operator

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There are politics, mind games, and managers that are looking to throw you under the bus just to cover their mistakes.  Unfortunately,  I don’t know how aware HR is of these things or if they’re led to believe the inaccuracies that led me to leaving my job.  What’s done is done.  There’s a lot that bothered me there.

What bothered me a lot was how it felt like everyday when it’s insinuated that something was done wrong on your shift.  Nothing could be done about it.  Or you get called out in an email over something petty but is cced to everybody.  Or pretty much be implied how replaceable you are because you came from the streets or because you don’t already know how to do something after the first time; like you should know better.  Procedures changed a lot in the period I was employed there. Or you may be told one thing, and it’s not the case but hear about it the next day like it’s my fault and it’s swept out in the open to draw attention away from something else. Usually petty stuff but it stacks up every day.

You don’t have to hear what happens on the floor from me.  You heard some of it from the last guy that posted from the same location.  The sad part is I liked the people I spent 95 percent of my time around.  I might have even worked with the guy.  Who knows. And the majority’s of employees actually care.  But man, it only takes two or three snakes in the right places to make it a miserable place to work.  To make it seem like you can be replaced if you don’t take the bogus stuff that is served in your face; or behind your backs. Of course it’s only your fault because you have the least experienced people.  It makes me remember why I left.  I miss the people on the floor though.

Corporate is absolutely fine.  I believe they really are trying to do right.  But, it stinks knowing how it all falls far from the intent as it makes it to the floor.  It doesn’t work sometimes.  And white shirts don’t always listen to employees when it comes from a safety standpoint.  So root cause analysis sheets and Take 2 videos only go so far.  And sometimes stuff just happens.  Listen to the floor.  Keep supporting the floor employees in all the departments. They’re good people on all shifts that know what they’re talking about.

Daily work routine was to come in make sure all fluid , material, and parts were up to spec for that part. checking dimensions of parts to make sure they matched blue print specs,  consistently checking level of air and lube to make sure parts were accurate. making sure count was accurate making labels for product to insure product was shipped to proper department for next faze of part. also taking out dies and set up once job quantity was reached to install new jobs according to blue prints and first piece inspections to properly run new job. my experience there taught me how to trouble shoot different types of lubes concentrations, metals, and air times. also at my time there I became a press lead who was in charge of press and 2 employees to over see all aspects of press to keep press running according to insure quality of parts, proper labeling and movement of parts. the management  was mediocre only because I worked 3rd shift and lack of office personnel for those hours. the culture there was safety first, the insurance of quality for the product that was being made in a timely and orderly  fashion. the hardest part of the job was the loudness and ability to communicate with others on the production floor, lots of sign language type gesture 
s because of hearing protection required. Best part of job was running efficiently a head of schedule with no break downs breaking average record of parts made. I ran the Model press for my department and made more than average parts for the time line. average run of parts would be 3200 pieces I would produce almost 5000 and at times 5000. It would be made known in companie meetings and that made it all worth it.

I am a associate mechanical engineer . My job is to trouble shoot and repair all grinding machines on a type change line. A line has a total of 28 machines per line, 10 of those machines are grinding and or super finish machines or gauging machines. My job is to adjust programs and tooling for each machine and make them run to top Quality and efficiency per the job specifications. I have learned the importance of Quality and efficiency on this type of machine the better the machine runs the better the parts will be through out the production of the specific part #. This being  the target of my job description . Management has little to Know knowledge of what is going on most of the time.  This being one of the main reasons  why I am looking for a more stable career.  Fellow Co-workers are really good people well rounded and knowledgeable . They are willing to be trained and or to train on anything that needs to be knowing for the job on hand. The hardest part of my Job is having to trying and keep 28 lines running Quality and efficiency on a nightly bases between two different buildings two block s apart. The most enjoyable part of my job is working with the people and diagnosing the problem on the machines and making them run at a good Quality and efficiency as possible .

The pay is great and the benefits seem pretty good. You are required to work almost every Saturday even if there is not much to do. Occasionally you get mandated to work daily overtime also (10 hour days). The work is not very hard but can be monotonous and boring. Procedure changes can hinder the job more than it helps the job. Most machines are extremely old and outdated which makes the job harder and slows down production due to break downs and quality issues. It's also getting tougher to find replacement parts to repair them.

Busy spells seem to come in spurts. The business is not consistent. There are more slow spells than busy spells. When it gets slow they downsize employees, then they move people around to fill in the empty positions. After they down size they start forcing us to work overtime again.

It's a good place to make lots of money quickly if you need it (can work 12 hours a day 7 days a week during busy times), but at this time I would not recommend it for a career.

A typical day at work consisted of running 2 lines with 3 cnc machines each if you were on an automated line. You had checks for part measurements every 2 hours to make sure that the parts were in the specification range.

