production operator

maintenance mechanic

laborer

operator

district sales manager

Minerals Technologies Inc.

There is no work life balance.  If you work in accounting or finance you are expected to work weekends and holidays.

It is a highly stressful job with tight deadlines and limited resources. They are lean so it's impossible to take a day off without repercussions.

All reports are expected to go out on a 
Monday regardless of whether or not it falls on a holiday or a vacation day.   I was written up  by my manager when my report went out late because Monday was a holiday and I didn't send my report out until Tuesday, the day following the holiday.

The average hours a week during a month end close is 75+ hours.  

I would not recommend this place to anyone with a family.   It is a high stress work environment with little no work life balance.

Management expects a lot. It is a great place for college graduates. You can learn a lot and earn good money, but be prepared to work hard.  They run lean and you will be required to do multiple jobs.  They are big on process improvements. You will be required to submit 2 suggestions a month as well as  participate in Kaizen events, Hoshin and Standard Leadership Reporting.

The most enjoyable part of my job with Minerals' Technologies, Inc. was the fact that I could use my many years of experience as a Buyer/Inventory Manager to control costs and inventory levels. My negotiation skills are expert level and was able to realize over $100,000 annually each year I was there (3) in savings. I dealt with production and MRO items at this position and, as the first Buyer the Mt. Vernon Division, I gained the respect of management personnel as well as the hourly employees in the plant. By the time I was laid off in April, 2009, I had everyone trained and using electronic requisitioning in the Oracle system. One of the major issues when I came to the Mt. Vernon Division was vendor invoicing. Invoices were being signed off by the Plant Manager every single day. When I left, the Plant Manager was signing off on maybe 2-3 invoices per month. I was very disappointed when the reduction in force came in 2009 and was laid off. The work force went from approximately 50 employees to 17 at that time.

I work at American Colloid Company, owned by Minerals Technologies.  We make the bond that is mixed with sand for metalcasting.  The Archbold Ohio plant is 50 plus years old, and very well maintained.  No fancy PLCs, just simple, strong, dependable machinery.  Safety is top priority!  My plant is close to 35 years with no lost time accidents.  Small work crew, so we have to cover for each other for days off.  The hours are M-F 6am-2pm with a little OT during the week (but only a few Saturdays a year).  Extremely dependable and knowledgable coworkers.  I have learned more at this job than any previous jobs.  I have a wide variety of tasks, and learn more every day. Lots of training is offered to help workers learn new skills and advance.  I feel I am very well paid and the benefits package is great, with very affordable health insurance.  I hope to continue working here until I retire (20 plus years)!

Their IT department is so horrendous they do not even have asset tags on their machines.  They have no way to figure out who has what machine, yet we were supposed to be able to migrate domain information to all their users.  They had no way to even contact them because their phone numbers were not right anywhere within the system.  Their AD was completely messed up and they did not listen to advice from any of their contractors.  KForce continued to make promises that they could not keep and even the manager knew they would not be getting the job done in time but he left us holding the bag.  I would advise anyone looking to work there to seriously consider how much you want to have headaches and a management that simply does not care.

Lack of professional leadership in all departments 
Leaders have worked together for many years - if you’re not part of that group, you are not included (zero inclusivity overall)
Sales leadership is a serious joke 
Belittling managers 
ZERO training with high expectations (you are demanded to be resourceful and train yourself) 
Lack of manager engagement (too busy talking behind your back so they don’t have time to train you) 
They do a great job of setting you up to fail 
All about numbers and safety rating (although important, people come first - and they don’t come first here)
All around worst career decision - misrepresent themselves 

Minteq has its ups and downs with management. The main complaint is directed towards growth and opportunity. There are decent employees for the company that get looked over on for promotion, yet full advantage is taken on their abilities, willingness to show up for jobs, and personal life sacrifices with little to no thanks. The risk of a minor incident can potentially black list you from receiving any kind of promotion yet, there is still expectation for said person to operate at the capacity that was being done 

MTI is financially stable and growing that's the great part. Pay and benefits are on par. The bad parts....toxic wok environment, Exec Mgmt do not fill open positions and force the extra work on loyal employees, you are nothing more than a number, extreme pressure from C level creating crippling stress, you are inundated with non-essential training for publicity. All in all a very "me" company. If the CEO actually believes in what he says (which is pretty impressive and convincing) it does not trickle down from him

My manager is underqualified and overconfident. They don't know what they are doing most of the time and make uninformed decisions that negatively impact our department and the company as a whole.  They make it very hard to complete our work. They are also aggressively combative with all other departments that we deal with.

I enjoy the work I do and I get along well with everyone else I work with and around. I feel I am adequately paid and the benefits are decent. It's really just my manager that makes what would be a good job a bad one.

Good money, terrible benefits. If you want that promotion and work for it, more than likely you’ll get it. These guys lean hard into lean manufacturing so be prepared for your position to come with 4 other jobs and since there’s limited people, when seasoned operators vacation/holiday time comes, get ready to work four 12 hour shifts on a 6 day workweek.
Known issues are never solved unless someone gets hurt, so you’re always working around them to the point where it’s maddening…oh and they are constantly in violation of MSHA. 

Just like the summary states, the conditions get worse by the day, along with management. Pay is alright, not the best but not the worse. Management works solely for their bonuses, and corporate puts no money in departments/plants that need it and wastes it in others. The only time management lets us properly fix dust collectors are when we are cited for hundreds of thousands of dollars from MSHA. Could be a great place to work if corporate realized they’re shooting themselves in the foot with the appointed people in charge. 

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