maintenance technician

production operator

machine operator

industrial electrician

electrician

National Gypsum Company

The company itself has a large operation that affords consistent work for most of the year but there are times that you shut down operations for market issues and are forced to have minimal hours or lay offs. The management team including some foreman are poorly trained at motivating people and advancement is limited to interdepartmental horizontal shifts rather than moving up the advancement ladder. The work culture is hurt by lack of leadership and accountability on the upper levels including department leads and foremen. The job is physically demanding but the pay is reasonable. If there were more emphasis on leadership than I would say the company could be good to work for, but the middle management is very poor at their assignments and the lack of accountability falls to the lowest positions which are hourly workers. The workers themselves are good hard working individuals. 

Every day, I clocked into work at 7 A.M. and walked over to my office that I usually would then find my supervisor. I had two other coworkers that had the same title as me and we would each be assigned a job to go do. My job description included cleaning, sweeping, shoveling, and checking fire extinguishers to make sure that they were at the right pressure to safely use. I learned how to work with others and pace myself in the 115 degree heat. The management worked well with me and I even met the CEO of the company. The culture of the facility was relaxed, yet safe. The hardest part of my job was to stay hydrated because of the manual labor that I was put under. The most enjoyable part of my job was the relationships I made with my coworkers.

This is a company that preaches 'One Team' but believe me they do not practice it. You are a tool and they will use you for what they can get and when you express any complaint or concern they will pile it on in retaliation. They don't even try to hide it. Managers are arrogant and ignore senior employees who know the production process. They make the same mistakes over and over and I've seen employees written up for it. They do not care about you at all. They will say we are a team but they do not really feel that way. Money is good but what you have to give for it is not. It's so negative that it can affect your home life if you let it. A simple factory shouldn't be that way. 

MANAGEMENT SUCKS!!!! AS WELL AS EVERY FOREMAN! It was a great job at first but then they started scheduling you on your off days without your consent, they had a 19-2 schedule which means work 19 days straight and 2 days off if they give it to you. Now they have a 9-2 schedule but it’s not guaranteed you will get those 2 days off. They don’t care about your health as long as you there to work that position to keep the plant running. Never can get the schedule right. Second shift foreman is rude and unprofessional he doesn’t even speak to nobody even if you speak first. Place is literally going downhill. If you have medical problems or a death in the family they will still fire you doctors note or not!

Lack of culture, accountability, and effort in the facility I worked at. The company on a corporate level is great and they do seem to have some sense of care for those that work on the production lines. Unfortunately, the facility in Medicine Lodge has a high turnover rate and this has lead to a lot of overtime for most, if not all, of the production staff. The best part of my job was learning and applying my knowledge to make really great product. The hardest part of the job was dealing with mechanical issues, lack of communication, and poor execution from other operators. Overall it was a great place to learn and make quality product, but the culture and communication between production staff lead to a very toxic and draining environment. 

Zero work/life balance. Almost zero opportunities to move up. Pay used to be good, but has dipped well below where it should be for similar work, and not nearly enough to deal with the BS from above.  Management is actively hostile and members go out of their way to cause issues. They have a very real malice and distrust of the people they hire. Employees are rarely, if ever, considered when making decisions. Only spoken to to place blame. Front door is a revolving one due to bad management. 80-90% of staff has been here less than 2 years with most 1 year or less. Coworkers are decent people though. You'll meet good people on the floor. But thats about the only good point.

good job when line is continually running but very messy and labor intensive when line shuts down but it goes with the territory of making drywall; management and employees work well together;union shop-but not much involvement; swing-shift operations; dirty and dusty environment to work in; No Breaks-eat while you work; job itself not hard but involves some heaving lifting; up and down flights of stairs depending on specific position. job not difficult to learn

What is the best part of working at the company?
Money ain't everything  they don't care about you at all no respect for people time  will make  you work 12 hours  7 days a week 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Stay away from this place it's extremely unsafe they sweep injuries under the rug

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Terrible I work here for over 3 years and I've never been more happy to be away from a job 


What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Hard extremely hot or extremely cold depending on the weather outside

The company is mostly reactive to business conditions. There very minimum leadership training for Team Leads or supervisors. Teams are led by good workers with zero understanding of personal interaction management, conflict resolution skills or leadership development. Lack of performance management training and enforcement for hourly employees. Plant managers are not overseen and held accountable for anything other than budget, safety incidents and production by anyone as all the problems get buried at that level.  

The company as a whole is a wonderful company with many good benefits. Management is where the issue lies and there is little to no room for advancement. In the current position if you get a good manager you are golden but that isn't always the case and therefore you get very little support from your direct manager which can make the job very stressful. Pay is decent but with the changes has come more responsibility, stress and yet the pay has not improved to meet these changes. 

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