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Pay was alright, but the place might as well be managed by chimps. Started off there as a material handler, (forklift driver). 

I spent my entire first and only month there without even receiving my license. They would give me things to do called cycle counts, which required a license and they expected me to still be able to get things off of the top racks using telekinesis I guess. 

When I started bugging them every day about getting my license, they just started moving me around as a floater to help the absentee problem in all of the departments. 

Filled out a request for time off sheet once, and got cussed out by a manager for leaving it on his desk. (He's never anywhere to be found). Women are immune to being punished for taking 20 minute breaks because it's considered sexism to hold them accountable for anything. 

If they say you're going to be working in the hydro guard department, go ahead and turn in your notice because you'll be working with a feminist man-hater that's also immune to corrective action because she's the only one in the building that knows her department. 

If you pick up a broom and start sweeping because you have nothing to do at the moment, you'll be chastised for not doing anything. If you take initiative and start helping someone because you have nothing to do, you'll be chastised because you weren't told to do that. 

The only good employee here is the HR girl. Corporate really needs to pay a surprise visit here and clean house. None of the jobs here require a degree in Astro-Physics so They could replace people easily if they would just bother to actually train them.

Ok so I work at the Decatur plant 1. First thing of importance!!! They don't not tell you they have lead in they're products so that's one hazard, I asked why they took my blood at my health screening so now you know.   Management.   Bottle of nasty snakes tryin for one tiny mouse, they back stab, lie, manipulate to get what they need said, not done. They do nothing.  They don't not run any machines! They don't know how! If there was a strike Mullers would be relocated, and trust me this last contract was absolutely horrible! Everybody gets raises, but your health insurance premiums go up every year so u lose more money every year!  The only ONLY! PRO is the production workers that train you and help
You! Management has no knowledge so they cannot
Train.  Everything is I'll send an email! Now mind you this is Decatur, and even your fellow co worker is out for a grab bag so keep your personal life to yourself!  There is no advancement, dirty environment, cold in the winter, like the sun in the summer! If your single this is for you, if your healthy! If your family type look again. When your kids are out of school you will be working 10 mandatory hours plus sat.  And if your greedy it's 12 hour shifts mon-thru Friday.  Sat sun. They will let you work yourself to death.  Need to mind.  Points systems that doesn't count surgery or anything that's a point per day. You
Get 12

A typical day at work included running one of the Sanyu injection machines, which included various different sizes of iron castings ranging from 2 inch to 16 inch.  Each day was different b/c the supervisor would switch us on the parts we ran everyday so as to prevent burnout or complacency.  I learned much about injection machines, in this case rubber injection, and how they work with our overall water system, the critical parts that need to be done right to ensure that the common public gets quality clean water into their homes or businesses.  Management was generally helpful and supportive, reviewing your work and making sure that you were up to standard on quality, double checking your work and providing training when necessary.  My co-workers were efficient and helpful, but also fun to work with, a lot of different personalities that made for a interesting mix making sure that no day was the same.  The hardest part of the job was getting used to the physicality of it.  This job will get you in shape, and develop you muscles, but the first few weeks are no picnic, very hard, if you are not already in shape;.  But once you get used to it, its not bad at all.  The most enjoyable part of the job was the manual labor part of the job, being able to get lost in the rhythm of running the machine, putting parts out, and before you knew it the day was done and you didn't even really feel like you had been at work for 8 hours.

Good pay compared to most shops. Some exceptional perks, like two years vacation the first year of employment along with five sick/personal days and yearly raises. The healthcare package was comprehensive, health, dental, vision, ad&d, life insurance, and 401k, but every year the healthcare premiums increased significantly, so that the raise didn't even matter because it came right back out in the healthcare premiums. The first year there I was able to afford the option 90, the best coverage. Upon leaving, I had over the years been forced down to the lower option 70 because premiums spiked literally every year. That's unheard of. But the biggest deficit of the company is the incompetence in management. No communication, great ignorance to operations, lack of concern for productivity, therefore tooling wasn't purchased, equipment wasn't fixed, and substandard valves were customarily shipped out the door to customers. Their idea seemed to be, just get it out the door. I don't care if you have to machine it with a hand grinder. We machinist can indeed make an exception due to lack of tooling and yet get the job done, but here the exception was the rule and normal way of business. No tooling, but get it done. Hope this helped.

