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Midwest Glass Fabricators

You are expected to work long hours and non stop work. Picking up heavy glass non stop for 10+ hours a day. Poor equipment that maintenance is slow to fix. Takes weeks to fix a simple issue. Issues are severe enough where you are risking your own life and others in the gernal area with the suction cups. Every working place is a hazard and held together by tape and zipties.  Example of the poor quilty of the areas being "fixed"  we have big racks our 204x130 jumbo sheet sit on. Holding  over 100,000 lbs of glass per side. They didnt square away the frame before welding. They also didnt clean up the area to be welded. They welded onto paint. The shop is very very dirty. You can go to certain areas and see over one inch of glass dust sitting on areas. The air is poor. You're breathing in dust all day and will every day blow out black stuff  out of your nose. It is very hot. In the summer time it is like walking into a oven. You have to wear kevlar gear on top of it. Easily can reach 120 in the summer. And they expect you to go go go during the summer months when they are the busiest. No breaks. You slip on glass due to having to run around keeping up with demand. Half the time the over head cranes done work or are smoking so with  hauling jumbos you need an over head crane and for the past 3 weeks had one crane ( out of 2) and they expect the same work finished with half the crucial equipment required to get the job done. 80-90% of the employees there are on drugs. People passing out at there machines. Tell supervisors and all they do is tell them to get the work done. Puts everyone else in the general area in danger. People pass out in the road and od nearly weekly. Asked upper management what there plan was for that as to people are over dosing at work and people are dying of heroin left and right. None. They do not enforce there drug testing. Management is a joke. They keep buddies and fire anyone else. I have worked for over four years here and it got to the point where I gave up trying to learn the new people's names because the turn around rate is extremely high. Drugs are being sold in the parking lot and on the shop floor. Pills, heroin,  weed, and whatever you can think. Night shift will be drunk on the job nearly every night.  The product that gets shipped out of the door is poor. I've seen personally terrible product leave the shop.  They say just send it to hit there numbers. I will save you the trouble. Do not work for this company.  You will either get injured, fired, or just flat out quit due to the unsafe working environment.

I would not reccommend this company!!! I left a job I had been at for over two and a half years, with job security, to come here. I would not do it again if i had the opportunity to go back!!
The actual role i was hired into was very different than what was described to me during the interview or the job posting. I did the best I could, worked hard, taught my self programs, thought I was doing my job well. No one ever complained or talked to me about things I need to improve on or that anything was lacking with my skills and the job.
I walk in on a Friday morning and a person I had never met or spoken to before said we have to let you go. That was it,, even when I asked what I did wrong or can improve on for future reference. He was condescending when he started stating that Michigan is an at will state, like I didn't know that! I was more wondering what I can improve on for my own future. Then i was treated like a criminal as he stood over me to get my stuff and walk behind me while taking my lunch out of the fridge. I have never been let go from a job before and i was treated like garbage for no reason. I was not allowed to say good bye to anyone and the owners door was closed as this was happening like they were hiding from it. This makes me feel like there is more going on here than anything I did wrong, which hurts me even more.
Take my word for it, DO NOT work here!! The management is awful (there is none), and I had no training (just someone showing my simple tasks). I would have liked to have understood the hows and why's behind the companies workings in order to better understand my role. This company lost a good hard working employee.
For the sake of your sanity, stick out the current job you are struggling with and wait for a better opportunity to come around, you won't regret it like I do now.

I started at the bottom, seaming glass at the oven, and within 6 months I was promoted to machine operator.  I had plenty of training and coached throughout the entire process.  I learned quality and proper throughput.  My supervisor is a good one with patience and good communication.  Owners are fair, but demanding on standards, safety, and quality.  No one here is treated unfairly or underpaid.  All issues are normally addressed on a relatively timely basis.  I've worked at competitors and this is the best place, by far.  Other reviews here are totally inaccurate and completely baseless.  I know the others that are posting and they have poor work ethic and just aren't used to this demanding environment.

A lot of the Management is under qualified and just thrown into the position after someone quits or gets fired. Or hired because the HR is friends with them.  Can't hold people accountable due to the owner Pat believing their lies even with bold documentation. Pay is all over the place with zero caps or consistency. The owner Pat is a perfect representation of horrible leadership with his disrespectful character, impulsive actions and slave driven mindset. Penny pinches with must have working tools that slow down production but over spends on bar tabs and over paid / corrupt employees. 

Unless you do not have any other job available I would not work here. Owners of the company are too hands on and will be the destruction of it, position threatened every other day even if issues come up that are not related to your position. Family of the owners get away with everything especially fraud or theft from the company.  This place is one hostile work place lawsuit away from shutting down.  Even the owners fist fight while in front of their employees.  Worst of all they allow and join in on management when they are putting down other employees. the drama, stress all while getting screamed at Is not worth any amount of money to work for this company.

Started out in the shop and was given all opportunities to do more and rise up and have done so. They will be hard on you but if you show you're loyal and can work hard you will move up in responsibility and pay. GM is very smart and recognizes talent and intelligence when he sees it. People who get into it with management simply feel entitled or lazy. Can have a high turnover rate in the shop but the people that last are smart and good at what they do. If working at a competitor, MWGF is better in almost every way and is encouraged to come work here.

I have worked here a long time and it's awful. Managment just gets better at feeding the owners lies day by day. Management team is awful they only know how to punish people and are extremely lazy, self centered, out for themselves.  You will eventually get talked down to like a dog or a slave. Very dangerous and people get hurt all the time. I have watched multiple people get critical injuries  and they just keep pushing production they care about nothing or nobody but money will watch everyone person burn if it means another dollar in there pocket

My experience with Midwest Glass has been great. Everyday I have support from management and coworkers when needed while also being trusted with my tasks and workload. 
Great place to work great culture. Some of the most kind heart people you'll ever meet. They treat you like family and you have room for advancement at this company.
I would recommend working here if you are a dedicated worker and are seeking a job that is both challenging and rewarding each day.

The company does not run jobs based on time and priority. As a result, there is ALOT of down time because the other departments don't run the glass that needs to ship. Many of the trucks don't leave on schedule because of the disorganized nature of the company.
By the time management arrives in the morning and shift change occurs, all departments and management are scrambling to get glass on the trucks when the 3rd shift could have prevented any of the issues.

Exciting place to work at, lots of new and innovative products that opens many opportunities for upward mobility. Team atmosphere with lots in hands on involvement from supervisors to upper management. Lots of time spent with new hires for building and training purposes as well as scouting talent for more responsibility. You can certainly start a life long career here with retirement benefits as well as ownership who cares about their employees.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production worker 7 salaries reported	$18.71 per hour
Truck driver 13 salaries reported	$23.81 per hour
Loader 2 salaries reported	$18.25 per hour
Delivery driver 2 salaries reported	$18.00 per hour
Material handler 9 salaries reported	$18.33 per hour

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