maintenance technician

tool and die maker

systems integration specialist

quality control lab technician

Pk-USA-Inc

A typical day at work is very entertaining, I've learned that sometimes it takes more than awesome work performance to get ahead. Management must watch the nonperforming co-workers and the tricks they play. Swapping shipping labels to take credit for another shift's or person's work, sabotaging equipment and changing model numbers before leaving to offset the oncoming shift's production run. While 1st and 2nd shift has two maintenance techs per shift, I am the only tech. on 3rd, so the hardest part is dealing with the problems left behind by the previous shift, but the most enjoyable part of the job is troubleshooting, solving and repairing the problems that people create and the problems that no other maintenance shift could solve.

They are so unorganized in PK USA. The managers are having relationship with employees and will terminate you for anything. The breaks are only 8 minutes long and if you are working 10 hours you have to work 4 hours before you even get an 8 minute break. The smoking area is half a mile away so you only have time to take a puff of cigarette before you have to return to your area. The management is so messed up and they show a lot of favoritism. This has been the worst place I have ever worked. Sometimes you have to go out of town of work without any notice and they only pay you for your food. They take forever to hire you full time. I wouldn't advise anyone to work here!!!! They don't care about their employees at all. The benefits are good and you get a raise every 6 months which are the only good things about this company.

I worked alot of 12 hr days and weekends too. Loved the money but didnt like working 12s all the time. I do love some overtime just not constant. I liked most of the people i worked with. I got to learn about how the machines work and how to look for defected parts. I liked running the machines but when they broke down it made for a long day. I liked quality better. I got to walk thru the factory checking parts and making sure the machines and dies were producing good parts. I also didnt have to work 12s. I loved that i was able to support me and my 2 children. All the hours made it hard to see them tho.

I work with really great people for the most-part.
I stay busy as long as there is things to do, lately there has not been enough work for everyone.
The management there to be completely honest is not very good. There's a lot of favortism towards certain people, management talking about employees to other employees, basically management there does not enforce anything on themselves or their employees.
I would have to say the hardest part of my job is training new people, because typically they either get moved or quit so you just feel as if you wasted your time.
The most enjoyable part of my job is working with the people that are in my area, because we use a lot of teamwork.

Too many problems to discuss. They cannot keep help because they want to use staffing agencies to avoid paying benefits, and most management treat the employees with disrespect. In the summer you will get so hot because there is no air conditioning. Very bad experience for me and others I know. Will never work there again. Not even if they paid me $50 an hour. The atmosphere is that bad, and they will work you to death. In the stamping department I did the job of three men, operating the crane and forklift, doing setup jobs for the stamping department. One can only take so much.

* I WAS A MACHINE WELDER.
* I LEARNED AT THIS JOB: TO BE ON TIME FOR WORK IS TOO BE
EARLY.
* I ALSO LEARNED THAT YOU TRUST NO ONE. THE WORK PLACE
IS JUST THAT THE WORK PLACE.
* THE HARDEST PART OF THIS JOB: WAS THAT EVERYONE IS
JUST A MONEY MAKER FOR THE COMPANY & NOT A PERSON. I
GOT LET GO FROM THIS JOB BECAUSE I POINTED OUT UNDER
A DR. ORDER. I HAD BEEN REALLY SICK FOR THE LAST MONTH
OR SO. I HAD BEEN WITH THIS COMPANY ALMOST A YEAR.
SEVEN MONTHS UNDER PK USA AND ALMOST THREE OR FOUR
MONTHS AS A SUB CONTRACTOR BEFORE THEY HIRED ME.
* THE MOST ENJOYABLE PART WAS WORKING WITH THE
CHRISTIANS THAT HELP PRAY ME THROUGH WHILE I WAS
THEIR, AND I WILL MISS THEM DEARLY.

I liked this job, I learned so much. I worked in plastics running 250 ton up to 2500 ton plastic extruder presses and learning how to do mold changes . It was a hard job but a good job. The management was so frustrating, and unfair, kept messing up vacation and holiday pay. Gave the same people all of the overtime.  Too much hiring and firing in management  so no one knew whose job was whose. I wouldn't tell anyone to go there.

They expected one person to do the job of at minimum 2 people when in reality 2 people could barely keep up. They would get angry if you weren't able to keep up 100% by yourself even if other forklift drivers were standing around doing nothing when they could be helping. The hours they expected were ridiculous and they waited to tell you about overtime till the last minute. They also use a seniority list for overtime. Making the newest person always get stuck with any and all overtime.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Health insurance cost and 401k match 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Vice President that does not trust anyone and does not provide the resources to do a good job.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Dual standards and inconsistent enforcement of policies.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I am non stop and still behind all the time.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Office manager very unprofessional.
Fires people based on emotional feelings and not job performance.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The tension and condescending comments are awful for morale.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Most employees are amazing, not upper management.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very fast paced. Very very busy.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Maintenance technician 3 salaries reported	$33.52 per hour
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Systems integration specialist 1 salary reported	$60,000 per year
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