fabricator/welder

press brake operator

mig welder

laser operator

manufacturing engineer

Matcor Metal Fabrication

While working at MATCOR metal fabrications I welded placement parts, fixtured items, as well as ran multiple robots making parts for Caterpillar and John Deer. My last four years of experience in this factory have shown me just what goes into the manufacturing process from start to finish. From lasers to break to weld to QC to paint to assembly to storage and shipping is the process I've been working with for years and while working within that flow I Have seen all the things that can go wrong and what needs to be done to ensure things stay smooth. Matcor management tires very hard to push their employees sometimes good sometimes bad. The management recognizes the state of manufacturing in America but seems to use that as an excuse to push employees beyond some safe points as well as keep wages low. The hardest part of my job wasn't the work It was the fact that you where constantly berated about either quality or production. It seemed like if it wasn't quality it was production. With that being said I enjoyed much of the time i spent there with other employees. If it weren't for some of the characters i work with i imagine it could be much worse.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Wage and benefits for entry level production are comparable to the immediate area.
Specialized or skilled wages are lower than average.
Strong disconnect between management and floor. Training is poor plant-wide.
Production is valued over quality.
Most management from the top down are confused about real-world applications. Only a few have beginning training on any type of Kaizan nor seem to care about the floor workers or any improvement.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Mid to Upper management do not have the working knowledge, training, or skills to understand the work done on the floor.
Distinct dismissal of employee real-time or SOP improvements. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Over-time is required. 60 - 70 hour weeks are needed to complete work due to various errors. 
Departments are called out in monthly meetings for most scrap and/or highest dollar amount of scrap. Only the error(s) are pointed out, rarely the method of improvement.

A typical day consisted of 10 hrs per day. 70% of time was spent on production floor. Attended on average (3) meetings per day.
A lot of the day was directed toward improving processes that did not meet SPM. 

Learned how to build relationships with production operators and management. Learned all aspects of each process from start to finish.

Management did not allow for any employee reviews to communicate how your doing or what can be improved in your job.

The workplace culture for Matcor was very poor. All employees worked in a difficult environment and should of been compensated with additional time on their brake.

Hardest part about the job was getting direction from more than one person. (Having more than one boss was frustrating)
No feedback on a lot of the projects performed.

The most enjoyable part of the job was working with all of the production workers; many good relationships made along with working on improving the efficiencies of their jobs.

matcor metal fabrication is not a place to work for if looking for learning experience in manufacturing field to move on the a bigger better working environment. as they work well with their employees to try and meet the needs for everyones family (basically if need certain shift they have no problems moving one another to help someone out). matcor has fair starting pays for weld and brake press operators only downfall is they have no room for advancement, meaning that if you are out on the shop floor there is no chance of being able to move to management of any sort as they would rather bring someone from the streets in with a degree but no experience in a shop, bad decisions thats how quality started slipping as i am a believe that experience on most all jobs is extremely good to have through the shop.

Overall rating for this company is a 8-10. we were all about production and time always getting our parts done with 100% quality for our costumers. What I have learned while working at Matcor Metal Fabrication how to run the paint line, sand blast, spot weld machinery, break press and I already knew how to weld but I was taught how to production weld with good time. Management was very good they knew what they was doing at all times. co-workers were good we could always work together in a safe matter with no accidents. Getting thousand of parts done in a short time would have to be the hardest part and the most enjoyable part of that job is when we would have a cook out when the CEO of the company would come through and tell us that we are doing an amazing job and to keep it up.

When you're in the hiring process, everybody is really friendly and helpful and praises Matcor for being such a great company...but as soon as you step out on the production floor, that all changes.

 Everyday you're scrambling around trying to make production which is impossible. They'll set a number to hit and as soon as you're able to hit that number, the supervisors will want 1 more part so you're constantly getting in trouble for production. Since the company is so slow, they don't do write ups, they'll just fire you on the spot. I can go on and on with everything that goes on there. Avoid this place at all cost.

Poor sense of accountability across the board.  Supervisors do not hold operators accountable, management does not hold supervisors accountable, and when the steel market tanks for the year, resulting in major losses, the corporate team chooses to "downsize wasteful departments" and replace the GM.

Multiple instances of the leadership team choosing to replacement people instead of train and develop them.

There is opportunity for a consistent paycheck with good benefits here if you are a middle-to-bottom of the pack, bare-minimum kind of worker, but if you are a hard-charger and know your worth, you'd be better suited elsewhere.

Was offered a job here offer was a dream come true. Reality check, 90% of what i was told in interview was a "Misunderstanding" on my part, no mertit raises, 90 day raise did not happen, only thing left was free medical. Thank you Obamma Care that is gone now too. General manager, sales manager offices are a revolving door. Management will hire a fresh college grad with no experience rather than advance a employee, even though the job gets posted it is usually after they have hired someone. Time studies are done while never leaving the office. Stay with ma and pa metal shops they care for their employees. Management clams no raises because company pay 100% healthcare, now you have to pay and no raises.

What is the best part of working at the company?
They care about Employees 
Shift meetings at the start of every shift helps everyone to stay on same  page. Monthly company meeting. P.T.O. after 30 days full time employee 30 days

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Meeting production they want you to get 75%-95% daily which is cake once you are in your ration. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very friendly work environment  stress free listion to new ideas

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Always looked forward to going to work it was a very good place to work

What is the best part of working at the company?
Not really a best part.
The work environment is uncertain at best,they have no job security there.
I was one of 300+ at time of hire,less than 150 when I left.
Pay isn't close to what it should be.
I'm making more in 90 days at my present job than I did in 2 years at Matcor.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
No job security..hire 20 and then lay off 10.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
If you're not a suck-up,you won't get anywhere.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Wondering if I'd get a full day or get sent home early.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Fabricator/welder 5 salaries reported	$24.29 per hour
Press brake operator 2 salaries reported	$22.00 per hour
Mig welder 1 salary reported	$22.25 per hour
Laser operator 2 salaries reported	$18.10 per hour
Manufacturing engineer 1 salary reported	$70,000 per year

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