shipping and receiving clerk

product engineer

intern

engineer

manager

Kubota Tractor Corporation

1-	A typical day on the job was usually spontaneous, intense and often enjoyable. I formulated excellent relationships with my dealership people and was truly intent on providing rapid accurate information transfer and unilateral support.
2-	I fully embellished learning complex hydraulic and power train systems. As with my maturity I have mastered the art of caring for high intensity customer occurrences.
3-	I was exposed to two management styles; “Let’s Get the Job Done Boys” and “Your Gmail Calendar says you were supposed to here at 1:05 PM. I am an old farm boy and I fully know how to work.	4-    At Kubota, work place culture was nothing more than another annual motivational speaker and a new buzz phrase.
5-	The roughest part of the position with Kubota was the internal support from Kubota. This ranged from cell phones, IT, Technical Product Information, Service Parts back orders, Warranty Department support, etc.
6-	Total job satisfaction was achieved when I completely resolved intense customer / dealer product issues with solely my instincts and resources.

Japan Corp seem to be good people, may of the engineers are good hard working folks but the US management team is pretty bad. Kubota US promotes based in incompetence it seems. Many managers in place that have zero personal experience of the team they manage. Several division service managers have never actually done any type of service work prior to being placed in the management position. Upper management (corp) cares more about their bottom line then the people they manage. To have an upper management person brag about how they saved money by skimping out on company cars that field staff are in for up to 12 hours a day so they look good to the big kids in Japan?That is all I need to know about what Kubota US Corp managers think of the people they manage. Hope he enjoys driving his new BMW back and forth to the office for 1/2 an hour each way...while the field staff are stuck in small cramped compact cheap cars that belong in a rental fleet for 12 hours a day. But hey...they saved $1500 per car right? They skimp where they should spend and they spend where they should skimp. 

When I started at Kubota in 2020, it was a great job. They had a flexible attendance policy, and even gave monthly gifts for perfect attendance. Workers were allowed to opt-out of mandatory Saturdays once a month. During the holidays workers would get a bonus.
About 18 months ago we got a new warehouse manager, and since then all of those perks are gone. No more opt-outs on Saturdays. You get 32 hours a year of unapproved time that you have to use any time you are 1 minute late, even from your unpaid lunch. That same time is used any time you miss work for any reason. When you run out of that time, you are fired. 
Management micromanages every aspect of the worker's day, constantly reprimanding anyone who talks or laughs.
Every day starts with a meeting in which management threatens and berates workers about production, dress code, attendance, etc. 
Even when production is high and departments are caught up, workers have to work Saturdays based on the whims of management. 
This place is becoming more like Amazon every day. It's just a matter of time before they start writing people up for using the restroom.

HR department has terrible communication skills with their investigation company, Insight Investigations out of California, and expect the employees to provide written proof of previous jobs along with the legwork. Only company I have ever worked for after being given a written job offer, but expected the employees to provide written information on their own for previous employment. They also do not communicate well with their supervisors or employees and will rescind job offers without notice if you do not provide written proof of previous jobs, and do not let you know what you need to do. They will not even discuss things with you. 
The work was not too hard and the other employees there were easy to get along with, but the HR department is the worst I have personally ever dealt with. And their investigation firm is a joke.

The work environment is controlled by people higher up who have no dedication towards new workforce employees. God forbid you wear anything but their “Dress code” because it will end in termination. They are strict about how you line up for orientation/ strict about everything really. You can’t be even a minute late because you might be terminated even on the first offense. Work/Life balance is the poorest I’ve seen. Everyone walking around looks like zombies because of the lack of sleep. God forbid you have a health issue because they will fire you for that too. This is the worst place to work at I’ve ever been and I’ve been to some of the worst manufacturing facilities around. Don’t waste your time here because they will waste yours. I advise applying somewhere else other than this “Worse than sweatshop”. Sure the pay is great but that’s the only upside. Good luck if you are to apply.

This is a Japanese owned company.  If you forget, they will constantly remind you.  The implications are obvious.  If you upset them, having American managers who like you will be of no help as the Japanese call the shots.  Thus if you work in the office, it’s very regimental. Flexibility is not in the Japanese culture.  The work hours are 8 to 5 with a one hour lunch break.  Taking a long lunch break to go to the gym, even if you come in early to make up for that is frowned upon.  Leaving at 4:45pm on Friday after the work demand has been long and heavy the week before is also not well received.  Don’t even think about working from home.  That’s just not in the Japanese culture.  While they may not like firing people, they can make it miserable for you to stick around.  If you must work here, work in the field or any place that doesn’t have Japanese “advisors” looking over your shoulder.

If it wasn't for my immediate manager, I would have scored all areas much higher. I would have stayed if I had a different manager. Overall, great company, stable history and growth and strong leadership.  Pay and benefits are good.  Retirement and time off benefits are excellent.    Strong values and culture.  Employees for the most-part are valued.  Employees feel a sense of pride working there.  Brand recognition and Corporate Social Responsibility activities add to the company-pride. Japanese management tend to move slowly in decision making but points to there methodical and conservative approach.  Patience must be acquired.

Growth and development opportunities are limited unless you're able to relocate to the Corporate office in TX. 

My day would start with a 60 to 250 mile drive.  I would meet with the dealership owners / management and discuss training issues, sales programs and inventory levels.  After those issues were discussed I would inspect the inventory and audit remittances.  Any unpaid balances would be collected usually through electronic funds transfer.  My dealers had seasonal trends that utilized my skills to maintaining a close relationship between manufacture and dealership.  I maintained and developed a 54 dealer base in five states.  My departure was required to take care of my ailing Mother.

What is the best part of working at the company?
A decent salary and insurance is about it.  Other than that, stay away.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Micromanagement is extreme.  Emails go unanswered.  They will speak Japanese in front of you, which is totally disrespectful.  They are rude and insulting to the vendors.  They lose inventory daily and then blame vendors for insufficient inventory.  Red tape Red Tap  Red Tape

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is stressful.  They do not want any small talk...not even briefly.  However, the Japanese can small talk all they want.   They do not know how to build a team environment.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
On eggshells every minute.  Constantly looking over my shoulders for a back stab.

I would check incoming electronic invoices and process on a daily basis.  I would also e-mail or speak with vendors and other employees about resolving discrepancies to get them resolved. 
On Thursdays I would process all the ACH payments to vendors so they would get paid on Fridays this included taking discounts from certain vendors that saved the company thousands of dollars every week. The most hardest was having to remind some managers that they need to send back a invoice for approval.  I enjoyed working with my co-workers they were often helpful with getting information that I sometimes I was unable to get. The most enjoyable part is the company would have incentives for employees to have more time off.

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