production worker

quality service representative

NLMK

Years gone by, this was one of the best places to work.  Great atmosphere, decent pay (at the time), time off, and everyone worked together.  

Over the past five to ten years, since NLMK has taken over it's gone to total trash.  It's company vs. Union and the company tries to take everything they can.  They hike insurance rates and offer a miserable excuse, a pittance if you will, for an HSA.  They force new hires on it so once they can say 50% have the HSA, they can force everyone.  

We used to have personal days for cases of emergency, now we have to give 24 hour notice to use them?  We only get two, and they can't even give us that.  

Management LOOKS for reasons to fire people.  If you're a new guy, you could get fired for the dumbest things if they think they can get away with it.  

They started a new program to help "bring management and workers" together.  That was literally forgotten a week after the "initial area" was completed.   Management blames their lack of abilities on the workers and even sends out newsletters saying so.

The worst part, that most people hate, they reserve the right to force you to work over a second 8 hours.  One person calls off on the next shift (happens often), someone is staying 16 hours total.  Work to life balance here is literally non existent as you honestly have NO clue if you're going to get forced to work a double or not.   Maintenance has been scheduled doubles every week sometimes three or more.  The company has made it quite clear that their employees are the last thing they care about.  Safety and Quality only matter when it effects their production.

Management is all for themselves, treats hourly employees like they are a dime a dozen. Basic foreman have no communication skills and only come down on employees they choose. Management has been known to target certain employees and try to bully them with policies they don't enforce with other employees. Safety only matters when production isn't harmed. Salary cannot seem to take responsibility for wrongs done not can they fairly come up with solid plans to accommodate everyone as equals. Management panders to Maintenance and Electrical employees but leaves Production employees out to dry and blames them for product defects that were of no fault of the production employees. Management is fractured they have no knowledge of day to day responsibilities. Management came up with a bank of ideas to hear the production employees but only take ideas first if they were suggested by other Salary. Would not recommend employment to any new hires until problems can be resolved and management can climb off the pedestal and treat hourly employees better because at the end of the day we make their money for them. Even on this app the only people who recommend employment are salary members who havent haven't spent five minutes on the production floor. 

The mechanical and electrical departments are the bottom of the food chain.  Our schedules suck and leave no family time or ability to plan ahead even a week, management is deaf to suggestions and all on abusive power trips, we have to beg for the tools we need to to the jobs we're expected to do for months sometimes before we get them.  We get bonuses like 50 cents per hour worked in a month when the other mills around us are handing out thousands to their workers.  You can't trust HR or supervisors with anything.  The whole environment is toxic and structured in a way that only the company suck ups and salary employees benefit while the company fights the union tooth and nail about anything.  The turnover in maintenance is awful and the company won't replace the people they drive out, leaving every crew a skeleton of what it was even a year ago.  The guys on the crews are great to work with for the most part, and our constant jokes about how miserable it is to work here are the only source of enjoyment we get all day.

  This company gets a lot of flack from previous employees and hardly ever an objective review.  This is a good job, it will provide for you and your family.  Healthcare and wage compensation for expectations are very fair.  Management in the melt shop are among the easiest to get along with I've ever experienced.  They largely promote from within, making communication between hourly and management simplistic.  The physical environment is high heat stress, but breaks and hydration are more than adequate to compensate.  The incentive pay is not as high as other local steel producers, nor are work expectations.  No job is excessively difficult or demanding.  That being said, the scheduling leaves a lot to be desired.  A rotational 12 hour shift schedule is extremely difficult on those with young children.  That portion comes with the territory of 24 hour running facility.  If you can handle the stresses of scheduling, this company can be very rewarding. 

I see tons of complaints about hours and forced overtime. First off, it’s a steel mill. 
Secondly, those who have worked in steel mills understand how it works. You receive a really nice hourly wage for working with the situations and conditions within the mill. Swing shift, overtime, 7 days a week, 12/16 hours. 
You receive double time and premium pay plus a decent shift differential. Not everyone is cut out to work in a Steel mill. For this area, NLMK is very competitive with its wage package and benefits. Health benefits are like all the other companies, terrible. The company offers options to help with this. Working here is not horrible. It’s not a utopia either. 
It’s a great paying job. As usual, people want things handed to them and complain about things that people without a job like this wouldn’t even consider saying.  If it’s such a horrible place, why still work here?
I plan on staying as long as I can. 

NLMK-PA is a great place to work. They have great benefits, job security and co-workers are like family.

The downside is no one leaves, so as a young adult trying to advance their career and make use of thire Master's Degree there is no place to move up.

Being in the quality department, a typical day is working in Oracle (a computer) system to enter damaged materials into the database. I handle filing, spreasheets and data entry/records.

This company has taught me a lot about working in a "man's world" of steel, working as a team and the desire to better a company's quality.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I met some really good people but I also met some backstabbers and others in management that react to hearsay instead of proof.   I would only take a job here If you were desperate. that's why they have a high turnover of personnel

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of direction and support. no structure and everybody is scared   of their own shadaw

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
lack of trust and honesty. Innocent until proven guilty doesn't apply here

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
i established my own job and responsibilities

Hands down the worst job I’ve ever had. Management was awful and with the exception of about maybe four people, all of my co-workers were terrible and miserable people. I was treated terribly. Dreaded going into that place. They don’t train you right. Union was a complete joke. Full of company suck ups. The place was unsafe. Only good thing about the place was the insurance but it wasn’t worth staying for. I quit before I had another job lined up, which is insane thinking back on it. I couldn’t work for five months after quitting because of the PTSD that job and those people gave me. It still haunts me years later. Hopefully it’s changed but I doubt it. I’d stay away. 

This place is great if you don't ever want a day off or have any life outside of work.  We are scheduled 12 hour shifts 6 days per week.  If someone calls off, you are working 16 hours and coming right back to work the next day.  Lack of sleep for all, makes this a dangerous job.  They can also change your schedule with only 24 hours notice.  So if you think you might be lucky enough to get a day off and maybe catch one of your kids ball games, think again, they will take it away.  Turnover is high because nobody wants to work these crazy hours.  They have no care or concern for employees.  Everyone is tired and miserable.

The initial online application process was typical of most employers, clunky.  But I was called quickly after submitting my application.  The HR person was very nice and the initial phone interview went smooth.  It took about a week before I received another call for a follow-up interview, and another week before I heard back from them again.  But the process was worth the wait.  Everyone I've met, supervisors to laborers, are top notch. This company is ready to invest in the person, let you grow, and have a purpose here. I would recommend this company to my own family.

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