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Marel

I have welded for many places, but none were like this one........
Ill state some of the good things about JBT.

Great Place to stay clean while welding. Most places you come home so dirty but this place, you could wear a suit and come home just the same. But dont let that fool you. They also have good welders.....finally. Besides the trash "pulse" welders. And thats about it for the good....now with the bad....

Management is TERRIBLE!!!! Unrealistic completion times for jobs. Say they give you a job that they give you and hour to complete and it takes you 50mins. That seems good right?? WRONG. They will now take that job and average the time for next year and now you have less time the next time the job needs to be done. Then so on So with saying that, they want welders at 95% efficient for the year in order to get a raise. I was over 105% efficient.....they refused to give a raise anyways because management made the mistake of not taking a down-payment on a machine we were building and then the customer backed out so they just had a machine just in stock and had lost so much money. Management will talk down to you always. You are lesser than they are. Trust me, everyone there will tell you the same thing. If you have better ideas to get a job done, just keep them to yourself because they will write you up for not following their ways instead. You are always wrong. Example, we had a safety meeting and at the end the safety advisor asked who didnt have a face shield for grinding, I raised my hand and the he said we will order one. I said I just use my welding helmet (IT HAS A GRIND MODE FOR A REASON, AND IT ACTUALLY IS SAFER THAN THE TYPICAL FACE SHIELD) He said "You cannot do that." Then other welders butted in and asked why and then he didnt have an excuse as of why. BUT AGAIN, YOU ARE WRONG. No matter what. Managers will stab you in the back, so they can look better for their managers. Just so they can work their ways up the food chain. 

Training.....HA!! well, if you expect ANYONE to help you....goodluck!  

If that isnt enough for you to actually think twice about welding for JBT 
 in the Rollercoaster capital, OH. Then go ahead, give it a shot. Then come back and write a review after a year of working there. 

JBT Corporation lost their morales since the years of being under the FMC Technologies umbrella. 
As an ex-mid level manager I found it difficult to perform my daily duties as defined by the companies SOP. It was common for all processes to get thrown out the window to prevent potential late delivery penalty clauses from being enforced due to customer late deliveries. This usually resulted in an increase in rework at the customers location which gives the company name and work force a bad image at the poor decisions by upper management to make an extra buck. 
Hourly employees at least within the Orlando facility were commonly forced to take vacation when work wasn't available and in some cases reduced from 40 to 32 hours a week without notice. Hourly employees could the very next week be told to work 7 days straight to get product out the door  - employees would work to pay the bills but would lack motivation knowing the work they are being asked to perform is not realistic with the short time requirements. 
Hourly and salaried employees are used as the scapegoat for the quality issues. This has been the case within the Orlando facility for 5 years now. 
401k is top notch. They match 5%. Compensation for mid level management and below is sub standard in the Orlando facility. n other areas where manufacturing is more predominant salaries are more competitive. Bonus plans have spread but are still lacking amongst the management group. If you are a mid level manager don't count on getting a substantial bonus (5%). I. Upper management provides routine feeding for the work force and cheap tshirts with tacky quality slogans. Don't be fooled.
The work force thrives on common knowledge and shortcuts. Depending upon where you work, you may be a gopher or you may be able to really perform. 
This may be a good starter job but tread lightly.

     As an engineer, it is a faced paced day with deadlines to meet. Marel provides protein processing systems and solutions for poultry, fish, and pork around the globe. Customer's demands and scheduling are top priority, and tend to set the pace and schedule of the projects. The electrical control systems that I develop, specify, and service as an engineer cover a dozen or more different platforms that range from 1980s technology up to current developments. 
     Management is trying to become more engaged with its workers, and there are teams in place to help improve the culture here.
     You have no choice but to learn quickly and sometimes that learning is on your own (the hard way). It seems that the quality of specific training needed for individual roles here depends on the customer demand at the time. In other words....if we are swamped you learn the hard way on the job because no one has the time to train you. If we are slow, which is a rare occurrence, training is much more thorough and less stressful.
     The most enjoyable part of the job is the success in providing custom solutions to the customer which sometimes involves all new control systems (research and development)
     The hardest part of the job is integrating modern control system parts (HMIs and PLCs) for customers that have 40 year old technology in their plant requiring one-off custom programming solutions.
     I would give Marel 3 1/2 stars. Better than average, not quite a 4 star place but they are working on it. I have never worked for a 5 star place yet.

They supply all PPE no matter what department you work in they supply lockers for everyone. they have great water fountains. everything in the break room is more expensive than a gas station. the union will try an force you in. the union has to rep you even if you aren't a member, is what they say but never what they do. they force OT on everyone an give you points when you don't show up. they have set holidays you have off the ones that aren't on the list they don't care about everyone who sets all the OT up is off on the weekends an getting the production bonus. while the leads an workers wish they had more time off and the production bonus they just worked so hard for. when it comes to a raise or getting hired on they'll hit you with some excuse unless you volunteer for all the OT.  welders make good money they pay time and a half and double time for OT.they do pay well into your 401k but the insurance is trash an expensive. they preach safety but have no clue what they are talking about. the radio plays the same dumb stations none stop. the shop is hot in the summer but they do have heaters for the winters. they paint inside an can often smell it in the entire shop. when they had no cases of covid-19 they let us take 30 days off with no pay unless we wanted to use vacation but when they did have cases of covid-19 they had 4 when i was there they made everyone work OT an just wear masks, they didn't clean the work stations they just sent the sick home for two weeks. over all the company cares more about their production bonus vs your family life or home life. so get ready to work weekends with no light at the end of the tunnel even if they go back to working ten hour shifts Monday-Friday. 

