production associate

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production worker

industrial mechanic

assembler

Midwest Manufacturing

First off the only reason I rated job security/advancement a 3 star was because they will not fire anyone because they can never get enough employees or more importantly keep the ones that they have. Therefore, they will never get rid of someone.

I started working for the company because they made it seem like it was a great place to start a career. They told me that I was great manager material and would advance very quickly. Well, come to find out from all the other employees that they gave them the same story also. So yes there is great advancement opportunities. However, everyone advances along with you.

Their benefit package is unbelievably poor and their pay scale is terrible also. They offer one day of paid vacation about every 10 weeks you work there, so you can get a max of 5 days paid vacation. They have a holiday bonus of $11 for your first year. To me that is just a slap in the face. 

The company treats their employees like they are in elementary school. You basically have to ask to use the bathroom, provide a doctors note every time you are sick, and are being watched over your shoulder by a manager at all times. They do not trust their employees.

The #1 reason and easiest reason I could give you would be to tell you what I was told by the manager when I asked him about the turnover rate. 
Me: Why do you believe so many people are quiting?
Manager: That's just the way it is people come and go all the time.

If you like to work in an unorganized environment, be treated like your 5, and work in a jailhouse environment this place is for you!

Through my experience at Midwest Manufacturing roughly 2-4 people quit weekly and that's out of roughly 15-20 employees.

I have been at this company a short time, and as with any new place of employment there is a learning curve. With that being said, you have to watch to learn and ask questions, It's a place of manufacturing, it is going to be a fast paced environment, 
     Training is on the job or on the fly, I enjoy the "Team" environment, you get respect if you are a hard diligent worker and come to work everyday, My only real complaint is the number of lazy people that work there, even if there is one, that is one too many.  My upper management takes care of me, but lacks continuous communication; sometimes your are left in the dark. Middle management is young and lacks life experience.  More cohesiveness is needed between middle management and the rest of the team members.  I feel that everyone has each others back unless you're not carrying your load then that's your fault for being a slacker. The typical day includes getting dirty, getting a good physical workout, and having the ability to be flexible.My Job objective changes daily and encompasses urgency, priorities and doing what it takes to keep the company operational and profitable.My workplace culture is one that is rude crude an sociably unacceptable. what else would you expect working with a bunch of men? But professional just the same. The hardest part of my job is the physicality demanding work,  the most enjoyable is finding comradely among team members.

When I started I loved working there, aside from pay which was awful. Then the plant manager was moved and a new one came. He fired or forcefully moved all supervisors and managers in my department even after getting all awards possible that the company gives out except one. After that all my coworkers and myself lost confidence in the place.  If you want to advance there don't worry about working hard, as that is not rewarded slightly, just make sure you brown nose all the management. Starting pay is finally decent , but raises are laughable and not based on your work at all. No sick time is giving ever and if you call in sick you are treated like a liar and rule breaker. Nearly every manager there is two faced and I have seen it first hand multiple times. There is literally no reason to work there accept the instant profit sharing bonus , but you have to put in a few years before that is worth all that much too.  Also you have to clock out to break to use the bathroom. Forklifts are old and barely work. No heat in the building in winter so it's almost as cold inside as outside. The insurance they offer is expensive and awful.

I'd show up to work 10 to 15 minutes early. I'd sit around and converse with my coworkers. 5 minutes before it was time to clock in we had to stretch and exercise. I worked second shift from 6 pm to 6 am. I absolutely enjoyed everything about it. I had learned a lot working for Midwest. I had learned how to operate heavy machinery, power tools, and how to build pallets, driving forklifts- stacking pallets, and much more. The work was hard and quite physical. This was the perfect job for me. My co-workers were all great people. They knew how to do their job and how to have a good time. If I had to describe the hardest part of my job I don't think I could. It was physically hard, but it's I liked the most about it. I Enjoyed everything about Midwest Manufacturing. The pay was great and the work atmosphere was good. This job kept me in shape.Chad Quinn was my boss. He is a really great caring individual and an awesome Manager. I'd work for him any day!

My day at work here consists of learning new things about building trusses, its fast paced easy to understand possess if you want to work and are willing to learn. I've learned the importance of customer satisfaction, doing the job right the first time. Management is great willing to teach the people who want to learn, they explain the jobs clearly, and strive for a great safe work environment. My co-workers, lol they are co-workers and we all are a team. The hardest part of this job is reading the unreadable paperwork that the designers expect us to read and then put trusses together in a timely manner, and also the automatic saw that cuts the boards for use, it cuts too short and sometimes cuts long, it waste time for us to have to wait for re cuts, and /or cut our own. The most enjoyable part of working at Midwest Manufacturing in Marshalltown, Ia; is that i can do a job that i love to do all year around.

I learned more at Midstate mfg. than I did at college. They refine your CAD and Inventor skills regardless of the level of expertise. It is a relaxing, laid-back environment that helps you understand the processes and steps to make parts for assemblies and single piece-parts. I did my internship there and loved it because they are patient and understand that even the head of engineering is still learning something new every day. The other engineers are quick to help you if you cant understand a problem and encourage you to be a better engineer. I couldn't ask for a better boss and will try to be that kind of boss when I have the opportunity.

A day at work either has 2-4 production lines running and scrapping making work harder or none running and management handing out cruel and unusual projects like painting floors with a paintbrush or material bins by hand or scrubbing extruders that don't stay clean after they dry or cleaning water tanks by hand with rags. The other end of the production has 8-10 lines and scrapping which gives you either run, run, run, or scrub something for 12 hours. Both suck. Not every day is horrible but there are more bad days than good days. Not every coworker is bad. There are 2 main types the lazy that do nothing to benefit the team and the 3-5 out of 20 that do basically everything. There is not an even workload spread across the team it's 3-5 coworkers that carry the team. 

Check production numbers, find out what downtime issues we're, create a Root Cause base line, and work on issues. 
Lot of time issues we're created by lack of knowledge or training of operators, or shift managers. 
Management did not agree with vendor pricing of equipment and would engineer a lot of their own parts, but this would take time and the cost's of the saving we're not equal to the savings of buying the parts from the OEM.

At first the travel was ok, but as my family started to grow I needed to be around more and therefore the travel every week was demanding. 

Knowing that I contributed to the growth of production with a very large corporation.

Midwest was extremely hot in the summer and just as cold in the winter. I learned how to operate numerous factory machines. The office managements attitude towards employees was indifferent, but the supervisors on the floor, for the most part, were caring and understanding. My co-workers were awesome people given the environment we worked in. The job was extremely physical with repetitive motion and no ergonomics, but the hourly wage compensated well for the oily filth and physical demands of the plant. The most enjoyable part of the job were the relationships that developed between my co-workers and myself, some of whom have become life long friends even though the plant closed more than two years ago.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing you can't grow their,the pay is trash,second shift is a bunch of weirdos, an your never gonna gt hired on, they use the temps to do that boring  job,theirs temps that been their four years an ain't goin. No  where ,u sit on your but all-day, everybody in their has flat buts from sitting all day everyday 😂 don't work here unless ur lazy

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Showing up, an sitting down, and looking at those strange people everyday

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Weird,dirty and tiring of looking at the same strange folks everyday

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Heck Jus sitting all day doing them darn nails and metal sticking in your fingers an legs

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