manufacturing specialist

assembler

mig welder

welder

production worker

Loren Cook Company

I worked at Loren Cook for 8 years with little to no advancement even after asking or volunteering for advancement. The pay was competitive and the benefits were competitive for the type of employment. There was little praise for going above and beyond. The upper management was great to work with and for (ie CEO, CFO, President, and Vice President of the company), however the department managers and the department supervisors lacked tact and motivational abilities. I did however enjoy working with some of the engineers that would work with the designers and recognize their abilities until those engineers accepted offers from competing companies. The flexibility of the company in regards to their work schedule is however a big issue with them. After recovering from a medical condition that took me out of the office for an extended period of time, I needed to arrive 15 minutes later every morning (8:15 instead of 8:00) which was initially approved by the engineering supervisor. I was then terminated due to not being able to arrive and be in my seat at 8:00 ready to work every morning due to family issues. (My son had started school and I had to get him on the bus every morning). 
Overall, the company is a decent company to work for, but they are not very flexible with their schedule. The managers and supervisors could also use some training on how to improve morale in the office as well.

Basically every thing is terrible, from the things they tell you,before you start your first shift and after. You will have to purchase more tools then what is required to do your job. The training is horrible because you have one person trying to train 3 or 4 workers. They have multiple different units to build that can have multiple versions depending on the parts you get, which 50 % the parts you get are the wrong parts. So you spend a lot of time tearing down a unit to rebuild mainly cause you don’t get training on all the units. If you ask for help they said you built it before, just do this or that. Ok well if I do this or that then apparently I have not built this unit before. Then you have a supervisor that stands there and stares at you while your working for several minutes at a time. No music to listen to and no talking aloud. But the supervisor will stop and talk for hours at a time to people he likes, but then tell others they to pay attention to what their doing. It’s not a hard job but they try to run it like a boot camp. Sorry but there are other jobs that pay the same or more without the boot camp feel.

Do not work for this company, absolutely terrible place to work! Poor management that treats you like a sub human piece of trash! God forbid if you have to leave during the work day for any reason, medical, family or otherwise. They act as though they should be your number one priority. Call in for any reason other than sick and, "That isn't and acceptable reason to call in." Some supervisors are "friendly" to your face then you hear through the grapevine that they are bad mouthing you to other supervisors. Make a mistake doing your job, no matter how small, they act like it's the end of the world and say to you, "How long have you worked here!" in a very condescending manner. If you have a question, the supervisors are clueless and say, " check the prints" even though more than half the time the prints are wrong. Ridiculous amounts of OT and no appreciation for it. If they cared enough to fix their management issues, it wouldn't be so bad. Stay as far away from this place as you can!

I would not recommend that anyone waste thier time with Loren Cook I left my job  that I was with for three years  because Loren Cook was offering a higher pay which was a moot point because they walked me out after six weeks of  having a perfect attendance not late once reason being my production levels  we’re not where they needed to be.   This is completely due to the fact that their training is so in adequate it’s ridiculous their expectations of new employees are to say the least not realistic   Furthermore They are the most strict employer I have ever worked for. during my stay they walked out two people  one for being only a few minutes late first offense another  because their  production levels were not up to par as well they will walk you out for being one minute late they will walk you out for not punching it or punching out they will walk you out for parking in the wrong spot in their parking lot no exaggeration this place is ridiculous do not bother

Because no one will respect you while working there. They make you cut your breaks short to come back to shift and they are super strict about it. I was quite literally 1 minute late and they got onto me about it. Also due to the amount of forklifts they have, you can't ever have a consistent work flow because the one tool I needed would be taken multiple times when I needed it as well as never put back in the same spot twice. This company still uses physical time cards like in the 1940s, take that for what you will. The workplace culture is, "It's a job! That pays half decent!" which is such a bad mind state for any worker trying to push themselves through the workforce. Was told they had leather gloves but they had mass amount of cloth gloves that would be lacerated and tossed out daily, total workplace hazard.

For the very short time period i was here i saw no happy employees and a ton of bitterness when you asked your co workers questions. 

But the main problem with this place they just think their the best employer in town and their not in fact i think theyre one of the worst. Very unorganized hard to find things as a warehouse worker. Terrible polices when it comes to new hires. 

If you work here whatever you do DONT be late AT ALL in the first 90 or they will walk you out and fire you on the spot. And i dont mean being a hour late either LCC will fire you on the spot for being ONE MINUTE LATE in the probation period. I know this because the shift lead told me hes done it before and that hed do it again. 

If you cant even be late a minute do you really think a company like this has their workers best interest at heart?! 

Also the union does nothing for you. 

If all you want to do is come to work in an oppressive, repetitive environment that actively tries to keep things the same. Then this may be the place for you. As long as you can keep you head down and say yes sir you'll do great. If you have the ability to think and make suggestions then watch out, someones going to belittle you. That is unless you're part of the butt kissing club. If you reinforce and support the feudal system that exists in this place, if your great brown noser and can just "wait your turn" and "pay your dues" you might just be rewarded with some table scraps. Of course you'll have to lick it off someones boots. 

Overall the facility is managed by and leads incompetent individuals in tasks which no one is trained for. The unusually high turn over rate created a blind leading the blind environment. Structure and basic programs are missing completely. There isn't an employee growth plan in place and no advancement opportunities. There is an option to move jobs within the company however, aside from the task being completed there are no other forms of movement. Pay increases are not reviewed by individual performance and besides the yearly .25 company wide increase there are two pay increases during the lifetime of your employment. This is the definition of a dead end job and is best used as a buffer in a career transition. 

Come in on 2nd shift work your butt off in the heat treated like a slave. I learned alot (on my own) about the fans and company. No management on 2nd shift. Hardest part about my job was doing everyone elses job. I absolutely did not enjoy this job or company. The hourly employees are all awesome

What is the best part of working at the company?
Somewhat decent pay per hour and you will get overtime.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working with leadership can be a challenge. I was not properly trained as a new hire which lead to a lot of frustration.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very strict. Very cut throat. Not the best atmosphere to work in. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Clock in. See what wasn't completed by night crew. Stressfully complete your tasks with very short breaks. You might be surprised with mandatory overtime.

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