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The work entails trimming parts, blowing them clean, and boxing them out correctly with all parts.  You are responsible for at least 8 to 16 parts every 30 minutes that come off of the line.  Needless to say, sometimes you arent able to be as thorough with the reamer as you would like owing to time constraints.  The same case may be present with blowing.  Don't worry you will be told about your failure to do so while boxing out everyday by QC.  Even if you have other people trimming on the line it doesnt help much when boxing out as the constant turnover ensures there will always be quality issues.  If you miss a sharp edge while boxing out or someone doesnt route out a hole youll hear of it too.  After a few months of this you'll be kicking yourself to stop from cussing out the QC person.  Oh did I mention that they expect the person boxing out trucks to rework every single part that other people trim?  You can complain to the line lead about it if you want, nothing can or will be done about it owing to the turnover issue, especially during Christmas.
God help you if you are made to 'break' yourself.  Youll come back with a huge backlog of over 20 parts to trim and box out.  This means that the line lead has to lend a hand anyways.  One questions why they think that breaking yourself is even possible.  Line leads themselves dont seem to care about quality.  I have noticed that a lot of time they wont bother to fill in holes of the toys you turn in with holes.  You are supposed to chase down the head supervisor when that happens.  Abandon the line and get backed up to try and force the leader to do their job.  
If your hand starts to hurt because of the constant trimming and you tell them you cant work OT that week they will still mandate you anyways forcing you to call off so you can rest your tendons.  You can be made to work overtime every week for the last five months during rush time no matter what.  It isnt voluntary unlike how they portray it during training.  It appears that they target a small group of people for mandatory overtime.  I have noticed its that hardest workers there that always work OT ensuring that they get burnt out quickly and want to quit at the soonest possible time.  So heads up, dont come across as a person who cares about the work you do at the outset or youll be run like a slave.
Second shift also appears to get away with safety violations that would earn third shifters a writing up.  Including making extra empty boxes, putting extra parts on the table and stacking pallets vertically.  Dont try to argue this point with any line lead or QC person or youll earn another write up.  They dont like to be reminded apparently, of the double standards.  Also, expect to see other people leaving at their assigned time nevermind the back log they have left you with.  Again, write ups for leaving early appear to be only for the poor sap who is stuck at the end of the line boxing out
The pay does go up fairly quickly and you do get vacation time as well as 36 points to call off with but thats the best I can think of about Little Tikes.  One thing about vacation time is that it accrues slowly and may be exhausted all in one year just by trying to cover time off for holidays/slow days early in the year.  So that benefit is of questionable value.  I wish I did not have to be so negative about my last three employers but it seems like there are no good opportunities for people without familial connections in NE Ohio.

The internship was treated very loosely and wasn't as governed as I had hoped. Summer at Little Tikes HQ is very busy and Designers are in Crunch Time model constantly to create and develop toy designs for the next year's release.I primarily was given assisting work relating to Solidworks, Ideation, Prototyping, and Photoshop projects. The internship lead was very busy and often gave us large periods of time, if not days, of just doing work without being contacted or checked on. I still was frequently a part of weekly ideation sessions and company presentations. I was even nominated as a team member for that summer's CAPA project which involved me having to do corrective assessments in the warehouses of Little Tikes on the Spral'in Seas Water Table and present my findings to Little Tikes upper management. The internship was a bit unguided but the work was very much real and on the front lines as much as it could be. The atmosphere was great, the people were friendly and hardworking, and the summer volleyball tournaments were competitive!

