production worker

warehouse worker

production technician

laborer

senior project manager

LSI Industries

The company keeps trying to reinvent itself in order to compete in the current market.  The executive management team is atrocious and cares nothing for the actual business but rather how they can advance their own, individual careers and get bigger bonuses.  There is constant turnover in the executive department, except for every one exec that leaves he is usually replaced by two more.  It's laughable, it seems there are more execs than people who do actual work.  All they do is have meetings about hypothetical improvements, which never get implemented because implementation requires workforce and workforce is constantly lacking.

Positions are regularly eliminated due to either downsizing, or mostly because talented employees leave due to toxic working environment, and people are not hired to replace them, the work just gets redistributed to people who are already snowed under work.  Because management always sees people leaving as an opportunity to save a few dollars by not re-filling the position -- this never works out and they always end up hiring someone in a hurry, often people hired in a hurry are not qualified and incompetent.  And when they do hire new employees, no training is provided to them, they are pretty much left to figure it out on their own, this causes mistakes and other issues which just exacerbates everything.  The whole company is completely disorganized, people don't know what their actual roles and responsibilities are until something catastrophic happens.  This breeds a lot of hostility between low-level employees and creates an extremely unpleasant work environment. 

There is a complete lack of coherence between mid-level management due to conflicting direction from the executive team, who again, don't care about how the company actually does.  Departments are left to squabble among each other in order to meet the unreasonable expectations and muddle through either ancient or non-existent company policies. 

The company just started doing performance reviews a couple years ago, for the most part it's completely pointless.  By the time your manager sits down with you he/she has already been told what kind of review you are allowed to be given.  Your raise has already been decided by executive management, so again going over your performance review is just for show.

To sum it up, the company is penny-pinching in all the wrong places.    Good employees are leaving due to lack of work-life balance, toxic work environment, and poor compensation.  You can expect to be given more and more responsibilities without any additional pay.  And if you are a salary employee you are completely screwed because you will be expected to work pretty much 24/7, often salary employees will work even during their vacations, which is probably a violation of the federal labor law.

Working at LSI is like being in an bad relationship, the other party keeps telling you that things will change and get better but they never do, they just stay the same or get even worse.

Upper management doesn't respect the employees that work on the lines all day. They just want to push the product so they get their bonuses. 

 You can't have radios but you can listen to music on your phone but you wont be able to hear it over the machinery. You get two ten minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch. It's more like 7 minute breaks though because you have to be back to your department before the bell goes off or you are late. 

Make sure you respect upper management or they'll say something to your boss. They will make changes and you better just accept them or they'll try and fire you. Even though those changes make things slower 90% of the time. They call it being lean but it doesnt work here because we're constantly running out of parts, yet they keep trying to push it. The VPs will make drastic changes and demands just based on their minute long walkthrough the departments.

As for a typical workday, things seem to change every other hour. You may expect to build something for 4 hours but half way through that theyll have you switch orders. That means all new parts, hardware, and tools need to be brought to the line. There is no consistency and they try to push everything out last second.

There's usually no bonuses but you do get a gift card around Christmas so I guess THATS COOL...

You get plenty of overtime because of how poorly they schedule orders. 10 hour shifts during the week and voluntary Saturdays but if not enough people sign up then they make it mandatory. Sometimes all it takes is one day of overtime to catch your line up but after that they have nothing lined up so you have to "look busy".

The people you work with are great, however those good people are getting thinned out fast. Supervisors are great and I respect them for taking the brunt of upper management's fits. Anybody above your boss is making things turn sour.

If you desperately need a job, apply here. Otherwise look elsewhere. 

The people are nice, the supervisors are cool but that's about it. 
Everyone in upper management needs replaced. Too busy preaching LEAN theories that only work on paper but couldn't build an LED light or palletize an order to save a life yet they still think they know more than the people that actually do the jobs everyday. Too worried about how things look then how they actually run.
They are running all their good hardworking people out the door, which they can't keep employees here anyways. Constantly understaffed,  unnecessary overtime, their policies change CONSTANTLY but they'll never inform you when one does. 
VP has LIED about company policies to employees multiple times and "demands to be respected" so make sure to say HELLO! EVERY. SINGLE. DAY... 
There's preaching about putting in the extra effort but no matter how hard of a worker you are, you WILL NOT be rewarded for your services. Promised overtime for coming back to work before a holiday but never paid out for it.
The pay is minimal at best, far easier jobs out there with more competent managers that pay better.  The benefits are cloak and dagger, they are miniscule enough to not cost the company alot of money but just enough to be labeled "benefits". 
Upper management thinks a small Bluetooth speaker is a BOOMBOX and will straight try and fire people just for music playing from a cellphone (no bigger than a cellphone was okay to play music is the policy). 
Scheduling is a JOKE, one day you'll have 5 orders due, the next will be 20. They don't know how to evenly distribute the work load. Constantly moving orders up without the parts to make them. 
The office employees that work with production complain about having "too many emails sent at one time".......



