assembler

material handler

assembly technician

manufacturing engineer

electrical technician

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I worked here for 2 years, and here is my take on the company as a whole:
I was lucky to have 2 wonderful team leads in my first department during the duration of my employment. I did apply for a position in another department that specialized in the area of the bus that I was the most trained and proficient in, and instantly regretted it due to the management in that area. He was unprofessional, loved to pretend he cared about you and then would say awful things about you to other team members. His attitude about my unexpected pregnancy was downright disgusting. I was able to return to my previous position and work the remainder of my time with the company before my spouse's career change that moved us states away. They did offer what i felt to be sufficient training in blueprint reading and basic knowledge of tools, but you learn most of it on the floor, which they were up front about. I had the pleasure of meeting a few lifelong friends during my time of employment, but as with working in any manufacturing facility, there can be a lot of drama, so  I advise you steer clear when you encounter it.  The hardest part of the job, in my opinion, is that because there is a shortage of good workers in the work force, if you're a good worker, you will be doing your job and others too a lot of the time, and that usually leads to a lot of overtime. It can sometimes be hard to have a good work/home life balance, especially if your specific department is behind due to part shortages, other departments not doing their jobs, etc.

I think it's a really good place to work! At first, I did not like management, but I realized that was on me. Management is good to you as long as you do what you're supposed to do. They are very lenient and they will work with you. They gave me an alternate schedule to help get my kids to school and to therapy which is unheard of in my experience. They really will treat you good and you get paid well with several different raises and growth opportunities. I really feel like they go within their company to move employees up instead of hiring from the outside, which is amazing! Overall, this is probably the best job I've ever had. I work the weekend shift so I work 36 hours and get paid for 40 and I have Monday through Thursday at home. The only complaints I hear on my shift. Is people want overtime and they do not usually get overtime on our shift. If you want overtime, you have to go to first or second shift during the week.

What is the best part of working at the company?
4/10s but comes with OT.  Always expect OT in manufacturing. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Managements indecisive decision making. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment is close quarters on the line with not a lot of space. The culture of the plant is that management talks to you any kind of way. Human Resources (HR) are pretty much holding hands. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
We come into work, have morning meeting. They tell us  what the bus roll schedule is (which changes everyday, this is where the indecision comes in) and 2 hours into the shift it may change, may not. But it can change at any given time. Management is basically trying to sway the numbers, so at the end of the Quarter, they get their big 20k bonuses. While the actual workers get 0, zip, nadda, nothing.

Management views employees as numbers and not an asset. Most employees are on a "just in case" overtime list. Day shift vs. night shift is managements way of getting shifts to work against each other. Hardest part of the job is the stress management causes when they force you to do many installs that require multiple people and make an individual do it by themselves. Lack of care for physical strains on all employees. Some jobs cannot get done on time and that causes issues for future installers and current installer is not getting any help when behind. Lead Hands do not help installers either. Most of the time they lollygag and are missing when needed. They do not give any encouragement for employees who work extremely hard. Also they do not discipline those who never actually do work. No accountability. If anyone is hurt while doing their job, it takes months to be moved to a different area.

It depends where you are in the plant. A morning get together with stretching.Then the assessing of employees for the designated jobs. What I learned is that like with any job there is no security; if your health goes bad you are considered a liability and then they orchestrate some sort of means or incident to get rid of you by using their favorite employees to work against you. Management and human resources are not for the employee; but, only for them selves. Each area the current staff came off the floor, or was there when the plant originated in the area. So, there knowledge and people skills area truly needing a whole lot of work. The hardest part of the job, was dealing with all the clicks, and all the favoritism. And the enjoyable part was you were excepted as well as truly liked among your co-workers if you were a hard worker.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The pay is the greatest part. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful is other shifts don’t work as a team. All shifts should do the same as other shifts are. Constantly fixing mistakes from other shifts. There is no I in team. We’re suppose to work as a team and that doesn’t happen. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The department where I was in. My co workers were like family to me. But the environment and the culture wasn’t that great. There’s favoritism there and they wanna go by seniority there. An employee gets away with yelling at their co workers and gets away with it bc of seniority.  That’s considered violent but yet they say they don’t put up with violence or harassment. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
My typical days is staying busy

Very fast paced and stressful with very little time for training, leaving you overwhelmed and stressed. Management knows of the restraints and parts shortages and doesn't show any concern for your frustrations nor do they offer any solutions. I was there for only a week and never worked on buses before. When my install was found to be causing issues down the line for other installs I was told to figure it out that's my job. Nobody offered any solutions or advice on how I could change the way I was installing so as not to cause issues down line. And these were new buses that New Flyer had never built before so I believe they didn't have the answers themselves and did nothing to done the problem, I went weeks trying new things before coming up with a solution that worked for everyone.

This place will talk like they care about employees. Act like they are engaged when the morale of the company sits so low, they don’t even realize it on a management level. The management only cares about the bonus’ they get, not the turnover rate that keeps climbing. Work in progress keeps progressively growing, and the work gained is quickly lost, meaning more hours of mandatory overtime, less time with family, and best of luck getting vacation! If you sit cozy in your boss’ front pocket this could be the place for you though. I’ve seen the BEST employees let go, while others that do the minimal still working here to this day. 

Great place for a steady paycheck if you can manage to show up though.

The overtime is what will get you, depending on what area you are working in. Welders do overtime the least, that being said. Welders work overtime 3-5 times a week, with possible Saturday work. The production line does overtime everyday with Saturday work. There is plenty of work for the foreseeable future and you will never have to worry about not getting laid off, however your work life balance will suffer greatly. Management, or lack there of, rarely knows what is really going on in the shop. Poor leadership skills cause a good fraction of the overtime, lack of manpower is another big factor. At the time that I am writing this, we are loosing more high seniority people than we can hire.

If the management changes, and actually manages the people correctly. New Flyer would be a great place to work.

I accepted a temporary position at New Flyer with the understanding that there was going to be a minimum of 520 hours to work before I was eligible to be hired on. I worked nearly every hour of overtime possible. The hire on system is completely flawed and sometimes had people working for up to 8 months to a year without being full time and employed through the company. To spend this time without earning any PTO, benefits, and being treated like dirt by management and only being seen as a number really disenchanted me from New Flyer. It's a great environment and I loved my co workers and the facility was really nice but management was absolutely abysmal. Don't work here unless you're desperate for something that's temporary and are in the hurt locker for cash.

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