laborer

forklift operator

machine operator

production associate

maintenance technician

Masonite International

Cant be 30 seconds late or your getting a point weather its first thing in the morning or after lunch. After so many points they fire you, there's a set amount of doors needed to be built in an hour time span if not your almost singled out in a meeting or fired if your the new person after they still haven't provided you with the proper training. If you're new you're automatically the problem It can't ever be anyone else. Don't give you time to use restroom or anything without complaining about time. They rely on other employees to train you who don't even have the proper training. Untrained employees teach new employees how to not use saws and their own personal techniques to use machines which are dangerous. There's no handbook on how to properly cut each individual piece of material there. As a worker you're never checked on unless something is wrong, I've learned that no matter how hard you work for someone or however many ideas you come up with it usually goes unnoticed or someone else takes credit for it. You almost always have to do others work so get ready for that. They give you free will to select off days but no matter if you come with doctors excuses or not you get pointed anyway or they just make up points and safety issues when they looking to get rid of someone to cover their own tail from unemployment benefits or just being short on work and need to get rid of some people. They don't actually watch you do your job they take other employees' word on if you're good enough or not which some of the employees lie because they're prejudiced and want to work with someone they know. They don't report safety issues and incidents no matter how big or small. They don't care about safety until big cooperate guys come around then they want to start writing you up and pretending like they're doing what they are supposed to. Lied to about tons of overtime in interview and job security, some straight weeks and some slow weeks part time and full time. Upper management laughs in your face but cant even tell you your name! I feel that the company is overall prejudiced when it comes down to certain things. Certain people are allowed to do certain things and certain jobs. I've watched employees argue with the supervisor and get slaps on the wrist. I wasn't ever talked to by the supervisor until 2 months in the job, would always walk pass me and tell someone else to relate a message to me when I'm literally 3 feet away and can hear you talking. Much more that can be said but that's enough overall bad company and wont recommend anybody to work there unless you just need some quick money. On the outside looking in it seems great. 

Having worked another manufacturing job prior to Masonite-Algoma of Jefferson City, TN, I came across them through Express Employment Professionals, which is a different cookie to say the least. Upon starting, temps are given a very brief tour and background of the plant, before being put into any of numerous positions. Personally I was put in the back on a hinge cutting machine. At first the work was stressful and fast paced, and I was unsure of my ability to do it. But after 2 weeks of doing the job, it basically came naturally. Management and coworkers were very enthusiastic and helpful , at least in the first month.I am not sure what changed to make management go sour as the holidays started to come around, but a clear cut difference could be seen. Direct leads and even the shift supervisor were clearly angry most of the time, and would berate any one unfortunate enough to make any number of small mistakes around them.
In general however, management tended to be very undserstanding and 
more of a guiding hand then anything, even if they do take off every
other weekend as a "vacation". But I digress. The hours for this job 
were abysmal, and I would recommend, if you intend to work there,
to divorce your spouse, put the children up for adoption, and
sell the dog or cat, because your personal life will have no time
and no meaning to the company. You will be expected to put the company
first and foremost, even in the case of accidents or pop up emergencies.
Never expect to get a straight answer about what time you will be getting
off work, until the very last second of your shift, otherwise you will
be a slave to working as hard as possible, and still not go home. 
The pay rate is very fair, considering the jobs you are doing are not
terribly difficult, depending on position. Some jobs in the plant
are much more physical then others, while others may be much more mental.
Do know you will be doing lots of heavy lifting through the day, and will
be expected to fill positions randomly through the plant as needed.
The coworkers, while hit or miss, are an absolute blessing in the entire plant,
As each is a different bundle of uniqueness. I would participate in silly jokes, hand
signals, and small dance offs on the regular with the oens I worked closely with.
Overall, I would say that if you are single, have no outside obligations,
no social life, and a high interest in working 6 days a week usually, with no time
to spend your earnings, then Masonite is for you. Otherwise, just keep looking,
because this job will rob you of the enjoyment of life.

When the day starts the teamlead will lead the meeting about the numbers for the previous day. If we are short handed they will move people around who have been cross trained into the position they need to be at for the day. I've been cross trained in just about everything and for the most part I enjoy doing something different every day. Most people have the spots they always go to and don't need to move. 

Management is what makes this job relatively bad. They are always coming down on us. We are a factory we sometimes have bad days get over it we don't always have good numbers, saws break they are machines, bolts break off, blades lose teeth and need changed, hold down wheels fall off or seize up.

Everyone usually tries to help each other out when they have the chance. We all usually get along for the most part. Some saw operators can be stuck up and think they know everything about the saw even when they all still have stuff that they can learn.