I've been fortunate enough to embark on a fulfilling journey at LSI that has been nothing short of remarkable. In less than a year, I have experienced an impressive trajectory, culminating in a promotion to a higher role as a Controls Engineer. Here are the highlights of my experience that make this job stand out:

**Advancement Opportunities:**
The growth prospects at LSI are truly exceptional. Within a short span, I was offered the chance to advance and take on increased responsibilities. This speaks volumes about the company's commitment to recognizing and nurturing talent.

**Supportive Colleagues:**
The transition into the Controls Engineer role was made smooth and seamless largely due to the incredible support and guidance from my colleagues. The team camaraderie and willingness to help have been instrumental in my successful transition.

**Management Support:**
The management at LSI has been more than accommodating; they have been genuinely supportive of my career aspirations. Their guidance, encouragement, and recognition of hard work have contributed significantly to my professional growth.

Overall, my experience at LSI has been exceptional. The collaborative work environment, coupled with ample opportunities for growth and a management team that genuinely cares about its employees, has made this job a truly rewarding experience.

Millions of dollars worth of electronics will pass through your hands on a month-to-month basis, you're responsible for making sure the machines function properly, programs are correct and up to date. Fixing and updated programs as needed. Verifying the placement and location of all parts on every PCB on every assembly you make. Fixing the engineer's mistakes on machine programs because they don't have the slightest idea on how the pick and place machines actually work in their facility. I can go on. Really though there is a lot that goes into this job. Some people will really enjoy it but as it stands right now the pay is LOW vacation time is LACKING stress is HIGH and everyone is quitting due to these issues or hanging on and getting super burned out. Staffing is horrible right now, once a week we get a new hire who quits mid-shift on their first day. Nobody will stick due to the aforementioned issues and it's a downward spiral I hope they can get a hold on soon. Management has been "working" on these problems for months and nothing has changed. I get paying your employees their worth sucks but you are going to get out what you put in and you better not expect any more. I don't see the issue with taking 

This company has been through many restructurings in the last 5 years and can't seem to find its direction.  Most executive leadership is extremely disconnected from the middle-management and employees that keep the company running.

As sales decline, positions are eliminated and consolidated at the lower and mid-levels while executive positions are added to the already bloated and ineffective upper management team. There is no work-life balance and long hours are routinely expected for no additional pay or benefits.  Inconsistencies in compensation lead to disruption and animosity amongst employees.

Infrastructure, processes and systems need a major overhaul before any positive change can be expected.  Most departments are in desperate need of training and competent leadership.  There is no accountability for the decisions that are made by management and no co-operation between departments and segments. It seems that every executive is concerned solely with advancing their own position and not the future success of the company.

If you need a job to pay bills while you look for a better job then it’s ok but it is not a place for any kind of long term employment. Stagnation at the top and zero job growth leaves no upward mobility. The pay and benefits are horrible, raises and bonuses are nonexistent (unless you are an executive) and what employee perks do exist are being taken away. Evaluation scores are capped to give them excuse of minimal raises and your health insurance is always changing to the cheapest they can find as you pay more. Employees have not had a raise in 2 yrs so the company could sort out financial issues but then turns around and buys another company. As sr employees leave their responsibilities are being pushed on current employees to avoid hiring replacements. This company started out as a family owned business that did not pay a lot but had great employee perks (free insurance-holidays off-seasonal bonuses) but now it’s just a corporate business that say thank you for your hard work and pocket the money.

My overall experience at the job was enjoyable, at least when I got to weld. When I was hired they were in their busy season with ten-hour days and constant parts to weld. I was warned about the slow season and that I would have to help out in press break, spot weld, and grinding areas. I agreed to help wherever I was needed. We have long since passed that time. I have received little to no welding work in over two months. We, the welders and grinders, are on a near constant basis either sent to the press break area or just sent home on voluntary time off (VTO) due to lack of work. The crew that I worked with were very nice and helpful. Both the weld and press leads were kind and informative. They were also very accommodating when it came to distribution of work. The benefits that LSI offered were, in my opinion, good and affordable. They included, but were not limited to, annual company health-related check ups, health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401k, and stock options.

Overall a good place to work. Through my time there company offered many opportunities to move around and learn new skills, which are very important. A lot of this came through employee turn over; however, this is better than working in a place where people stay decades and hard to move around. Unfortunately, company is not really growing and lighting industry is very hard these days due to a lot of companies offering same type of products. The company has to be right sized in order to turn profit especially on the top level management.No longer there, but would not mind coming back down the road to work for LSI but in more of consulting type of role. A lot of great people and company president is a good guy, but hard decisions have to be made since the company is public and stock is not performing where it should be or has potential to be. The main issues with sales is that people want to place orders, but there are constant issues that turn off customers, which are mostly inner company related.

I was never properly trained until a month into my employment leaving me without most of the resources to complete my job.  Im fairly certain this was only an issue with my particular department however, when talking to other departments everyone seemed confused as to why I was having these issues with my boss. 
If you are give the option between salary and hourly go with hourly, a lot of the managers view salary as meaning you work for them 24/7 and wont really give you a break. At least with hourly they have to pay for those addition hours.  
One advantage working here is the ability to move up quickly, everything is so disorganized that showing any kind of reliability or skill can get you pretty far.

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