production assembler

machine operator

shipper

production operator

mechanic

Mitchell Plastics

Where to start with this facility, the micro-managing by the two in charge is out of control, they hire managers who are smart and capable yet treat them like they are idiots and their ideas are useless. This facility will go through many good managers before any real change will ever take place. Its sad given the potential it had being a brand new facility, they ignore the real issue and that is the two in charge, if they were replaced this facility could actually run well with the current manufacturing managers.

The current HR does not care about the plant employees at all, they normally talk down to them to their face and belittle them to no end in meetings, it’s quite sad actually. They hold focus group meetings to pretend they care, but they see it more as an annoyance and waste of their time since nothing will be fixed to make the production staff happy and they know it. Everyday there are managers in the HR office complaining about how much they hate their job, yet they do nothing about it, I have never seen anything like this before, they hate their job because of who is running the facility and not their daily job.

Working at this facility it really shows how little they care about the quality of the work, they could put out 1,000 parts in a day but 30 could be bad but they don’t care. The lack of ownership is disheartening. Other facilities in Mitchell Plastics are not this bad and they receive other perks that this facility does not, solely because the two in charge do not want to help their employees, because it is a time waster on their part, its easier to just say no.

You will not receive a pay raise on the production floor for one full year, they say its to reward the people who stay but in reality they know the number of employees who actually make it or want to make it the full year is a low number.  This facility has seen nearly a 40% turnover in less than a year, that shows how it is ran and who is in charge of the actual hiring. They do have some very good people who work here but don’t expect any help from your current HR.

Operator - Sterling Heights, MI
Work-life balance
If you don’t work the mandatory hours you receive a point. Unless it’s excused

Pay & benefits
Vacation at the start of employment

Job security and advancement
If you are in the circle of favoritism you are rewarded. If the General manager like you he will promote certain operators. If he doesn’t like you he will find a reason to get you fired.

Management
The few Mangers that were there were the Best I have ever worked for. They treated you well Especially the Original B shift Manager he loved his team he went over and above to work with each operator. Very fair and the trouble makers were weeded out. But he was unable to do his job because the General manager doesn’t trust anyone. My Manager knew so much more then the General manager and it was sad when he was let go because he was not a yes man and didn’t follow the way The General manager wanted to run the plant. The General manger has no idea on operations and cannot deal with the operators he makes them uncomfortable and they are afraid to tell him be cause they don’t want to lose their job.

Culture
The culture at Mitchell is supposed to be a family environment. It is far from that it is a hostile work environment where political views and The favoritism of different cultures are shown special treatment because they are from Bangladesh and they are similar to the General manager who is Indian. The others are looked down on and are watched closely so they are fired for not fitting the mold set by the General manager.

Overall
Mitchell is or could be a good plant. They have great managers and supervisors but the General manager and HR show favoritism . The HR talks down to most of the people and they do not go on the production floor ever.

Highly stressful environment with unrealistic workloads and goals that are not achievable.  Everyone that works there constantly talks about how much they hate it and can’t wait to leave.  It is an entirely negative environment where no one receives any training but is expected to be an expert on the first day.  Problems are never fixed, only temporary solutions and workarounds to keep the machines running.

Tasks are assigned without any information or support and when management walks out to the floor they complain it’s not right, yell and cuss, and then walk away.  If you make the mistake of asking what is wrong, the yelling and cussing only get worse without ever receiving any real explanation of how to complete the unrealistic task to a satisfactory level. Supervisors are constantly put into positions of failure. Even if they try to do extra work, they are not allowed to because they are not allowed any overtime.

 Managers don’t interact with employees or spend any real time on the floor. Instead they sit in their office and watch the cameras. They will blame all the problems on others without ever trying to do anything themselves to help.  

The HR department does nothing to help employees.  Everyone gets talked down to as if they are lesser people and shouldn’t question anything. If a person gets hurt at work, they are as likely to be written up or fired as they are to get anything done to prevent what caused their injury.  

Everyone not in management is viewed as not intelligent and are always treated like replaceable parts that never get it right. Employees are always responsible for every problem even when the machine is broken.  

It would be better digging ditches in the hot Sun than to ever deal with the arrogant and narcissistic management.  I’ve never felt like I mattered less anywhere else.

