shift leader

brazer

application developer

quality technician

assembler

Modine Manufacturing Company

When I started working their 7+ years ago morale was high and we had weekends off. Had employee appreciation days, now no employee appreciation days and working almost every weekend,even when we have no work. Morale is at an all time low. People are quitting left and right. Management don't care, they just want product out the door. Quantity over quality. The new plant manager and superintendent don't tell anyone what's going on. We don't have meeting anymore. Feels like they are afraid of getting asked questions.  New jobs are supposed to be coming in but keep getting pushed backed. We are supposedly a billion dollar company but they act more like a thousand dollars company.  H.R. doesn't help anyone.  Supervisor can't help or won't help anyone. You ask a question and they say idk. They will put you on a job that you're not qualified on and expect you to run it like you've been their for years. They waste more money on 5S instead of fixing machines. Heaven forbid you get something out of the yellow line or have something in the walk way. Maintenance don't want to fix anything until it breaks down or you run out of ducktape and zip ties.  Not counting vacation days you get 10 days a year to miss.. actually 9 days, if you miss 10 you're fired. They act like 9 days out of a year is to many to miss. No sick days, even if you have a doctor's note. That's why everyone has FMLA. If you're a virgin when you start working here, you won't be for to long. They will F you and F you hard. 

This company has outstanding pay! The management is okay but needs to work on communication. Management seems to take to word of other employees when there is a problem however will not approach me until there is a write up on the table. I am the type of person that likes to be confronted with a problem so that I can fix it. I do not like being the last to hear about a mistake that I made. I have seen people terminated for things that another employee claimed they had seen even thought it might not be true. These events can destroy peoples lives and should not be taken lightly. This company is pretty good overall. I will be forever grateful for what they have done for me. They have taught me many skills that will benefit me for the rest of my life. I really like the work schedule because I get all of my work out of the way in the first or last part of the week. My newer co workers are a huge help all of the time. The co workers that have been there for more than 20 years seem to always want to stir up drama and get others in trouble. I have learned to be very careful who to trust and it has helped me out in life many times. The attendance record is a little too strict in some ways. When there is 18-24 inches of snow on the ground, give your employees a break! When a tornado tears a city apart, let your employees go home and check on their families!

I spent my time as a Manufacturing Engineering Intern in role that allowed me to build a test system for a manufacturing floor from the ground up. This unique opportunity allowed me to research and develop a "new to Modine" technique, talk to experts in the field, build my networking skills and social skills, and then apply all of this into a system that I built. I really enjoyed the freedom that I had to research a lot of this stuff and invite experts to come and educate me, as well as the mentorship that I had for this allowing such techniques. 

The drawbacks of this company were that it was very outdated. While I was there I remember utilizing Windows 8 OS until it was discontinued requiring me to finally upgrade. So the tech that they utilized as daily driver software's and hardware's was all pretty old. But in practice, you could purchase new niche stuff that was all very new and modern for your projects pretty easily. 

They boast on your benefits package that you get PTO. That's misleading. You get 40 hours of vacation a year for the first two years then two weeks after that. However, if your on 12 hour shifts that leaves you with 3 1/2 vacation days in your first two years. Same with the point system you start with ten points missing an 8 hour shift (with a notice) is 1 point, a twelve hour shift is one and a half. On the flip side if your off for a paid holiday they only pay you for 8 hours even if your on a 12 hour shift. Also we are on year three of a global pandemic and they don't offer any kind of sick leave.its also really insulting that once a quarter they will set you down to tell you how much money that you are making your branch but they offer no stock options or profit sharing just rubbing your nose in it. All in all the pay was decent but the benefits were a joke and if you have a family at home you may as well kiss them goodbye because you belong to Modine now.

Most days were very intuitive once your job position was learned. There are many skills you can learn and acquire while working on the production floor. Compensation and benefits are good. Overall the job is very enjoyable… if everyone was actually respectful and a team player like the company tries to advertise. The company also hosts a horrible point system that doesn’t care for the workers well beings whatsoever so long as they get their product by the end of the night. They give you 10 points to start and maybe three days of vacation for the entire year when you first start. The points counts down from 10 for every minute late or every day missed. A call-in is 1 .25 point for a 10hr shift and 1 point for a 8hr shift. If No call-No show an additional point will be taken. The missed point takes an entire year to renew itself.

Daily activities for the Plant Controller vary greatly from day to day, but include participation in production meetings, review of daily revenue and material requisitions. Most tasks are completed on a weekly, monthly or quarterly cadence, and are designed to ensure the integrity of plant financial statements, general ledger and all related reporting tools and accounting systems. 

Modine Manufacturing utilizes standard work and process management to drive continuous improvement. I am the only Plant Controller in Modine to have attained the "creating mentors" level of improvement capability.

The most enjoyable aspect of the job is the comradery with co-workers, and helping others to achieve their goals.  I also enjoyed the technical aspects in improving efficiency of processes and reporting tools to provide management with great information quickly.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing. Poor management, never have parts, unorganized, quality standards are non existent, communication is poor and they don't care if employees are bullied by other employees! 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of organization and preparedness. Being unable to fill an order because parts are not available, then having to push the order out the door as fast as you can because they are expedite due to management not being capable of keeping an inventory of parts needed to fill orders that they know they have way in advance.  Then work Sat and Sun.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
People are cool for the most part


What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Never know what's going on because somewhere a department in the facility will be lacking parts they need.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Good company culture, fair pay & benefits. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Poor training, although this varies from manager to manager. Overabundance of policy, procedures, and red tape. Company is quick to lay off workers if it means keeping the stock price up.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
There are company outings, like a baseball or basketball game. They try to make working at the company a mostly enjoyable experience. The people there are all really nice but often times stressed and overwhelmed.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
As an engineer, there was probably only an hour or two of engineering-related work per day. The rest was dealing with red tape, waiting for information, paperwork and office shenanigans.

What is the best part of working at the company?
There was nothing good. Company did not care about its employees. Was a very physical and demanding job and company did nothing to help improve poor working conditions. Made lots of empty promises 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Extremely hot , physically demanding, only one break other than your lunch break . Physically exhausted at end of each day , supervision was very weak, a very impersonal company that only cared about numbers 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Extremely hot, dirty, very cluttered , poor management 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful  very physical  mentally exhausting extreme heat with poor ventilation

What is the best part of working at the company?
Weekend shift.  One of the highest paying in the general area.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Never knowing when they are going to lay off,  re-arrange schedule.  They just switched back from 4 10's and got rid of the Weekend shift completely.  This being said.  Back when they had 8 hour days 5 days a week, which they just switched back to.  Pretty much ='s 6 days a week with mandatory OT.  Every weekend!

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
A lot of other employees feel like the company only cares about the bottom line, and do not care about the employees themselves.  At least that's the read I always got from the rest of the employees.

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