shift leader

production associate

shipping and receiving clerk

quality engineer

process engineer

NISHIKAWA COOPER LLC

Working as a Injection Molder and having talked to a few others, a common complaint is pay for work done. The amount of parts that need to be made is high, and that I could tell doing 110% didn't get you more than not working the weekend. If you have a family, own a house, and/or have a loan to pay, you wouldn't want that anyways because you need weekend work to scrape ahead.
Among workers they just do what's needed to get by and if mistakes are made they treat it as nothing, not that the workers don't want to do great they just don't have incentive. 
some machines are built in a way that makes it hard to work fast and the bare minimum is done to keep them running. you have to work around the blatant flaws of the molds, some days its easy with no major issues and others your playing with machine settings keeping focus on how you put the pieces together just to get another bad part.
Other Issues I can List out are Mandatory Black t-shirts that were recently brought in that would surly make summers even more unbearable than they already are, "events" where food, gifts, and other things are provided which paired with the t-shirts comes off as a major waste of company money that could go directly to workers or to maintaining equipment. Molding isn't your only job, your checking material and doing a bit Maintenance which really puts a strain on how you push yourself to make rate. there is medial help if you hurt yourself, but you still have to push yourself so hard your going to hurt yourself a lot.

The bit of good I can give this place, the people are great! you might have a issue with a coordinator or team leader, but everyone was fairly nice and helpful. It feels like Good family in a rough home. the events I mentioned, though a waste of money, are okay. with a potential to get freshly grilled food and have many raffle pulls for every shift. there is also your usual benefits like medical and 401k. if you really need work I don't recommend molding here, but you might have a better time doing something else in the company if you can.

Work-life balance
It's all about numbers.  Japanese company who has absolutely no leniency when it comes to employees. 2 20 minute breaks . Repetitive work. Loads of mandatory overtime simply because the machines you're working with are outdated and slow! They expect perfection even with the outdated equipment and the process could use aLOT of improvements! They claim to be employee ran but it's all about the money. They pay okay but you could work anywhere else and have less stress and aggravation.  0 stars. I've never been treated so poorly by a management team.

Overall
They dont care about employees at all. Training is awful. Very little room for human error. Mandatory overtime all the time because the machines are outdated and the waste is high. Old procedures done daily expecting better results. Numbers numbers numbers! That's all they worry about.  Good luck getting a bathroom break or speaking to anyone about issues. Management is a joke here. This place is a 0 star facility. Dirty   stinky and old! Save your energy for a better job. This one was a waste .

I personally did not have any issues with my manager or team. Easy to work with and a supportive culture... However, the overall direction of the company is concerning. Production management greatly values efficiency over quality. This includes cutting costs, taking process shortcuts, and over working production operators until they've had enough and quit. (6-7 days, mandatory 12 hours) Production leaders are sometimes given unrealistic goals to meet by management and then get yelled at for quality issues because people take shortcuts to meet management's efficiency targets. There are departments in production, new product development, engineering, maintenance that have been short staffed for years with no plan to fill. Also, the lack of people/position development tells me they have no long term plans. Overall, some people are great to work with, friendly, and genuinely good people but the leadership and overall culture needs to be examined. 

Working here on 2nd shift is horrible, there are only 2 good leaders & lots of favoritism, lack of concern if you get hurt, way to many work hours some departments work 7 days a week 10-12 hrs every day, not many days off to rest up unless you use vacation hours, management & supervisors are horrible & don’t care about employees, constant department transfers. The money from all the hours is good but not worth your health & safety & always hiring because they can’t keep employees!

If you like drama like some high school girl this is a great job for you! Supervisors suck all they care about is their numbers you can hit 100% and upper mangement will complain why you didn't hit 120% place was great till new management took over a few years back and started micro manage everything. Some great people but you also have people who just like to talk about everyone behind their backs including HR god they won't help you at all before you even take an issue with them they already cause half the company knows. Also, be prepared to have no personal life they don't think you have a personal life outside of work.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Money and benefits kept me there for 20 years.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of communication and lots of hours.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Environment is too  smokey and its very hot in summer and cold in winter. Culture is old school fake it to make it and sink or swim mentality.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
To be honest I hated it but it paid the bills.

Great pay and benefits, but you don't get enough time off work to enjoy them at all. You work anywhere from 40-84 hours a week. Depends on the area that they put you at. If you are up for working overtime, then this is the job for you. You can make great money, and be able to make a living on this job, but you won't have a life at all if you work here at all. Your co-workers become your family and friends, because that's all you get hang out with no matter what with this job.

Only room for advancement is for family, friends, and the favorites. They claim some overtime but you spend all of your time at work and none with your family. The wages are no longer competitive and you can find a better paying job anywhere else. It is constant frustration with the overwhelming amount of parts that need to be made. They don’t care that you work 7 days a week, as long as they get their product. People quit left and right because it’s terrible. It’s too hot inside and they won’t fix the problem. 

Management does not care about its employees. Job isn't hard, but management goes out of their way to make the work environment unbearable, bordering on hostile. Morale is consistently low and it is blamed on the workers by the management, even though management fosters this environment. Benefits are good, but could be better. There's no chance for an employee to balance life and work.

Management is very unprofessional. Operations Manager really unprofessional. Use of bad language and talks about all the workers in the factory like they don't know what they are doing. And make makes supervision do things thay have no clue how to do. No communication between Management and supervision. Makes it hard to do your job. Will get rid of you for no reason.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Shift leader 3 salaries reported	$25.59 per hour
Production associate 7 salaries reported	$18.54 per hour
Shipping and receiving clerk 1 salary reported	$19.95 per hour
Quality engineer 2 salaries reported	$77,868 per year
Process engineer 2 salaries reported	$68,250 per year

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