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● Work-life balance
They offer 2 weeks of vacation for 1 to 3 years of service.  Negotiated for 3 weeks.  2 or 3 additional sick days given and they have a shutdown between Christmas and New Year's eve that is paid to salaried employees.

● Pay & benefits
Pay scale towards high end of range for QE jobs in Area.

● Job security and advancement
Walked into "Two" interim quality managers and then after about 9 months they hired a Quality Manager with zero quality experience.  They have an online learning program through global company network but thats it.  If you want to learn how to not put in an 8 hour day or run a side business during work hours from your manager this is the place.  You are on your own here with little to no support.

● Management
WORST management staff I have ever worked for!! Scream and yell at employees in the engineering departments.  Make threats to fire people if they don't like your response.  Perform office renovations during Covid-19 pandemic; wheeling new big screen TVs, desks, and massage chairs in while all salaried staff forced to take 18% paycuts.  Fingerprint their own shortcomings on to their staff instead of providing support, mentorship, and leadership to their staff.  You will be told on a consistent basis that you do not know how to perform your job.  Quality department is this companies scape goat for problems.  Expect quality initiatives to be carried out by their QE but provide no support.  There is no accountability for production workers because of the inability to retain them due to treatment and low wages.  This is a job shop environment that is heavily operator dependent.  They use ancient equipment and do not invest in capital equipment to support their production force.  Toxic work environment created by this management!!!  Average length of employment by QE is 1 year, several quality managers in a few years time should tell you plenty.

● Culture
TOXIC work environment!!! Many salaried employees at their boiling point and ready to walk.  Has potential to be a great place but not under current management staff.

● Overall
Do yourself a favor and keep looking!  This is one of the worst management staffs I have ever worked for.  I have witnessed managers yelling and screaming at office employees for everyone to hear.  I have witnessed managers not working 8 hour days on consistent basis and run a side business during working hours.  Management will bail on you in crisis mode and are only concerned with looking good to their superiors (Hong Kong).  In a year and half time I could count on one hand the number of times I have seen the management staff on the floor to support their workers.  This is a operator dependent job shop environment.  Very manual processes with lack of poke-yoke equipment to protect production workers from making mistakes.  There is an overwhelming number of customer quality returns that is unmanageable with current resources.  You will be expected to perform job duties outside of your job description and will act as the management scape goat.  Salaried staff was asked to take an 18% paycut during the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, but management was smart enough to perform office renovations on a new management office.  While their employees were on reduced pay they decided to purchase big screen tvs, new desks, and massage chairs and wheel it in for everyone to see.  Priorities!!

Good work for people who learn and work fast with their hands.  For the most part, good working machinery and troubleshooting assistance.  Very low pay starting out and extremely difficult to move up in the company if you are not a family member of a supervisor or manager.  Up to 3% yearly raises and unfair equality when raising the hiring rate for new hires vs. workers with many years in (no compensation or wage equality).  As of now, most of Hr and office members as well as most supervisors are new hires, meaning opportunities may open up for moving up within the ranks on the production floor.  A typical day consists of starting up machinery and inspection/quality control of the first 5 parts assembled.  From there each person has specific machines and steps in assisting the line, making a part from start to finish, in the box,and off to shipping.  One piece flow and lean manufacturing is a huge part of the culture of continuous improvement.  I've learned there how to troubleshoot machine maintenance, doing audits for 5s testing on the line, and procedures to assist in faster production.  Also gained extra leadership experience as a line leader as well as classes in solder certification yearly.  Management styles vary widely among supervisors and group leaders.  Co-workers for the most part are helpful in assisting new hires and training for expected jobs.  Most enjoyable is physically making and producing parts and viewing the finished product.  Time can go by fast when everything is working well, coworkers are being helpful and good quality is achieved.

I hired on as a Toolmaker. At first, I thought I had found a good long-term employer, with nice vacation benefits, and a decent work environment. Then, within the last 3 or 4 months I worked there, a new management team took over. It promptly turned the plant into a chaotic, pressure-packed workplace, assigning multiple job duties for most key and skilled trade personnel. We never knew from one week to the next what our primary duties were. Of course, this was planned, because if nobody achieved anything, then there was no reason to give merit raises.
Furthermore, I never received a single performance review the entire time I was there. Raises were taboo, a forbidden subject of discussion. We were expected to do several things poorly, rather than excel at one or two tasks. Underachievement seemed to be the norm, so management could beat up on the employees and avoid rewards for above-average performance.
Finally, a new Regional Tooling Manager was hired, and resulted in an unbelievable amount of favoritism. There wasn't enough knowledge about the stamping side of the business, and there arose all sorts of crises about production numbers, tooling deadlines, and work schedules. I had enough of the chaos, and decided to find a new employer.
Johnson Electric is on its way to becoming a workplace with underpaid, overworked, unskilled employees. And when that happens, the company will implode under the burden of poor product and a mass exit of knowledgeable, skilled personnel. I am glad to be out of it.

