not be so lucky. I know a handful of folks that put in twice as much work as some supervisors put in and don't get the credit. I have been blessed by this company to be in the position that I am in today. 

The upper management has started to take notice of some of the issues surrounding the employee atmosphere. In the summer it's deadly hot, we have had employees pass out on the floor from the heat. In the winter, most of the roll up doors are broken so there's not much relief from the wind. The upper management has recently undergone a bit of a restructuring. Hopefully for the better. I see light at the end of the tunnel and expect to one day retire from JCB. 

Generally productive and fast paced days were long and very hot for the powder coaters as the heat from the curing ovens backed up into the powder booths at times exceeding 116 degrees but we always gave 100% .. learned a lot about pre treatment of metal before coating and the use of E-coating a dipping process used .. management was typically well organized but as in all manufacturing  we had our bad days .. hardest part of the job would be the heat in the powder coating area the suits were positive air flow suits to keep powder out so your head was cool but that was just not enough at times .. most enjoyable when quotas were met and rework was low and the parts you painted that day all made it to the assembly line ..  so in short it was A nice place to work

If you walk into work 5 minutes late you're judged. Forget about a personal life, you'll basically live and breathe this place. Management is terrible and doesn't care about manufacturing OR office employees. They do nothing to boost morale and treat you like you're one of the JCB machines, obviously not as important though. HR always says they're "so busy" and won't help. If you're a woman and have a serious issue with a male coworker like feeling unsafe or inappropriate behavior and report it to HR they will slap the dude on the hand and let him continue working like nothing happened. They will promise you the world and more to get you hired and once you're in, they don't do what they said they would EVEN if it's written in your contract. U.K. employees coming over get American PTO and U.K. PTO not to mention their rent paid for. All the while you're struggling to pay yours and can barely go to the grocery store because your monthly salary is 2/3 of your living expenses.

No matter how well you do they will only recognize any low points. Management will work a good employee to death while allowing a bad employee to get away with the minimum amount of work. Everyone on the floor feels unappreciated by the company. They give almost no bonus for holidays except a $25 butterball voucher for Thanksgiving and a $100 dollar gift card for Christmas. New employees will walk in the door making almost as much as a 10 year employee. I worked there for better than a decade and seen the environment get more and more toxic, never getting better. If you get hurt they are more concerned about there recordable lost time.

They are an incredibly conservative company even for the industry. You are expected to be at your desk from 8:00am-5:00pm regardless of how many hours you worked the day/week before do not expect any flexibility.   Travel for two weeks and work 90 hours each week. Don't expect to take Friday off to catch up at home. Also, the CEO stares at everybody walking in from 7:55am-8:10am to show his displeasure for you being late. All employees have to clock in and out even if you're salary, except the senior management. You also are required to wear a JCB uniform every day except the occasional day where the fleece you for cash for "charity". Also, there are a ton of Brits that come over to work in Savannah but they get to keep their weeks and weeks of vacation while you get a normal "American" amount. So plan on picking up the slack of your coworkers. Oh and not being able to get anything out of the very controlling UK while they are on break.

When a company decides to make mandatory overtime, constantly rewriting attendance policies, changing hours of operations, instead of hiring more employees put more work on those who are currently employed, it makes good employees want to leave. Most people that work there are questionable, especially with OSHA and other policies. It don't feel right anymore.

Do you hate your family?
Do you prefer to not have a life?
Do you enjoy poor management with double standards?
Do you enjoy working under a 5 ton crane that has been lifting close to 15,000 lbs the past several years?
Do you in general enjoy working for scum? 
Well folks let me tell you, if you answered yes to any of them questions, then from 6am to 530 pm, you can sweat your tail off, work with incompetent management, and not have a life for 15 bucks an hour!!!! yes thats right FIFTEEN BUCKS AN HOUR plus lots of overtime. You will be working Most Saturdays and lots of Sundays.  You get 2 weeks of shutdown in the summer, and 1 week in the winter. you will automatically start out with about 7 days worth of PTO, but you have to use that PTO during shut down because its no pay during shutdown.

I enjoy the overall atmosphere and highly respect my management team.  I am given lots of freedom in my position to learn and try new things, however many of my coworkers are not on board with learning new ways of doing things.  

Most of the partners are aging, leaving me with a lack of job security as they are reaching retirement age. While I love the freedom and support I am given in this position, I do not see any room for advancement. This makes it hard to give my all, when I feel like there is no where to go with this company long term. 

I enjoy my schedule, and my ever changing daily tasks.  I enjoy the roll of being an executive assistant to each of the partners and getting to work with all of the different personalities each day. 

Over all this is ver good company to work, it just does not meet my needs for long-term growth and success.

What is the best part of working at the company?
It’s a good job, but they have a tendency to fire new employees abruptly if you make it past a year then you’re probably good, they had mass layoff when I worked there three or 400 people severance was good

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Danger of getting injured is everywhere. You have to be careful.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
it’s OK but no employees are subject to layoff

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Maintenance taking care of bathrooms, oil, and water removal , different projects large forklifts, tightening boats up on the roof, surfing air conditions in offices

● Work-life balance
The managers don't know what they are doing so you will be teaching them and learning as you go. Everything is trial and error.

● Pay & benefits
The benefits could be better but are not awful.

● Job security and advancement
Even though they promote career growth, it will not happen.

● Management
They have managers who were not properly trained to do their jobs so they can't help their employees.

● Culture
It is a British company and they are all about getting money. They show very little concern for their employees.

● Overall
If i knew what I know now, I would have never worked for this company. Very uncomfortable work environment. Petty coworkers, 30 minute lunchbreak, Cafe is very expensive so they get all their money back from you. You're constantly being watched. Too many meetings. Unnecessary emails.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Sales representative 40 salaries reported	$69,000 per year
Welder 12 salaries reported	$22.46 per hour
Skid steer operator 9 salaries reported	$22.00 per hour
Equipment technician 2 salaries reported	$32.50 per hour
Quality assurance inspector 5 salaries reported	$17.50 per hour

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