The hardest part of the job is keeping the quality under control when things are going fast. Most of the reason that overtime happens is when there are to many doors sitting in repair or when the saws have a couple bad days and there are to many doors that need to be cut. We are always understaffed and need all the help we can get.

The most enjoyable part of the job for me is that this is a fast pace job and that everyone tries to work together and no one for the most part blames one another for anything that goes wrong. I enjoy the people I work with and I would not change my supervisor because he mostly understands how things works, and will listen when we doesn't. I can go to him when I need something and he helps us out.

For the most part I believe the company makes an effort to hire people who instill the values and purpose we advocate, but there are instances where leadership misses the mark. Appreciation and acknowledgement for a job well done is often overlooked by the people it should matter to the most. The company promotes hiring from within, however there is really no standard metric to achieve a promotion or a raise. It's more about being in the right place at the right time and who is in your corner more than the cintributions and accomplishments you make, your work ethic, integrity, and desire to grow. For example there are employees who receive promotion after promotion with little tenure and proven performance, when employees who have tenure and go above and beyond are left on the sidelines. Raises are almost unheard of unless you get a promotion. The company is struggling to be the diverse culture it wishes to be. The company offers development, however there's a cost for that development (more hours and  a plate that's so full it can be challenging to develop and maintain your core responsibilities. The reward is never monetary, acknowledgement, or better position, it's something to add to your resume. It's a good company with good intentions,  but one must not keep realistic expectations as to how far they can grow within the organization. Development is also like a carrot dangled before you; that by achieving goals and performing at or above expectations you'll be rewarded. It's a way for the company to get loyal employees to do more work than what they're compensated for. If you can be happy with that, you'll grow personally and professionally, just don't expect the reward to be in the form of a raise or promotion. If you do your job and do it well, job security is promising. Overall, there are more pros of staying with the company than cons.

The company as a whole sounds like a great place to work with their "BluePrint" unfortunately it's not worth the paper it's printed. I caution you before taking any "opportunity" with this employer at this location especially if you have a food or automotive industry background. The lack of systems create a major issue but the culture itself is the biggest issue as it's a "we always done it this way mentality". Upper managers seem more concerned with plausable deniability, scapegoating and the appearance of teamwork then feedback and follow through on addressing issues. Very little regard for VSL's or supervision or anything pertaining to change or improvements. Hourly personnel dictates what job functions they perform and what policies are followed and HR support is non-existent if you on an offshift. Its a "stick before carrots" environment as bonuses were said to have only been achieved 1 month out of the last 30. Schedules consistently fluctuating because of the disorganization. Doors per man hour trump safety and quality as well over 10% products produced are discarded or repaired. There is little to no training regardless of position and cross training is non-existent across departments in order to influence Door per man hour number even in event one department is shorthanded as team members are sent home rather than train to address bottlenecks. Turnover is atrocious as hourly members are burned out from the consistently fluctuating shifts and the lack of work/life balance. This is Tunnel vision at it's best with only short-term goals and little to no sight into big picture and long term. My advice...stay clear. I just hope the other locations take more pride in the "BluePrint"

This type of occupation requires an individual to be able to work in a variety of weather conditions whether it be 100 degrees outside or negative three. Also, being able to endure physical labor is a must. The management team preach safety first, quality second, and quantity last. However, the truth is, it's all about the numbers. Numerous times whole shifts were directed to the break room to be verbally berated at the lack of production efforts. There were threats of being wrote-up if the line workers were unable to keep up even after being told that if there was documented down time they would be excused. The term "dog eat dog" is very true for the workplace environment. If someone messes up in management they will blame it on someone else in order to save their spot in Masonite. I have personally witnessed upper level management yell and use vulgar language at lower level staff as well as other supervisors and leads.

There are good people and good people in management at Masonite. When I say good, I mean honest, dignified, and respectful. These type of individuals want to help their employees. 

I truly believe that Masonite changes people, though. The working environment is toxic due to management and the implications they have placed upon their workers. For example, one policy is that even if a worker brings in a doctor note it does not excuse an absence. That worker will then receive one point. After ten points the employee is then fired. 

Fraternizing among management and even between management and lower level employees also occurs. Many turn a blind eye to this. Turning a blind eye to activities like this is not uncommon in the Masonite world. 

If you choose to work here be prepared to be physically, emotionally, spiritually, and mentally exhausted.

