welder

assembler

shipping and receiving clerk

mig welder

shift leader

Novae LLC

Executive level leadership is so far detached from the workforce it’s embarrassing. Compensation for the work and labor is not where it needs to be, the review system is unrealistic and aims more to force people to conform with the concept of an ideal employee in an ideal environment when all we’ve been asking for years is genuine appreciation and pay/profit sharing or something of the sort. The company continually asks what needs to change and will go with literally anything but a wage increase, which is mind blowing considering they offer a 4$ night shift premium, but have done nothing for seasoned employees or shown thanks for the true hard workers and innovators that keep the place running.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing really the company does not care about their employees. It was a good company to work for when it was Look Trailers but since Novae it has gone downhill fast. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Job security, never knowing if they were going to eliminate your position. Upper management does not care about the employees. They always break you down and never praise you for doing a good job. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Negative energy. They constantly push you and no matter how hard you work it is not good enough. They have their favorites and if your not one of them then they don’t care. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very stressful, always being rushed and yelled at. They don’t care about you you are just a number to them not a person.

Some guys that have worked here for years are upset that new hires (especially night shift) make as much or even more than they do. Management only cares about safety when someone gets hurt. They only care about quality when something fails. “Management” is a joke, no ownership from bottom to top, just pointing fingers (usually at the workers on the floor). They definitely have favorite employees who get treated better, paid better, and promoted faster than others. I don’t know anyone at work that enjoys showing up. They say 4 10 hour shifts with Friday’s dependent on their demand, but it’s actually 5 10 hour shifts all summer (when you’d like a long weekend), and 4 10 hour shifts in the winter (when you want the overtime for the holidays and money always seems tighter in the winter) If none of this bothers you, feel free to apply. 

Novae was a great company to work for. When the owners sold it Quality was given up for Quantity. New supervisors developed a very toxic work environment. The employees were labeled as toxic and upper management refuses to see it. Training is poor at best. A new team member is required to be at speed within days and is not given the proper training to do the job. New team members feel left behind and get blamed for the mistakes. Team work is replaced with the word enabling. People will not help because they feel it enables the other to go slow. Their is no development for leadership. Your chance to advance is determined by your friendships. Older employees watch out you are not wanted.

Pay in underwhelming, not bad starting off but you only get 3% (if you’re lucky) per year. Management is a joke, the supervisors want line leads to do the supervisors job (so they can pass the blame) no accountability  and they’ll hire anyone with a pulse so now there’s a lot of people with poor work ethics that they expect others to pick up the slack. If you’re strictly looking for a job for short term, then go ahead and apply, the work conditions aren’t great though, especially with summer coming. No appreciation, no incentive to work hard because there’s no consequence for the people that don’t. I’m leaving this review because this company came across my feed as I was looking for a new job. 

A typical day is filled with stress and anxiety. Rushing around to finish a goal that just doesn't seem possible. I've learned that you can't always trust what a person says especially if they smile while they say it. The management style is non existent, they don't listen to concerns and seem to promote a hostile work environment. The hardest part of my job is moving the material around, and getting anyone to listen. The best part is when I get to go home.

Was a painter here for about 2 months and it was by far the worst experience I’ve ever had.

Pros: 

-pay isn’t bad 
-I honestly can’t think of any others…


Cons: 

- Equipment is not maintained 
- HR is HORRIBLE and basically non existent 
- “leads” do everything but lead by example 
- safety is a HUGE concern and why I left. No ventilation, lifts are old and janky 
- High school environment and maturity level
From most employees (are a few exceptions) 

Was a painter here for a month and it left much to be desired.. 

Pros-

- attendance bonus 
-decent pay 
- OT 
-not terrible work/life balance 


Cons-

-management (HR included) 
-equipment (a lot of it is dated and faulty) 
- conditions are unsafe for many reasons
-zero communication, all finger pointing for blame 
-no maintenance on paint guns, equipment, nothing. 

The work was straight forward. It is a repetitive job. The big issue is the culture,  I was there for five months and saw eight people get fired and a few more quite. It's a lot of complaining and whining it really killed it for me. The supervisor and group leaders have no ideal what is going on. 

It wasn't a bad place to work. I liked both my managers and co-workers. Overall, the company seems to be trending in a different direction. Not a better one! Moved production into a new 50 million dollar building, then releived over 25 people of there jobs.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Welder 1 salary reported	$20.00 per hour
Assembler 5 salaries reported	$18.00 per hour
Shipping and receiving clerk 2 salaries reported	$17.50 per hour
Mig welder 1 salary reported	$20.00 per hour
Shift leader 1 salary reported	$21.00 per hour

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