Working there taught me alot about consistency and accuracy with my measurements and work habits.

Management was a joke at this place and really needed to be looked at. Managers don't typically last more than a year here in certain departments and they bring in people from the outside who have no machine experience. It just makes for a rough workday.
When your operators have to tell the manager what to do, it becomes a problem because they have to balance their production as well as the managers job. If you get lucky and get a manager that knows what he is doing, then its a great job.

My coworkers were very friendly and we all worked as a team to keep production up.

The most enjoyable part was competing to produce the most GOOD parts every shift. It doesn't matter if you make 400 parts a day if they aren't GOOD parts.

The hardest part of of the job is keeping the machines running when you are short handed and missing Technicians. You are expected to fix your own machines and keep them running to make production.

a typical day at work would start by clocking in and going to the assembly line meeting where they would brief us on what part we would be producing and how many we would have to make. usually the quotas were extremely high and nearly impossible to reach even in a twelve hour work day. what I learned were the typical instructions on how to run each station necessary in the process of assembling the product. as well as the criteria for quality. management did a poor job explaining the basic instructions necessary to run the stations on the assembly line and they weren't clear on the criteria for quality either. it was a sink or swim work environment. most of the co-workers were Hispanic and did not speak English. language barriers made team work hard to obtain. but we usually managed to find a way to communicate problems with the quality if issues would arise. the hardest part of the job was meeting the impossibly high quotas set by upper management in an extremely fast work environment. the most rewarding part of the job was the paycheck at the end of the week or being noticed for doing an exceptional job.

This "company" is shady to say the least.  The top level management is running this company into the ground.  Employees are not valued by them.  They see employees as "Tools" that they can just swap out for any and all mistakes no matter how little they are.  They make very poor decisions such as they wait until Friday afternoon to tell operators if they are working the weekend.  They tell stake holders and Japan Headquarters of inventory that is on hand that is not sell-able to customers.  There is an underground click with the management team and if you are not part of it, your employment is in jeopardy.  If an operator takes a Occasional Absence day which is part of the benefits package, they are told they have to work the weekend and if they don't, they are pointed for it. Off shifts are not supported by upper management or HR.  They run short staffed and expected to make production numbers the same is first shift that is over staffed.  They opened up another plant in another part of the state that can only perform 1/2 of the production process due to lack of machinery.  The other 1/2 has been piled on to the plant in southern Indiana but they are not staffed to handle the work load.

Some days everyone is in charge, some days...No one is! NTK (NTN) requires you to be functionally literate,  self motivated, hard working, loyal, and a problem solver.  Every two weeks you get a paycheck for WORK. Otherwise it would be called an allowance,  because this job is for ADULTS, PROFESSIONALS, and HONEST HARD WORKERS. Not for crying Liberals...Overtime requirements are every third weekend, hardly a sacrifice in today's world. 
GREAT place to develop leadership skills, Technical and problem solving skills, upward mobility is OUTSTANDING, and You can become an Engineer without any college at all provided YOU want it bad enough. 
If your the type to look around and worry about what others are doing, Your not doing your job anyway! This IS a challenging job not doubt. Some days your frustrated to no end..But every day, someone says thank you! 
Just like in life..Everyone gets an equal opportunity,  not an equal end result. The job is what you make it out to be. If you're a hard charging individual with something to prove in life, sign up!!! If you're the type to always be jealous, lazy, and WEAK...Stay at home with your momma and stay on welfare and always be a taker in life.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working for this company is far and few I would say the relationships that you were able to build with fellow coworkers

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part working for this company is they do not care for your safety. They do not respect your time. They treat you like you are just an object they do not abide by their own rules that in standards that they sit if you are not light you were pushed out, no one is treated equally nobody is treated fairly in the morale of the company is an atrocity because there is no no no teambuilding 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment is not very safe. It’s careless management only wants to worry about making numbers and money versus taking care of the employees and making sure that people are learning and becoming successful the culture horrible there is no culture people there will backstab you lie just to make themselves look good. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful aggravating not satisfying. Exhausting just flat out horrible

working at ntn is super easy if you are young & can push your body to its limits. the work is repetitive. every single day its the same thing. some parts are heavier than others. there IS room to grow, however, management promotes the wrong people into the wrong positions. some team leads are allowed to scream & cuss out supervisors & treat operators like trash without being reprimanded. there are WAY too many families/relatives working on the same shift, sometimes even on the same line. unless you know someone who knows someone, do not expect to make it far within this company - it doesnt matter how hard you work. once you have a target on your back, you will continue to be singled out by management over and over again until you either point out or leave the company on your own. if you value your personal time, do not work here. during overtime season, they are relentless & will use you until youre burnt out. i worked here for many years and have seen this factory at its best & at its worst. they sure pushed out quite a few good workers with poor communication & terrible management.

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