I really did like working here  It was my first manufacturing job. They gave me an opportunity to train in every position and I ended up working paint line and top coat. They will make you work in every role. Prep/stain/paint/repair/load/unload/package and straight up cut the doors with the CNC machine. Plus if you show interest in a higher paying position, machine operator/CNC etc they'll eventually train and promote you. You generally do the same thing every day with variations depending on product orders. Kind of monotonous but I was proud to be able to show my work. So it will be fast paced and difficult but eventually it is muscle memory. It is not temperature controlled at all you will sweat terribly and freeze to death at times. Eat and hydrate at every break so you don't get sick. Learn to maintain your equipment and workspace independently so you won't disturb workflow and deal with being micromanaged. Do not be careless, set a high standard for your work from the get go and you won't have to rework your pallets and have more to do the next day. It's not stress you take home with you. They do fire people that aren't pulling their weight or don't act as "team players. Honestly with every job toxicity will pop up. Take a few stars off if you can't tune people out. DO NOT get emotionally involved with the job or care about personal opinions based on assumptions. People will stir things up to have something to talk about/make things tense. Contributes to unnecessary stress and perceived pressure. Do not bother with anyone in depth. Kill with kindness and stay positive. The people that carried this mindset were most successful. I voluntarily left on good terms due to personal issues so I could be rehired later on.

As one assigned to first shift, I'd clock-in at six in the morning, clock-out at four-thirty in the evening, every Monday to Thursday, with a thirty minute lunch break sprinkled on top. As a catcher, your essentially catching doors and flipping them onto a wooden pallet to form a stack, you do this with the aid of a partner, whom you will be working with on a daily basis, because he's part of your team. As the doors come off the conveyor belt, you and your partner are obligated to scope out any defects, or blemishes, on the the doors and avoid placing those defected doors onto the stack, these defected doors will be sent down the line to be repaired by a repairman. Either you or your partner will be in charge of collecting information off a screen monitor, and then relaying that information to one another. The one not collecting info off the monitor will wait for orders from the one on the monitor. The information on the monitor is highly repetitive, which means it's easy to learn. Bottom line for the catchers: the neater the stacks, the better, and completing a stack of doors with zero defects in it is the objective, done quickly is perfection. As a repairman, your task is repair any and all defective doors in your unit sector, plus any defects that your catcher team may have missed. A repairman may or may not have a partner, but you will have power tools and paints at your disposal. From what I remember my team consisted of a machine operator, paint operator, catchers, and repairmen. It was a good team.

Aside from my Estimating position, I get called on to field incoming calls from customers. There is a balance between need for technical product support and problems to be addressed in delivery/manufacturing on in bound calls. The group, for the most part, is very supportive of one another, but at times when we are shorthanded, (a lot), the different personalities pop up now and again.
The place is staffed for ideal situations only, which they rarely are. The mid to upper management has seen this office survive under these conditions for so long, there will be no change.
Another huge issue is their supply chain for our upper line and expedites on reorders. A lot of the stores will not order these from us as we just can't seem to hit the mark consistently or accurately.

Overtime is a given because of these staffing issues.
The hardest part for me is to not be able to focus 100% on my estimating and having to intentionally miss the 48 hour turnaround commitment we have to our National client. Many times I volunteer to come in on the weekend because my name is the only one associated with the program and I do not like to have dissatisfied customers.
We do have moments of lightheartedness and laughter and we pull together as a team. We do have a couple of very knowledgeable and helpful members.
Also, the production team and quality control are wonderful to work with.
Benefit package is normal for a large manufacturing company.

In the time i worked there i started and finished as a online repair man as my job title. But, in reality i made a few advances in pay due to corporate changes and advances in that area and also losses too. The minimum wage went up but lost bonus production pay and some quarterly bonuses that went from overall profit margin to a selected department quota so basically the overall profit of the plant no longer mattered to your bonus. If one department was below their quota for the quarterly review no one got bonuses... even if no one else failed to meet theirs or how high the profit for the quarter was. As for my job on online repair, after i became comfortable and experienced i was asked to begin training new guys/girls that were hired. No problem. Then slowly i became the only one training the new hires. While i was training these guys, since i had a little more experience i would also be called to other repair lines when they had difficulty. So i would work on 1 to 3 different lines each night while training people and keeping my own station clear. When i was offered a better position for my efforts i declined due to the fact the promotion would have basically made me a lead with all the problems off a lead including paperwork filing, overseeing workers,work assignment,ect  for a whole .50 raise. Not cool.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Laborer 1 salary reported	$19.27 per hour
Forklift operator 2 salaries reported	$23.50 per hour
Machine operator 1 salary reported	$22.00 per hour
Production associate 3 salaries reported	$18.33 per hour
Maintenance technician 5 salaries reported	$28.30 per hour

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