Products were bad and rather than have us fix them they just kept making us churn out more (bad) products. Its not our fault;  they were under staffed, under budgeted, poorly managed, and given barely enough time to even whip something together. I hate to say I'm not even proud of anything there. 

So how do they fix it? Fire everyone. The place where all the engineers, devs, and support is, let's fire all of them! They also spin it as we were the bad guys since we didn't want to uproot our lives and families to Georgia from Massachusetts. I wouldn't be surprised if less than a third of the knowledge got transferred down there and ultimately the "systems" business gets cut down the road. It's just numbers to them, so even if you bust you hump you don't matter more. Pay was about the only positive. The also barely give any time off so your kids will be out of school for a holiday but you still have to work. 

The culture was awful. The CEO basically said if you dont like it, leave. His great idea is to have all the unhappy people leave rather then try to make employees happy. But I guess the bigger plan was to just hire an entirely new set of employees.

What is the best part of working at the company?
good community, friendly coworkers

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of training, lack of management direction and follow-through, endless meetings that lack goals and go nowhere. Company had a major restructuring and lost most of its staff and knowledge and can no longer retain talent for various different reasons causing the problems to outgrow the solutions and available time

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
friendly coworkers absolute horrible management and alot of justifiably angry customers

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
checking what broke overnight and cleaning up the easiest issues possible to try and meet the constantly failing minimum metrics while ignoring all the larger issues because no one knows how to handle them while being pressed by multiple customers because we are not contractually meeting our obligations

Poor management.  Never complimentary or encouraging.  Manage with slave-driver approach.  No life balance - you always work 6 days/week (56 hours) so you can't have a life outside of work.  Constantly trying to do production with worn-out tooling because company will not replace them.  If you're a female and management likes you, you can do whatever you want - there are no rules.  This is the only place I've ever worked where management blatantly lies to your face  and does not stick to their own word.  Only allowed 2 sick days per year (that's what vacation days are for-riigghhtt!!).   Advancement opportunity only if you have a degree.  They like placing good employees in higher pay positions without giving them the higher pay.  There's always a carefully crafted excuse why they won't give you the appropriate pay.  I've witnessed this numerous times.  Very little training provided.

Typical day is all about our customers and what we can do to help their business and get more business for our company.
I have learned about the manufacturing industry and how our products help residential and commercial properties.
Management works hard to make the best decisions for the company and to make their teams successful. They are supportive and always available to contact no matter what their title.
The culture is very relaxed but fast paced at the same time.
Hardest part of the job is not seeing my team everyday. I am the admin for the entire East Region so all my contact is by phone and email so I feel like I know each team member but it would be nice to talk in person.
Most enjoyable part of my job is learning new things everyday and feeling what I do is “useful” and productive. I also love being able to work from home if I need to or want to. 


Manufacturing of electrical utilities devices from materials supply chain through to finished, customer ready product.  Enjoy the constant exposure to technological advancements, new product R & D, being involved in operations management procedures through assisting, Kaisen, and the application of several other operations management theories and principles.  Have learned to observe facilities safety protocols and been inspired to finish my bachelors degree with a combination of administrative and manufacturing engineering courses.  Also enjoyed being multifaceted within the company by being chosen and volunteering to grow horizontally in manufacturing/production areas.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Good pay. Weekly check. Depending on position - 8 hr shifts

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Training is non existent. Upper management claims to want feedback from frontline workers but doesn’t actually take feedback. Very authoritative without providing actual resources. No development training. Stuck in their old “Muellar Way”. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Like walking on egg shells. Massive employee churning. Management does not include feedback. Figure it out yourself mentality. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Depends on responsibilities. As an operator you wait to find out what you’re doing that day. Not enough gages for everyone. So much time wasted due to not having enough resources.

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