I was employed here for over a year. I worked in an outside warehouse outside of Hudson up in Solon Ohio. Business slowed down and they wanted us to send everything in our warehouse back to Hudson because the lease for the building was about to be up and they didn’t see a need at the time to re-lease where we were or find another warehouse. There were only three of us that worked in this warehouse and we were told that once the warehouse was emptied that they had positions for us at the Hudson location and not to worry because we were not losing our jobs. It took the three of us about a month and a half to get the entire warehouse emptied and everything cleaned up and ready to move out. Upon everything being done and when it came time for us to go to Hudson to continue our work they told us we were no longer needed and fired us. That took place on December 3rd right before Christmas. They didn’t give us any advanced notice and they lied to us so here I am right before Christmas having to look for another job to be able to get my family Christmas gifts because little tikes fired us after we were told not to worry we aren’t going to lose our job. At little tikes you are just a number and the do NOT care about their employees at all. I’d recommend STAY AWAY at all cost

What is the best part of working at the company?
Good pay
Bonus
Overtime availability 
Advancement opportunities

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
High turnover rate 
Hot temperatures 
Fast work pace can be stressful
Sometimes deal with not very intelligent peoplr

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Again it is a fast paved work place, dealing with hot plastic, sharp tools, and quality Control. Machines are always breaking down or not working properly. It sucks to get behind but it's honestly just a bunch of people trying to make a better living  working their tails off. Hardest workers around are manufacture factory assembly/ROTO workers. Hands down.

Also, a lot of people lately from Africa so its annoying when you can't speak to each other. Its literally watch and learn or go somewhere else.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Do my job and go home. Sometimes I laugh. Sometimes I frown. But I am there for the money like everyone else.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The company does not understand how to balance work life and home life. While understanding that in the shipping aspect of things it is a constantly flowing process. But to demand your workers to work 6 days straight for an entire month there is no time left for anything else. Especially around the holidays. Employees have lives too and would like to be able to live their lives as well.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Forced/Mandatory overtime all week or every Saturday leaving only one day off a week.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Its an easy job to do (Shipping). Depending on the shift its a laid back 'Heres your task, see you when its done' type job.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Endless order picking, constantly finding errors in inventory counts while picking causing other issues

I open up in the morning and the kids that come in early are all excited for the fun to began. Parents are really supportive and are at ease leaving their children with me. If I need help from the staff they are willing to do so.The most enjoyable part of the job are the children's excitement to learn new things. The hardest part of the job is needing resources and repairs that do not get done. My Director is wonderful, caring and supportive, but she is ruled by the owners so her hands are tied to get the things we need. Staff are great and we all pitch in to help each other. I learn something every day and I keep up my CDA by renewing it every 3 years. I attend workshops all year long to get new and exciting ideas for the classroom.

Let me start by saying I had zero factory experience before starting at Little Tikes. I came straight out of retail and didn’t think I would be able to adapt at all to the factory life. The work (depending on which department you’re in) can be physically demanding and you have to be able to keep up with the machines.

Even though adapting to working the machines took some time, I’m glad I stuck it out. The work may be hard sometimes, the temperatures get EXTREMELY hot in the summer, and yes, there are people that you won’t get along with. But I would still pick Little Tikes over ever going back into the world of retail/food industry.

Every work place has its cons. Every work place has people that will talk about you behind your back. But I love my job and I love the people I work with. 

Read emails and respond to tasks that need performed or are completed by looking them up in WMOS (Warehouse Management System).
Schedule Associates with Rotation Database which I designed.
Track loaders and orders that need staged/loaded with New Traffic System Database that I designed and implemented.
Track issues or shipment/inventory errors with issue database that I designed.
Access Database work to maintain databases.
Implementation of Bartender/Access label printing solution.
Manage DC shipping associates to insure product is pulled and staged correctly.
Time tracking of Associates.

What is the best part of working at the company?
There is nothing good positive to write about this company!  Specially the management all they care about is productivity but couldn’t even make the place better to work for employee: 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They run the line so fast like everyone have to work like a robot. They want quantity not quality 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The company is so dirty and unorganized. The place is not safe to work  

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Any day is the typical  day. Weekdays most like it

What is the best part of working at the company?
You get a paycheck. Nothing more of less.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
COMMUNICATION, there is absolutely none. Management is so micro managed, even salaried members have no idea what's going on. Ex. There will be overtime for said shifts... Then its taken right away because they dont know their numbers of logistics.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic, just a terrible scenario for a workplace. No Standards, No Follow ups, And a lot of "because I said so" situations with no explanation of why or how.

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