mechanical engineer

manufacturing engineer

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JLG Industries

I worked here for a year and a half and was moved to 6 different jobs. Hired on as a welder, I went from a machine operator to a welder, to another shop to weld, to being shuttled to another shop for 7 months to be an assembler to back to the previous area as an assembler again. Needless to say, there is a lot to do.

The absolute worst thing about this place is the management. It's a severe case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. You'll be told one thing one day then told something completely different within the week. They'll rave about work/life balance, but then also completely change direction within a couple days (usually within the same week). OT is typically mandated before or after a quarter and 7 day work weeks are not outside the realm of possibilities. They'll also blatantly lie to you about your work or what you were told in a previous meeting.

The actual environment was fine. People could be hit-and-miss, but generally coworkers were pleasant and willing to mutually talk about the absolute chaos their work schedules were because management would either keep moving people around, requiring OT despite missing parts or not needing it, working on OT only to come back next week and be out of parts by Monday or Tuesday, or going from working 7 days a week to week-on-week-off temporary unemployment. 

The hardest part of the job was contesting with schedule changes with little-to-no warning. It's also hard to justify working for people that blatantly lie to you. Showing up is most of the battle with this place given the constant changes. 

The actual work was fine and at the very least there is a lot to learn and the pay is pretty good overall. 

After working for this company for some years, they now are offering comparable wages to what I am already making to new, inexperienced hires?  One location literally worked us for 23 days in a row with not ONE day off this summer towards the end of the quarter.  My schedule upon hire was to be 4 10-hr work days with a 3 day weekend and my whole summer has basically been working there and in very hot conditions.  A typical week was working 6 days out of 7.  Currently very short-staffed and am forced to work not only harder-faster, but in multiple work areas. Mandatory overtime.  Do not see any end in sight for work as they cannot keep up with production because of the lack of workers.  Some employees may find time for a break with the push for production, while others that smoke seem to take as many breaks for as long as they want.  How management seems to demand a certain goal with less people is beyond me.  How can you do more with less exactly-and still work safely AND keep the quality?  It is no mystery why there are endless postings or signs for workers and an increase in pay, even offering current employees at other locations like in Bedford, tax-free money on cards and hotel accommodations to help the facility out to the end of the year?  I have learned that no matter how much I do or how hard I work, it is never appreciated and never enough.  Any idea how many people have quit since I have been at this location?  Work-Life balance really?  How can you have a life outside of work when you are there 6 days a week?

The time I was there was good at first. The pay rate was good along with bonuses yearly. Then it became more about the company then the well being of the employees. I started as material support and then got blindsided in February with a job title change that comes with the lowest pay in the entire company.  You work 4 ten hour days which isn’t bad unless you work night shift and have a family. For me it felt like they wanted employees there and didn’t care about employees having time with their families. They get months behind and expect employees to work 7 days to catch up but end up running out of parts and falling farther behind. Department managers and supervisors come across ignorant and disrespectful and power trippers as in treating employees as a body and not as person. They like to make changes at last minute with no employee notification it happened to me. If you miss work instead of contacting you and asking the supervisor just puts you in for vacation without your consent which is why I left. Any complaint fell on deaf ears so it just became pointless to say anything and the affect of that is you become so stressed out it starts to affect your work and personal life. Leadership is lacking within the company as in the ones in those positions are doing it for the money because my opinion being a veteran they don’t have what it is to be a good leader. When employees don’t wanna listen and/or work for managers/supervisors it becomes a problem and the company seems to ignore it. It started coming across that the company only cared about filling its bank account then what bodily toll it was taking on the employees.

The day to day at the Clinton Warehouse really depends on what you are doing. If you are on the inbound side, you unload trucks, sort product, and restock shelves. If you are an order picker, you pick orders. If you are a Packer, you pack orders. LTL and woodshop packers pack large items.  You will most likely stand around a good chunk of the day doing nothing.

What I learned while working there is that everyone in that warehouse floor is disposable. It doesn't matter how hard you work, how much you volunteer, how well you do. You are disposable.

Management is there. Sometimes anyway. Most of the day they are in their office having endless meetings. Often they just don't show up to work. They will absolutely hang you out to dry though if it is expedient for them. They will lie directly to your face.

In all, management just seems incapable of doing their jobs.

Workplace culture is overwhelmingly toxic. People there will instigate drama, bully other teammates, or just make the job more difficult for everyone else. They are rarely, if ever disciplined for it. 

The hardest part, or at least the worst part for me was the state of the restrooms.  They are never cleaned. Literal human waste on the floors, walls, ceilings, smeared up the back of the toilet. This isn't an exaggeration.  Toilet paper dispensers are almost always empty, so they just put rolls of paper on the floor, where it quickly gets soiled and becomes unusable.

The most enjoyable part of my job was some of the people I worked with. There are some good people there. 

I spent most of my time at my cubicle troubleshooting the company's website and performing routine customer support.

I learned a lot about how to function in an office environment, how to work with customers effectively, how the web development process works, etc.

Management was phenomenal! My supervisor was extremely accommodating and very understanding. He truly cares for his employees.