Company does not provide direction at site level. 
Company is quick to jump to conclusions about a site without looking for facts. Heresay.
Company is quick to blame site managers for their mistakes and decisions. And they do not listen, but instead blame the site. They tell you to stop mentioning the issue. They advertise ethics hotline, but reprimand Managers when used. But get angry when issues get escalated.
Company is not transparent with site managers. 
Company makes questionable decisions. Some that question people's integrity without learning the facts or the situation. They create a problem at corporate level, and pawn it on the site managers. AND BLAME THEM when it goes bad.
Company puts people in charge at sites that have no idea what they are doing or part of a significant problem or situation without repercussions. Then they put people involved on a pedastal. And they do not listen when issues are escalated.
Site level managers are in positions that have never worked as a manager or it's their first job and do not know how to adapt to high level business discussion. They do not adapt to change. Big problem with that is no direction.
I believe this company was an acquisition company and has a lot to learn about managing individual sites. 

If you value your career, look elsewhere as management. Not worth the headache.



Be prepared for a highly micromanaged environment with limited flexibility. The company offers average benefits, but employees are required to track their hours daily, and overtime is only permitted with prior approval. Additionally, leadership and managers are terrible the low pay is not worth it.

Management direction is often unclear, and expectations can be unrealistic. Communication and transparency are lacking, with frequent inconsistencies in feedback and performance evaluations. The local management team tends to operate without proper oversight from headquarters, creating confusion and frustration among employees.

There is a noticeable issue with high turnover, which appears to result from poor leadership, lack of support, and a negative workplace culture. Employees are not always given clear instructions, yet are often blamed when problems arise.

Overall, this company could benefit from improved leadership accountability, clearer communication, and better support for its staff. It is not an ideal environment for those seeking stability, fairness, or professional development. If you don’t mind working with unprofessional, unfair leadership that gives you low pay while expecting you to go above and beyond and insinuate everything you do is a problem then this is the perfect place for you. 

As a painter at JBT there is extreme favoritism towards workers who have been there for years. Management shows zero effort when it comes to training, communicating and keeping up with employees. Management does not speak to employees to let them know how their doing or where they stand within the company. Some employees are pushed to work constantly and some employees are able to milk the clock. Nothing but gossip between employees, management and team leads which may lead to an employee’s termination. There is no warning when it comes to letting someone go. Upper management will be polite to employees but will terminate someone based on what a regular employee says about said person. They are big on quality control but will not go around to check who painter what. If a part is not painted properly it is easy for employees to blame eachother in which management will just take the employees word for it. They are not aware of who paints what. In total, the paint department is filled with gossip, favoritism, employees not taking accountability for their work, and management using regular employees as some kind of a supervisor to tell on other employees that they don’t like in which management just takes their word for it. I do not advise newcomers to get their hopes up or excited upon being hired into this company.

Temp with full time options. Was lied to right off the bat they will not hire you unless someone quits or retires. I got along with most of the people there but most of the old timers pay no attention to safety and no matter how hard you work you are wrong about everything and your the problem with production at least that's what they tell management. I worked at jbt through placement pros and can tell you if you love big money and like to work 7 days a week 10 hr days and on holidays you may like it here. They are in no way family friendly I watched management take vacation from guys the day before they were going to leave on big trips they where told if you don't show up the next day don't bother coming back just to flex management muscles then hear them laughing about it later. JBT is 100% about getting more money from customers every year without hiring the need help to do so on top of running machines that are older than Abe Lincoln with no upgrades in sight. Ask anyone that's working on the floor that's been there 20 years they will tell you the truth of the wicked so to speak. I will never go back to this place of employment. I urge you to not make the same mistake I did.

A typical day at work consisted of answering trouble calls on bridges, pca's and conveyor belts. Co-workers are ok depending what shift you worked on. The hardest part of the job was dealing with veteran co-workers who been there longer and know about the equipment whereas being the new guy with the skills but not having the experience. Alot of politics come into play where the manager and lead are fishing buddies all the way to a kind of racial syndicate (15 whites in top paying positions, 3 hispanics as general maintenance, 4 blacks one on each shift if possible, there were 4 shifts) Management sucks, they are not willing to work with schedules unless it will benefit them and if you are trying to make yourself more marketable;i.e. going to school, renewing of licenses, continuing education for jetbridges.etc that kind of action is frowned upon. Rather than help they would rather tear down your character and give bad reports to other sites to keep you where you are.Thats just what I see on a daily basis and I've been there for 2yrs now. it is what it is

Half awsome half sucks. Great company but miserable management. The place gives you the tools to do your job but your going to do repeat work same thing over and over. You would think working in the ac in florida everyone would be happy but the politics and almost like they want robots so not many days off or you probably wont have a job for much longer if you miss to many days. Golden hand cuffs lol. If you can get hired on key word IF its great benefits, great company in general, but it seems like everybody is miserable and they buy everything you need its a weird balance. Not for some people. You have all the hours you need if you can deal with the politics. It makes you soft in my opinion. I have adhd so doing the same thing over and over im not happy. If you dont mind the repeat work and politics its a great place to work. LIVE to work Not WORK to live here. 6 days a week sometimes 7 if your hungry then try and get in there nes global will get you in.

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Welder 5 salaries reported	$65,000 per year
Maintenance technician 3 salaries reported	$29.67 per hour

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