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Milbank Manufacturing Co.

While you are able to bid into a hire paying position, being apart of management is hardly a goal you can achieve. Unless you are apart of the “good ole boys” club. The pay is a huge plus. And plenty of opportunities for over time in most areas. You will encounter cliques at this facility. But there is a family feel to this plant. It is unionized and while most would think that’s a good thing,in truth, the union is in the low end. They will fight for your job, but that is about all they offer. Every year the individuals on the floor are given less and less. It is especially hard if you have children to keep your job here. They have a very strict policy with missing work. And while they do give you, per our new contract 60 hours to use per cycle, with one week of vacation. (5 days) As family oriented as they say to be, that is not a lot of time for single parents or parents with children in general. They do have certain systems to help with doctors visits. But again that will only help so much. Management, if they do not like you, will with out a doubt get you fired. For very simple things. There are cases where the employee has deserved to be terminated in my opinion. But I have also seen people be walked out for strictly not being liked and wrote up for things that others get away with. You will be targeted if management has an issue with you. So it’s best to just keep your head down. The breaks are also minimal. Every two hours there is a 10 minute break. But in all actuality it’s a 6 minute break. You have to be back at your work area before the 10 minute bell rings or there is a possibility you could be wrote up. And accounting for walk time, your breaks are cut short. There is a 30 minute unpaid lunch. So bring your lunch with you every day. There are no cash bonuses at this facility for floor workers. Instead employee appreciation lunches. Very rarely will vacation be offered at a prize or earned. They only way to earn and extra time off is to work for rounghly 3 months straight without missing a single minute of work. I have seen people loose there vacation incentive over seconds of time missed. And with that you earn 1 days of vacation. And while this is achievable by some employees, it is rarely hit. Especially if you have children. All in all, it is not a horrible place to work it’s a steady flow. And most of the people are just there to do their jobs and go home. But is can become redundant. 

This place is a joke and a mess. The "family values" are spoken so highly of but represented very poorly. The "drop box/suggestive box" is utilized more for the way people park or what they wear versus bettering ergonomics or safety, etc.. The union works for the company and not the workers. Not to mention manipulative and conniving. HR believes all things the "higher powers" says and quick to cut a "write-up" versus investigating the issues and being considerate. The ergonomics is awful. The "budget" doesn't allow for better mats or an "extra" bandaid but has a budget to pass out Yeti tumblers. If they focused all of this time and energy in the areas of work and their job duties, production rates would be higher and turnover rates would be lower. The probation/qualification period is also very stressful and miscommunication during interviews and hire-on's. When hired, I was told 4 ten hour days with every other Friday. Those days are long gone. Just like the ethics and morals. Oh, and the point system will assist you in a free ride to the unemployment office real quick.

This is a miserable place to work. There's not much room for advancement here. The quality is ridiculous, but they tell you to run it anyway. The environment is very negative. Favoritism is clearly noticeable here. Lots of backstabbing happens here along with the fake friendships. Theirs lots of unnecessary jealousy here. The insecure women complain  and put your name in the suggestion box for having a nice shape or a pretty face. Sadly they watch your ankles and panty line so they can report you. I hate the safety toe shoes, not to mention working 10 hours with a Friday added. Some people have to work harder than others based on friendships and seniority. The company cares so much for their employees they mailed out a pack of cookies, and you get a shirt here and there. That seems to be the worth of their employees. Most of the front office only speak to select people when they come out on the floor.  They want all of your time. When we have to work on Fridays, the front office gets to stay home. You have to take points to avoid a Friday unless your vacation is approved on a certain day. I would never retire here or refer anyone to work here. 

Go into work look and see what order is set on the line, find out how much is left, find out what we are running next. Count labels we need for order, count parts for the skid. make sure the order is ready to go. So when we get to it all we have to do is set it on the line for them. I learned how to work with people, learned how to solve problems, learned how to communicate a little better. Management over all is good. They are learning just like we are, over all I think they are trying to get better just like most the employees. Just like all of us, can be inconsistent at times. Over all the culture is decent. no matter where you go you are always going to have different personalities, disagreements, lack of discipline, those that come to work, and those that just clock in. Probably the hardest part of the job is trying to do what the company wants, with little to no cooperation from others on the line. Most enjoyable part of the job is serving people, helping to make their day better, no matter how my day is going.

Milbank is one of a kind. There's a lot of favoritism here. Management is very poor here. Communication is non-existing. Buddies are always informed before anyone.  Many decisions are based on buddies' input. Some of the supervisors, lead people,and team leaders are bold faced liars. They single people out and aim to jeopardize their jobs. The rules frequently change like the weather. Paper work is often falsified to cover up poor performance from friends. Good workers are overworked,used, and unappreciated. They don't like being called out on the truth.  The owner should interrogate the entire plant and find out what's being covered up. 

It was mostly Union member's at the time of my tenure. Poor management, he said she said employees. Strict supervision, very strict rules for employees. Not the normal working environment I had expected at all. I worked there for 8yrs and the longer I was there the more I wanted to leave. Back stabers, two faced supervisor's, I felt like I was in a concentration camp run by German's SERIOUSLY
Everybody I've talked to that are still employees wish they could leave and the ones that aren't there anymore are so glad to be away from that nightmarish place. My advise is if you need money really, really bad, then that would be my last choice of employment. Good Luck, you'll need it at Milbank Manufacturing in El Dorado Arkansas.

come in at 3:45 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. and assemble electrical breaker boxes. Learned how to read assembly blueprints of breaker boxes and how to assemble the breaker boxes from beginning to end.management was nice and helpful, and when they did not have a solution to the problem they would figure out the problem with us. coworkers were always friendly, great work  environment .production would stop for hours due to problems whether it be equipment break down or lack of supplies. Enjoyable part was learning how to build all makes and sizes of breaker boxes.

No diversity, equity, or inclusion initiatives. Most LGBTQ+ employees quit in the first six months. Very few women in technical roles, plant leadership, or engineering. A white sea above middle management. 
Family is involved, but they are running the company as if it's in the 70's, no data or analytics, no long term strategy or design. The goal is to clear the backlog, stay out of debt, and make gray boxes as inefficiently as possible.

Health Insurance is bad and too expensive. People are always getting hurt. 1 week vacation until 5th year then at 2 weeks until 10 years. Point system is not in contrat so can be changed at any time to eliminate people. Union is in management's pocket. We voted no on contract and union president insisted on a recount and intimated people in to changing their vote. Now we're stuck with a contract we didn't want for the next 4 years. Union reps are constantly getting promoted out of the union and the nepotism is ridiculous. They can't keep people and will make you do alot more than the job you signed up for.

Pays well considering that the management is unorganized so most employees stand around waiting for work half of the time they are clocked in... Employment involves being a part of the USW (united steel workers union) so you are guaranteed 40 hours of work each week whether they actually have work to do or not... Management expects employees to clean the same 5ft×5ft area repeatedly if they don't have anything else for you to do. Happens a lot!

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