machine operator

senior product engineer

product engineer

packer

it administrator

Linamar

Working at Linamar Forgings Carolina (LFC) is like stepping back in time.  The plant struggles daily with the poor maintenance of the equipment that in turn causes downtime, excessive overtime and and quality problems that results in parts not meeting customer quality requirements.  IATF certification was lost in late 2023 due to knowing shipping parts to customers that were out of specification without documenting a risk assessment or notifying the customer. 
 Everyone works hard just to get parts out the door and quality is compromised frequently to avoid shutting customers down.  Quality data collection is manual and not verified by supervisors for being done nor that it is done correctly.  This leave the quality department constantly dealing with internal containment of quality issues and with the customer quality complaints.  

Linamar has a high turnover rate and management thinks it is because people are lazy and don't want to work. Actually, it is because management likes to hoard money and they do quick fixes to old machines to try to fix them and so the machines always goes down and we can't get the parts out. Then we get told that we will work overtime once again cause we didn't meet the quota. I stepped us as Line setup without the pay so we wouldn't be there all the time. I wasn't appreciated and I was overworked. Linamar will overwork you and you can forget about a family/life balance. HR are very oblivious to what goes on and being at Linamar longterm is basically 2 years, regardless of department and that's how bad it is. Once you leave, even on good terms, you are on the no contact list cause they fear that someone will sell company secrets is my guess. Lol. I spent 2 years there and glad I got out. They overwork the good workers and they treat everyone like garbage, even openly in meetings. Morale was always low, glad I moved on to a company that cares. I used to work 7 days there constantly to help them and it was all for nothing cause they never appreciated it.

A very cut throat environment, which will eventually be upper managements exit card. They lack vision, and they lack the ability to take feedback. Blatant favoritism runs rampant, some day they will walk off into disaster here, due to being inconsistent with discipline and termination, past practices will get them if someone ever  looks into it. The man at the helm could not run a small paper route and is simply a very low functioning alcoholic, and is just a part of a good ole boy network. Enough with the slams. Linamar could be very profitable company but the current managers are afraid, literally, to hire people as knowledgeable or better than they are. Turn over is out of control, and they treat employees like mushrooms, by keeping them in the dark feeding them a mess and expect them to grow. A huge mistake and disappointment on my part, I was well on my way to making the maintenance department something to see. There is so much potential there it is sickening to watch just go away. The folks in Canada have no idea of what is going down the drain, and won't until it's to late.

Great opportunity as an engineer. Low-fair pay in my location but plenty of opportunity. 

A typical day at work:
CAD work, documentation is fairly heavy. Working on CNC

What you learned:
1 year with Linamar is like 4 years anywhere else. Very fast paced and lots of opportunity for learning. You have to push for the learning opportunities/training. Paid external training requires a year long contract - even if you get fired you are to reimburse. I was able to bypass this contract for my training but it is uncommon.

The hardest part of the job:
Some days are extremely boring and you are only doing documentation. If you like a desk job, this is the one for you. Maybe 80% deskwork 20% floor work unless you push to be on the floor.

The most enjoyable part of the job:
Plenty of new startup projects(the best to be involved in). Lots of opportunity for learning.

What is the best part of working at the company?
You can work everyday if you want to work

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Make sure you get everything they say on paper. They made so many promises to me and since nothing was on paper, nothing was done. I was hanging on the last year and a half for nothing. They'll make you work everyday and jump thru hoops. And trust me when I say, they have their favorites. There's no pat on the back. There's no rewards. There's always "we can be better" even when you meet goal. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Hot and just show up. People can come in and be a warm body for a long time and bring down the team before they get fired.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Hot... and everyone is watching you to make sure you're not 1 min late from break.

My job and what was required of me was great, no issue's! I trained myself in my positions through the years, there is no support or communication from upper management. The revolving door for leadership roles are ridiculous. As well as "low totem pole employees" because if someone thinks you even "look" funny, well your out of a job, seen that happen more than once! And by all means, if you have a disability, they may hire you as it looks good on the company, but strategically it will be exactly why you are terminated. Seen that as well! Use for job experience or just stay away. Why invest yourself in a place that will NEVER invest in you.

Besides working 10 years and only making $1 more then a new person... the PI system is based as a team, if my coworkers are not producing enough or cleaning the line then my paycheck suffers as a result of something out of my control.  If you want to move up in this company yes it's good but can take time and won't pay well until you've left to another company but it is a start. 

I love my coworkers, have no issue with management but treat people like people and not an ABB, if people are compensated properly I can guarantee your company would succeed more, I for one would be more encouraged if I was fairly compensated.  Currently I feel like quiet quiting because my concerns go unaddressed and I'm working way to hard to keep my pay up when my coworkers are inhibiting my pay...

Provided safe-launch quality inspections of auto-parts in different locations to sister companies prior to shipment to customers.

I learned that understanding/clarifying the instruction/drawing of the auto-part prior to starting the inspection will make the job easier and faster. 

Management were concerned of quality and the workers needed to be refreshed on the quality systems and procedures and also the business processes of the organization so that the workers will be reminded of the quality requirement and flow of the processes with in the area and to minimize waste.

Co-workers were friendly.

Hardest part of the job was when heavy auto-parts were inspected and were plenty to be done.

The enjoyable part of the job was during breaks, sharing of foods/stories during lunch and snack break.

Can be a good workplace, if you don’t expect much. Patience/dedication is not rewarded often. People will be people, they will play favorites; either you are one or you're not, and you’ll know. Issues are not resolved quickly, if at all. Advancements nonexistent in most areas. Be leery of friendships. Keep personal issues to yourself, it will be used against you. Also, workplace accidents went up a bit (cuts and lacerations, slips and falls, etc) safety isn’t treated as the highest importance. Otherwise, it’s just a job, about average.

I liked working here at first until the expectations of management became too unrealistic and we had to work every other weekend. During the summer months, they don't have air conditioning in the whole building so it gets up to around 100 degrees sometimes which makes working there on the hot summer days/nights difficult.

The hardest part of the job for me was being short staffed all of the time and having to do more than one job non-stop during your shift day in and day out. The most enjoyable part of the job for me was all of the great coworkers on the floor that I got to work with. 

On a positive note, you did get benefits, vacation pay, and paid personal days if you were full-time.

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