Modineer

There is no room for advancement. You hardly ever get a raise they have a 8 pt system for attendance. If you get 6 points in a calendar year or any sort of write up you are ineligible for your annual raise. You get 5 unpaid vacation days when hired. People that work for the temp agency usually are paid higher than current employees. I have experienced discrimination about my clothes, school, & color. There is no confidentiality a supervisor once went to tell another employee, I came to tell on her, then he lied & told me he didn’t to my face. I was also recently suspended for he say she say, but when it was me in the situation there was never an investigation. The supervisor who broke confidentiality was never reprimanded or disciplined. Now I will never be comfortable voicing my concerns to any person of management or even Human Resources I never felt protected or like my best interest was in mind. Me personally maybe because of all the bad experiences I would recommend Modineer as a last resort job when there is nothing else available.

I liked the work a lot when I was actually welding and the pay is good, the communication between management and floor supervisors is terrible, gets brutally hot in there, get hopped around on a lot of machines including giant presses because their business model is looking at short term gains rather than retention of employees while the floor is left in chaos. Often welders end up doing other jobs while they wait for parts, took weeks to get an orientation which was the only way I learned about all the paperwork because nobody trains with any consistency. They also flatly lie about scheduling, but nobody seems to know WHO lies ahead of time and made hours mandatory that upon application I was assured were not  (was told Mon-Thurs 10 hr/day optional Fri, learned two weeks in actually mandatory Fri and when busy Sat and Sun potentially weeks on end seven days a week). A lot of turnover and for good reason.

Depending on the plant that you work at your personal experience may vary.  In any case this self proclaimed family company does not account for real life families.  My manager would not give me off my wedding day under threat of termination. 

Their pay advancement program is structured into unrealistic standard system so that even a small amount of disciplinary action will result in the already meager yearly raise being reduced or withheld.   Since the restructuring of the pay scheme anyone that is not maintenance, office, CNC, welding, or engineer will be a general laborer and should not expect reasonable pay.  

Finally, the management is inconsistent and favoritism and scapegoating are common.  Cliques of long time management frequently mishandle operations and constantly reorganize the labor force to cope with shortcomings.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The pay and second shift they are good about getting you the tools you need 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Teddy True, "first shift supervisor" and going in at 4:00 a.m.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
First shift is bad because the supervisor is very petty and a bully. Second shift is not as desirable as first shift generally, but the supervisor on second shift is a good one. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Pleasant when I get to talk to my supervisor, leads,and other welders. We get to move around on different jobs unlike on first whereas you are stuck on the same part getting burned out. None of the jobs are very difficult.

After 22 years of working there, they now have the most cut-throat management I've ever worked with.  They keep re-structuring the working hours and vacation days so the employees get less pay and less time off.   Safety matters are mostly ignored. If you are friends with the managers you can have almost unlimited time off while a regular floor employee doesn't have a chance.    I had hand surgery for a on the job injury and was ordered back to work 3 days later under threat of termination.   This while I had stiches and a fiberglass cast.   I worked there for 22 years with great reviews and steady pay raises.  Under the new owners it's turned bad.    Go work somewhere else!

Supervisors on the floor will verbally abuse you and lie to upper management if you try to get the problem taken care of. They tell you to do something and then wrote you up for doing it exactly how they said. They promote people to supervisors and when the new power goes to their head, you're expected to deal with it. Favoritism and double standards are just part of a "normal" day at work. Supervisors and cell leads can do whatever they want/take as many breaks as they want but threaten to fire you for having a home emergency and answering your phone. Best advice I can give... if you're thinking about applying to work at modineer, especially plant 6, just don't do it. The pay is nice but definitely not worth the stress and bull they out you through.

A typical workday was punching in and checking to see how the HAAS CNC machines were running for the prior shift, and to see what jobs were coming up and how close the prior job running will be finshed.
I learned how to run, program, edit, and train employees how to run the CNC machines. I also learned how to set up all my machines to run all jobs in the CNC.
Managment depended on me as a shift leader to have answers as to what jobs were complete and how the machines were running.
I enjoyed working with my co-workers, and I made several friends while employed with Modineer.
The hardest part of the job was the change in hours.
The most enjoyable part of my job was the constant learning about the CNC machine.

What is the best part of working at the company?
You get a paycheck only good part of working there

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Everything is stressful. They don’t value hard workers. They don’t care about employees. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
They proclaim to care about employees and everyone is a team but the moment something is wrong they will burn you before acting as if they value you and your work 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful. I watch my lead constantly leaning on a desk playing on his phone while I work my butt off and he gets credited for our area being productive

I was basically terminated after warning staff about another employee would start causing problems and sure enough she was threatening to whoop my butt to other co-workers but I was walked out for staying I wanted nothing to do with her and would defend myself if she came near me Now allegedly I’m a threat to the company. After receiving a excellence in all areas in my review the day before. Mind you I’ve worked for Modineer since 1/13/2016 til 3/28/19 never missed a day never been late Wow! But the person who has threaded to harm me and other co-workers get to stay and only been there 3 months how?

Clock in clock out, it was a repetitive grind like most factory work. Some of the management was ill tempered and the wages are stagnant. One good perk was the profit sharing/bonuses helped in that department.
They have a clear separation of amenities between factory workers and office workers that hinges on mean spirited.
One year they were creating a new break room for a building and at the last minute told the factory workers they weren't allowed in it because they were too dirty.
The factory employees break room is on the factory floor exposed to loud noises and chemicals, not safe sanitary or good for morale.

They treat you as expendable until you're ready to leave

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