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JOST INTERNATIONAL

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part about working for Jost for me, if I have to say something it would be that pay was alright. It was at least enough to stick around for a minute, but not enough to stay.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part about working at Jost is definitely dealing with the people there.  nobosy is on the same page and everything is so poorly done by everyone that it just becomes a headache if you take pride in the job you are doing. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment at Jost is hectic, and unorderly. People standing around in the way everywhere, very unsafe with highlows as it is over packed and no safety measures.  people tend to be standoffish and hard to work with.  

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
everyday was like a living nightmare. very stressful, lots to do but nobody helping out as a team everyone just getting in the way. lots of miscommunication, not only from half the staff only Spanish but because nobody is on the same page and everybody tells you something different.

As a machinist with 10+yr experience, I applied and worked for almost a year. They have HORRIBLE management in the offices. HR ladies are horrible, if you have questions they say “it’s in handbook” so I wouldn’t ask any questions. 
Your character is based on points, the less you have the “more valuable” the more points the “less valuable” and you acquire points by being late, taking longer breaks, or just missing work. But if you miss a day even with a doctor note you still get points. It’s production work based, so if you don’t meet what they deem applicable for a shift, you get a “meeting”. I’m sure it differs by department, but during hiring not once did anybody I talked with say you had to do “X” amount of production. Horrible workplace, horrible management, horrible pay. Overall I would not recommend anyone to work here. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Not a company that cares about their employees! Their attitude is horrible, and management plays to many games with the employee's lives. Not very stable.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Summers welding in extreme inside heat, coupled with managers on the "carpet" seeing the welders and material handlers as expendable.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Run Away...this is not a company I would recommend anyone working for, so if you are looking for a company that cares about their workers and treats them with respect this is not the place for you.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Long and hard work...must keep up pace with production, and your qc must be on point.

This job any cares about one thing.. numbers. Yeah, that's with all jobs but what makes Jost special. The care less about you, trust me. Management is evil, and greedy. Your hours will be cut for profits, and treated like dirt. HR is only there for the benefit of the company. There no pride in anyone's work. Jost has taken that away from people sucking them dry. Management  sticks up for other Management, and won't admit when the company is doing them dirty. Not saying Jost isn't the only company like this, but they set a high standard by taking the enjoyment out of your work. Also save your PTO days, because your going to need them for the days, Jost cuts your hours. 

Granted, I’ve only worked here for a short period of time but they expect you to be up to speed in just a week. That’s impossible. It’s VERY repetitive. Communication SUCKS. If you mess something up, they won’t tell you. They’ll just fix it and keep talking to their coworkers and looking at you while they fix whatever they are fixing. The pay is ok. Biweekly pay is the dumbest thing ever. Especially in a shop. When you’re a new hire, you’ll have people standing over your shoulder telling your trainer to make sure you look out for whatever but not tell you as the actual WORKER. I cannot express how much I am stressed working here. You can’t even listen to music at all during work. Second and third shift do but not first shift because you aren’t actually supposed to listen to music but the off shifts do. 

I accepted a role with this company and regretted it from day 1.  Their systems and process are non existent.  There is no accountability held in fear of losing work force.  I witnessed 3 professionals fired on a Friday with no apparent reasoning other than,'the company is no longer in need of your service'.  The replacement started the following Monday. The plant is not organized, material flows in no systemic mode. The leadership needs serious improvement.  The Pro for this company is the people.  I do miss the incredible people I met while working for this company. I resigned from my position with my head held high and have not looked back.

I have been working at JOST International in Grand Haven for several years.  Everyone here is nice and helpful. The work is a bit more physical but not hard at all and everyone on your team works together.   Managers are great and fair to everyone because of the policies in place.   It is a medium size company but has a family atmosphere.  There is some overtime but not a lot because they like employees to have a good work and life balance.  The starting pay is very competitive plus JOST has excellent health insurance, 401k company match, attendance bonus and more.  Excellent attendance and an outstanding work ethic is absolutely required to being successful at JOST.

I came to Jost 3.5 years ago with zero industrial or manufacturing experience at all in fact I had worked construction for 17 yrs before I came to Jost. Over the past few years Jost has kindly paid for my college education and I have have advanced my position from maintenance tech to maintenance supervisor over the years past I am very fortunate to find a place that invests in their employees as well has maintained that mom and pop feel witch allows you to still have a good family/work balance. I would highly recommend Jost as a good opportunity to start fresh with fair wages very affordable insurance and matching 401K.

Nepotism runs rampant here the Maintenance supervisor is lazy terrible at communicating and doing his job reprimands employees for not doing tasks that he is in fact responsible for hires based on who he likes hired his son (totally unqualified lazy like his father) as a technician watched one of our facilities guys who had more experience more knowledge worked his butt offand went above and beyond for the company day in and out and had more time at the company get looked over for 3 separate tech openings because the supervisor didn't like him pay is substandard the Maintenance manager is a great guy but needs to get a new supervisor 

Worked there a few years and it all depends how the friends in uper leadership view you regardless of what you do on the floor it's more who you know and who your friends with, they commonly will do layoffs without warning clearing entire shifts, they get slow about about 2 times a year for a few months and things get really rough then they need ot, but it's all based off them not knowing how to manage order flow upper management has some flaws until it's not all just a friend group it will continue to struggle in retaining employees or getting quality ones to stay

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Assembler 43 salaries reported	$18.99 per hour
Welder 20 salaries reported	$18.99 per hour
Material handler 10 salaries reported	$16.30 per hour
Shipping and receiving clerk 1 salary reported	$16.17 per hour
Fabricator 8 salaries reported	$16.46 per hour

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