      Mitchell Plastics was a okay job. The pay is decent but that is about it.    
     A typical day at this place is stressful. It seems like you are always short staffed and instead of shutting down machines because people didn't show up for work...they except the people who did show up for work to run 6 or more presses.   Some team leads will help with breaks but if they don't, you and the other co workers in the cell are expected to figure out your breaks yourself, if you are short staffed...then well...too bad. You either take on more machines so your coworkers can go to lunch or no one gets a lunch.       
     As for the work life balance...you can forget that entirely.   Management doesn't have a clue, they will notify you a hour before your weekend starts that you have overtime.  There were times when I would show up for overtime and just clean the entire night because  nothing was running.     
    The hardest part of the job is dealing with coworkers who think they are management and management not having an idea what's going on.  Also, the heat. Before covid they allowed fans at every press...after covid hit they took the fans away so when summer came it was like a oven in there. You felt suffocated because not only were you hot...but you had to wear a face mask also. 
          The things I learned were that factory life is not my life long dream. It paid the bills but that is all that I really took away from it.   I was stressed, exhausted physically and emotionally.      I did meet some amazing people while I was there that made the days easier but honestly quitting was the best thing I could have done. 

I have worked at the Charlestown Indiana warehouse for 2 yrs.. But not hired with the company for two yrs until October. I used to love going into my job, they seemed like they truly cared about their employees and their families. I was beyond wrong!! They have rearranged our stations and material making it extremely hard on employees to get out crazy amount of parts each day.  The parts we do get are ****,  when we do have parts,  they seem to enjoy hiring those who obviously have drug addictions and treat them like gold. Those who show up and work and definitely have no drug issues are treated like ####!  Crazy overtime bc they put new people on stations that are already behind,  and management has no desire to listen to their employees just like to go and damage finish goods by touching chrome without gloves and not properly storing parts in containers. It's just not a pleasant place to work!

Very clean organized environment, climate controlled temps. I work at the Sterling Heights location. This is a new bldg opened end of 2017. Pay is great 14.50 to start and raises to come also profit sharing. We make consoles for the Ram Pick up Truck. Not one hard job in there. This plant is non Union and is NOT quick to fire employees. Just do your job and come to work on time. Steady pace nothing ridiculous. All ages from 21 to capable of handling power hand held drills. I would recommend this job to everyone. Direct hire, 90 day probation. Great employees despite a few with their own inner bitterness. Great Managers and Supervisors. Benefits after one month...Forget to mention its less than 50 employees on each shift.

This is a good place to work overall. The work can be both fun and challenging at the same time depending where you are placed. I currently work in the assembly team and my coworkers are very friendly and uplifting if your having a bad day ,we all work together to meet our daily production needs. The job is easy overall and the pay is fair for what we do. I have to say assembly has some of the best cell leaders and best supervisor. there’s never a moment where I don’t think I am not heard when I have concerns or questions . The only con is when you work early hours and have to work mandatory overtime I never was a morning person lol so this schedule was very challenging for me but it’s been almost two years and I have no complaints other then there is  a slight communication problem in between the different departments that does affect our work sometimes overall I’m proud to be a team member !!!

In a typical day at Mitchell Plastics I would either work on a plastic injection mold machine, cutting and collecting parts, assemble air conditon ducts, or do quality control on airducts and ship finished products to Honda. I learned you have to be patient and pay very close attention to detail when working in the automobile manufacturing industry. My coworkers were very nice, there was mostly women that worked there and sometime we would all bring food and eat luch together, and on Halloween we would dress up. The hardest thing about the job was dealing with the always increasing demand for finished product, the quota would always go up every week no matter what. The most enjoyable part of the job was that I was always busy and there was always something to do. I never got bored.

They value medial tasks versus thinking about the big picture to reduce those tasks and increase time for more meaningful things.  Example, they refuse to get computers on the floor for the operators to use to input data they are already collecting and the management insists the engineers take paper copies (which some always get lost) and then manually input the data into the computer to then run a trend analysis.  They don't give anyone on the floor the benefit of the doubt that they can actually do their job and because of this management runs themselves thin trying to micro manage everything.  They even require 100 percent additional inspection after the products are made that has to be conducted by a member of management because they do not trust their employees or fail to have a better quality system in place to reduce management inspection rates.  This results in a high turn over rate of quality engineers including myself.

 They don't train you properly, you have to fend for yourself. Even though the work was fairly easy, it still was fast-paced. This also causes a high turnover rate, in which everyone doesn't work at the same speed. Management is clueless, especially when it pertains to the employees. The workers here are Hot/Cold, you just never know what to expect. The hardest part of the Job is coming to work, And the most enjoyable part of the job is walking to my car and leaving. If you need a job, I say give it a shot. But I wouldn't recommend anyone to work here. Until this place gets some structure and listens to the operator's concerns.

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