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Ox Industries

Here at ox industry I was absolutely mislead during my interview. To soon find out this place is an absolute train wreck and they lied straight to my face. Your schedule just doesn’t exist. You find out 30 Minutes before your shift that they’ve changed the schedule to a completely different time and that you’re working a 12-14 hour shift with absolutely no warning. And this changes absolutely every single day. So therefore you never ever know what you’re doing and when. The communication is absolutely awful. Nobody ever knows what’s going on ever, but they also never fail to meet you the split moment you walk in the door to complain about every single thing you did the day prior. The place is a train wreck that is just waiting to destroy your  mental health, and home life. No work-life balance whatsoever. Be prepared to miss that kiddos ball game! Because you 100% will and you won’t find out until the day of. Absolutely forces you to let your family down constantly. 

As a truck driver, you are always picking up the slack for if production makes product or not. Never start before 7am and are dispatched to Chicago and Minneapolis and arriving there during peak rush hour traffic making it stressful for the driver. 
It’s 85% load and haul with very minimal ability to preload anything so a driver can get started at a reasonable hour.
Management struggles with operating commercial motor vehicles legally. Do not follow Elog requirements as they had no idea they needed to until I was hired. 
Great health insurance. 

Although OX touts itself as a great place to work, the senior management has a do as I say, not as I do mentality and lies to local management (and each other) which creates an endless sea of uselessness to muddle through. Local environment is created due to demands of senior level management with no room for local input to better the organization. Favoritism is rampant. This place has been losing ground month by month. No KPI’s. No performance reviews. No on-site HR. 90% of production staff does not speak English. 

I learned this place does not care about their employees. They like to keep everything **Hush Hush**. It's almost like a cult in ways. Management builds it's own circle with certain employees in the floor although some of these employees are not great examples by any means. Very unstable as they work you 50 hours or more a week from spring to summer, just to start laying off between July and September. Every year it's different people who are laid off. Seniority doesn't exist. Overall just not a good place to work for. They all talk a good talk when you first get hired and sit down for orientation. But everyone soon finds out.

Ox Industries is a fairly standard manufacturing company in the paper and packaging industry. The facility is older, which brings both some character and some challenges. The pace is steady, and expectations are generally clear.

The company puts effort into safety and compliance, though like many workplaces, there are areas that could be improved. Leadership is present, and communication is okay, though it varies depending on department.

If you're looking for a consistent job in a traditional manufacturing environment, Ox Industries is a decent place to land. It's not overly exciting, but it’s stable and gets the job done.

What is the best part of working at the company?
It's a great starting wage for those looking for full time work 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The favoritism is the worst part including the racial bigotry.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
High-pressure and unrealistic work expectations with little to know supervision or accountability from the managers and higher ups 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Pure stress with fixing other shift mistakes and getting no recognition for it

Management is not very good at listening or dealing with issues in their own department. New people are always coming and going, have new people training other new people. Training in any position is a joke and management will do nothing about it. Company barely has enough money to fix or improve anything, wouldn't surprise me if they struggle to pay wages every week. Morale is low, culture is terrible, no care for work life balance, safety is a joke. Only reason to work here is to build up work experience then bail out to a better place to work. 

There were several benefits to working with this company when I first started. Very tight knit friendly environment. Great staff and management. Unfortunately corporate was never satisfied and impossible to please. They push people too hard. Long hours. 12 hour shifts.  Work slows down at certain times of the year and they still expect you to work at a fast pace therefore resulting in having to either use your vacation time for time off or lose money if you don't have vacation time to use because of the lack of business.  


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No communication, everything is hush hush, they don’t keep up with maintenance of equipment like they should so you can properly do your job. Sometimes they just throw people in a positions with out complete training. They have new people training new people because of turn over rate. 
The positive is pay isn’t bad at all, can move up to better positions quickly, they have good insurance without a high deductible. 

Very demanding work environment with little reward. If you need time off for anything they treat you poorly. Some employees got special treatment after breaking company policies because they can’t find employees so the good have to suffer with the bad. Management was lacking as far as training and communication. Lots of things were ignored and fell on deaf ears.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production worker 14 salaries reported	$22.84 per hour
Maintenance technician 4 salaries reported	$32.02 per hour
Machine operator 8 salaries reported	$21.40 per hour
Utility worker 3 salaries reported	$21.23 per hour
Shift manager 2 salaries reported	$80,750 per year

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