Johnson Electric Vandalia is a good place to work.

There has been some issues in the past, and the senior management team has recognized this. There are currently many actions undertaken to improve the work environment with the management organizing feedback session, including a company wide survey to understand how to improve.
A lot of people have also done overtime in the past, but the management team seems engaged in reducing this as they must know it is not sustainable. They are just launching a change in the work pattern whereby people will be working 4 days a week from Monday to Thursday. This is quite good as you can have a longer weekend starting on Friday. You can also chose to work over the weekend from Friday to Sunday and make the same money as if you were working Monday to Thursday.

If you are interested to develop personally, there are many opportunities. They have an e-learning platform where you can take as many courses as you want for free. 
In fact I have been transferred to the Vandalia plant as part of the JE personal development program.  

I started at Johnson electric 25 years ago as a temporary employee. Through the years, I have been able to learn any position that I wanted to- from an Operator on an Assembly line, Injection Molding technician, Continuous Improvement, Tariff Clerk, Lead, Supervisor, and into the position I hold now as the Assistant Operations Manager. I have been taught skills that have helped me to achieve my individual goals, and in turn meet our Plant goals. Our company allows for creative ideas to be shared, people listen to you, and share in your successes and help you build back up if you struggle. Workplace Culture at JE takes into account everyone’s unique perspectives and different backgrounds are valued. Regular team-building activities and collaborative projects are encouraged. The JE culture promotes ongoing learning and development, both individually and as a team. This could be through workshops, training sessions, or knowledge-sharing meetings.

It was a mufti national company employing folks from all over the world. I worked in the testing lab doing validation on the product, actuators for the automotive industry , testing performance, noise level emitted , and wear after multiple conditions of heat, cold and overload or under power, and also built prototypes for testing.It was a true learning experience, as I have always been on the breakdown end of things as a maintenance technician and was given the opportunity to expand into a new field and found i really liked it. The job was constantly moving from one phase of testing to the next and I liked that some repetition but it was informative and right up my alley. The enhancement of the lab was great and the guys I worked with were also . I only wished it could have turned into a full time position.But industry dictates change.

After 9 years of dedication and devotion, making vast improvements to the quality program, I was released because I would not place my quality stamp on a product that was known to have issues.  Management was very self-serving and only cared about their own personal agendas.  There was not a positive customer focus, and the end goal was to ship product out the back door.  If product did not meet specific quality standards, it was swept under the carpet in the hopes that the inherent issues would not be detected by the customer.  Important steps in the quality process were ignored, gage R&R's were not completed properly, and changes to the manufacturing processes were made without proper authorizations, or statistical analysis being completed.  If you are serious about quality, this is not the place for you.

My day:  Assisting guests and contractors with various needs.  Assisting HR and office personnel with whatever was needed to help them succeed, product purchasing,catering meetings, assisting Plant Manager with special projects and events.

I learned the corporate world is entirely different than small time businesses.  

From the Plant Manager and office staff to all of the employees on the plant floor - fantastic group of people to work with.  The little amount of time spent with Corporate personnel was very comfortable.

The hardest part of my job was being sure I was one step ahead of what was needed and accepting the fact that if I wasn't - that was okay.

The most enjoyable part of my job was being with family away from my family.  Truly enjoyed my work and the people I worked with.

I was a line lead for quality assurance in the med tech department. The area is too small and is not a 'clean room' the atmosphere was terrible the temps hired to do inspecting had no clue what they were doing and were only worried about gossip and drama. this is medical equipment that could be used on themselves or a family member.  They were on the 5th supervisor since the division was moved to ohio a year ago. People that have been there longer then you will try to convince you that they are the supervisor and the goup lead of the department and get in your face.. Then when you call them out on it they get violent and aggressive. Nothing is done by human resources when you are threatened, they think people should just do their jobs and deal with it! Its a hostile work environment which made it impossible for me to perform my quality role. I was the seventh person in this position.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The company does a decent bit for its employees, and the benefits are pretty good. The facility is climate controlled so it doesn't get too hot or too cold in there and there is quite a lot of water fountains that are relatively close to most work areas.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful aspect would be the 10 hr shifts if you aren't used to it. The point system they have is also stressful because it's pretty strict.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The company's work culture is team based, making everyone feel like they are part of the team, regardless of shift.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day is, you clock in, depending on what area you are in, figure out what station you are at, then pump out parts for 10 hrs, with a 3 breaks spaced out in-between.

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