My co-workers were also beyond awesome. They welcomed me immediately on my first day, and were always there to help me out when I needed it. They made the workplace very relaxed and fun, but still managed to get work done routinely.

The hardest part of the job was communicating with clients in other countries, such as Brazil and Australia. Sometimes we had language barriers that made the job a little more difficult, or sometimes we had to work with people that were in different time zones. This could potentially lead to working at home from 9pm-11pm, for example.

The most enjoyable part of the job was definitely my co-workers. We always had a great time going out to lunch and telling stories in the office. They truly are great people. Also, every now and then the company will provide free lunches, which are always enjoyable. This company is truly great to work for.

ENJOYABLE ASPECTS:

Truly a great product. The Cadillac of the industry. 
Good work/life balance to a degree depending on your work ethic and your team. 
Good pay, benefits, and when they issue them, bonuses.  

DISLIKED:

JLG is always switching gears. Never really feels like they are truly a 100% committed to anything. Like many other companies they are still stuck in a recession mentality. 

A lot of politics involved. Doesn't matter what level. Its everywhere.

With the exception of a few, middle mgmt and below care little about fixing issues/problems, creating efficiencies or anything else outside of revenue projections for the month. If not that, then its just about keeping off of radar.

Internal systems were horrible to work with. Still are. Multiple programs that wont communicate and give conflicting data. One question asked to two different people could yield three different answers with zero certainty. 

Poor executive decisions have led to layoffs, increasing stress and workloads as well as decreased job satisfaction.

Very little job specific training available. Most of it is trail by fire and learn as you go.

Little opportunity for advancement without relocating.

A typical day at work would be checking production area for any needed parts. I then would go to the overstock area and check to see if we had it, if not I would go to the part's computer and see when the next shipment of those particular items would be in. If I stocked enough for the day, I then would work on putting the materials in overstock, away, if there was room. If I was not able to put any other parts away and assembling area needed some help, I would assemble some cylinder's until someone needed more parts, or a cylinder taken out to paint prep, paint racks brought in, etc. I learned that at a big company, you may feel like just a number sometimes, but if once person is out, someone else has work overtime in order to get caught back up. So it made you feel important. Management was very understanding and helpful anytime I needed it. Co-workers were all about getting the job done in a timely manner. The hardest part about my job was being the only material handler on 2nd shift for the longest time. I felt like I was letting people down a lot, because it was a lot for just once person. They typically have 2-3 material handlers on each shift. The most enjoyable part of my job, was working with people from a small town.

I worked at JLG through a temp agency from June 2015-end of July 2015. I loved my job! I started training for 3 weeks on first shift which was great. I had no problems with anyone and management was great. Once I got placed on 3rd shift, things went downhill quickly. There is really only 1 maybe 2 supervisors on 3rd shift and several line leaders. It's a free for all on 3rd shift. The men on 3rd shift are extremely perverted, especially the line leader for the 400 line. I had an incident with not just  harassed but I was  assaulted by a male employee and I was suspended for it. I also had several complaints about the line leader and supervisor involving the line leader  harassing me and other women and how both the line leader and supervisor handled my situation. Nothing was done about any of it. They wouldn't move me to another shift to get away from them or even to another area. Don't work here on any shift but 1st where there is plenty of supervision to watch your back and if you do choose to work here on any other shift, don't complain about harassment, especially if it involves management, because YOU will be suspended and nothing else will be done about it. Had it not been for that, I would still be there because I genuinely loved the job I did.

A typical day at work starts at 5am. I punch in and head to my desk, once at my desk I turn on my computer and start digging through emails.  I typically pick up where I left off the day before and try to close out any projects that are open.  Get a hold of engineers to see if they've reviewed the project requests that I have put in for changes.  Contact them for ideas and improvements.  Once I am done getting my agenda set for the day I like to make my rounds to all of my respected areas.  I will DMR any non conforming material that is on the squares.  If any of the team members have issues I will sit and discuss them one on one and try to resolve them as quickly as possible.  I interact with my Group leader on a daily basis on either new tasks or meetings we may be attending for a new insource project.  All of my co-workers are great direct and indirect.  The most enjoyable part of my job is that I get to problem solve and make our products better through Quality.  If you build a bad product no one will buy it.  Ensuring you are building or supplying the best product you can is what keeps customers happy and over all continuing to spend there money on your product.

People are not just a number here. Processes are continuously improved to prioritize safety, ergonomics and efficiency. 
The team works extremely hard to obtain the goal of on time shipments. 
Team member buy in due to a people first culture.
Inclusive work environment where people can feel comfortable, be accepted, and strive.
Team members voice concerns and they are heard. 
Team members are met with a please and thank you direction and not "do it because I said".
When people make mistakes they are coached in private and never put on display to the public. They are not threatened with disciplinary and instead are met with a let's figure this out together and fix it way of improvement.
The most enjoyable part of working here is watching the team achieve their goals, promoting team members and getting to work with them everyday. 
All you have to do is come to work and put forth an effort. 
If they will have me, I will retire from here knowing I'm allowed to lead my people the right way. 

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