equipment technician

maintenance technician

welder

production associate

human resources specialist

KTH Leesburg Products

Attendance is their biggest issue. As long as you’re there you’re not likely to have much trouble. Of course, they want you to hit your numbers and BE SAFE!! The company gets bonuses every quarter there are little to no safety/injury reports and they pass bonuses to the employees. At the end of each year there’s another bonus, it’s just that I can’t quite recall how exactly it comes about, but at the monthly meeting they go over everything and report on how much the bonus is on track to being. There are all kinds of perks that they offer and the insurance is amazing! They have their own clinic down the road that is strictly only for employees and family. You’re seen by a nurse practitioner and one other nurse, if there’s a medication that you take that commonly prescribed and they have it there it’s free, other prescriptions are very low cost. They usually have some kind of perk that they offer for the summer, though, as times have progressively gotten worse, the perks have gone down in quality i.e. Six Flags tickets (you had to pay $20 with each one, but the ticket covered the rest), Stone Mountain 4th of July celebration tickets, Lake Winnie tickets, dining cards for Red Lobster, gift cards, theatre gift cards, but the last year I worked there we just had a “family fun event” at the local park one weekend. It may not be like that now, so don’t let that be any deterrent. They have a color marathon each year for charity and it’s a blast! They have competitions where a team comes up with new ways to design a better line or new safety measures, etc. and the team that wins gets a trip to Japan (where the company is based)! There’s a competition for the team that can lose the most collective weight and a few others may be thrown in here and there throughout the year. 
All of this said, there are some draw backs. You’ll definitely get your hours in. Before I was let go (medical issues) I was working 10 hours every 14 to 13 days. I was working 2nd shift (where you go when you’re first hired on permanently) and my husband worked 1st shift hours so we’d see each other in passing. There are food and bad in any job you have, but if it weren’t for my medical issues, I’d still be there. They operate on a point system. Seven is the final number. You don’t want to get past three though. That’s the manor downfall to it all. People can’t always be healthy 100% of the time, though they’re huge advocates of living a healthy lifestyle. The point system isn’t always right. If you get sick with the flu/pneumonia/what have you, you can have up to two or three days off on one point with a doctor’s excuse. Need more time off? That’s another two to three days and a point even with a doctor’s excuse. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Some of the employees were pretty cool

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
4:30 to 4:30 6 to 7 days aweek with almost no off days and getting your respite day denied by hr so you stay wore out and broke down and give out with no end in site.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Not good at all it is until you go full time with kth then it gets real stressful and demanding real fast and the management could care less about your well being.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Wide open you usually are so for behind when you start because no help from 2nd shift and no management to make them do there part but the numbers keep coming and keep getting bigger and half the time machines break down and nobody cares enough to come fix them they don't get in no hurry but at end of the day they still expect you to produce the amount they put on you no matter what the circumstance was.

Overtime was mandatory, and was frequently told to employees last minute. Sometimes literally right at the end of the day Friday that you would have to work the weekend. Which was expected anyway because this plant works almost every Saturday. I gave them 5 years with great attendance and was told I would get an inspection position which was a lie. I was put on a line that worked 6 12s and 1 10  hour shift every week even though I had seniority I was out on a line with a new associate working the opposing shift and he was paid nearly as much as me. He left my work area messy daily, when I told management it was ignores. I told them I wanted to be moved to a different line, it was ignored which finally left to my resignation. The management of this company is horrible and is why almost none of the people I worked with during those years of my service are currently employed there. Your a number and that's it and your hard work is exploited not rewarded. 

I enjoyed working at KTH. Given that I'm still young and have an associate degree in maintenance I decided to seek out more opportunities in that field.

As far as day to day at KTH, the main objective is to complete the target amount of parts you need for the day and go home. If you're a bit behind they will have you stay over to 10-12hrs instead of 8. 

There are some associates that found it unfair that they seem to have to pick up the slack of the previous shift if they didn't hit their target in 10hrs which made them automatically work 12hrs to meet the day to day target. 

It wasn't much of an issue for me because I love the overtime pay. 

KTH's health benefits are amazing. It's as good as the military Tri-Care with low co-pay and great coverage for you and your family.

Well let's start by saying I have been there for a few weeks within 2 hours was left to do it alone no one wants to help they look at u and laugh when u ask for help!!  Like u should know everything in a day there machines mess up every 2 minutes and they will not fix them and that causes u to not make production so therefore. U work all week and weekends bc of there junkiy robots!! Was expecting  a much better place than this it's crazy how it is run I have had one off day in 3 weeks!!! I worked 7 days for 580 dollars!! Be prepared to work like it's ur company with no help!!!!!! Good luck

KTH Leesburg Products is a fast paced hard working environment with long hours and many tasks to complete. The pay is decent and the co-workers are decent as well. Management is distanced from the workers and often has no understanding of what the workers go through. The points system is unforgiving in that even with a doctors excuse you still accrue points against your attendance which take 2 solid months to work off. The hours change constantly the majority of the time it is 60-72 hours a week. Pay is steadily increased and the insurance is amazing. However you are left with little time to do anything that you need for basic living.

I worked here for less than one month. I came down with Covid. I called them and asked them what they wanted me to do and they told me to follow my doctors directions and they would give a leave of absence. When I came back after 5 days they fired me for accessive absents. I only misssed the days for covid. This is the worst I have ever been treated in my life.Do not go to work here. Find something else if you want to be treated like a human. You will work all the time and if you get sick your screwed even if they tell you they will take care of you. They have great pay and amazing benifits but it is not worth it. 

I really enjoyed KTH. Started via Staffmark.  Hired on after 30 days. Great pay n benefits.  Team leaders were great overall with exception of one who doesn't handle stress well. I was lucky to have great coworkers on my line. Too much overtime drains the life out of everyone.  Unfortunately only 1st n 2nd shifts in welding department so you usually don't know what time you will get off. 8 hour shift gets off at 1am but you wait til 11pm or so to find out if you are working a 8,10  or 12 hour shift. Ergonomics n safety can be better. If you don't want so much overtime you can work stamping department which has 3 shifts n hardly overtime if any. 

You never know if you'll get off work in 8, 10, or 12 hours. They misled me into thinking overtime was voluntary, it is in fact not. I'm riding this and I'm at 50 plus hours and have a mandatory shift tomorrow (Saturday) . I have worked 12-hour shifts every day this week and all but two days last week. The problem is is they treat you like a robot and when you break they replace you. Even if you run good and hit your production numbers within 8hours or earlier you still end up being moved somewhere else. Don't believe a word the recruiters tell you about overtime because it's not true. There's a reason why this place is always hiring. 

I normally work 10 hours a day 4:30 until 3:00 on second shift. I normally would get to work , and join our start up meeting ! We would begin by telling us our production for the day and deal with the problems we had on the previous day of work and our problems first shift would have ! After the meeting is over I would inspect my forklift and make sure everything was good to go . At times I got very busy cause we was short handed, but I got very efficient and good at my job ! People where nice and everyone got alone good ! Not a bad place to work .

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Equipment technician 1 salary reported	$27.61 per hour
Maintenance technician 2 salaries reported	$27.10 per hour
Welder 3 salaries reported	$16.62 per hour
Production associate 1 salary reported	$16.00 per hour
Human resources specialist 1 salary reported	$43,500 per year

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