process engineer

mechanical technician

order manager

locator

design engineer

Power Partners

A day at Power Partners Athens, is a frustrating grind.  There is no clear structure or direction and I am often left scrambling to figure out things on my own.  Management (HR) is useless, untrustworthy and unresponsive.  They do not care about their employees well-being or development and communication is severely lacking.  Management (HR) also plays favorites, which creates an unfair and toxic work environment.
The workplace culture is demotivating. It’s a competitive, high-stress environment with little collaboration or support. Morale is low, and there’s no sense of team spirit or camaraderie. People come in, do their work, and leave with zero engagement.  

I am expected to meet high demands with no resources or guidance, which leads to constant stress.

The most enjoyable part of the job? Honestly, going home  at the end of the day. It’s hard to find anything positive to say when the overall experience is so draining.

This is honestly the worst job that I've ever had, there isn't any work/life balance as you work 10 to 12 hours a day Monday through Friday and then they make you work 8 hours on Saturday as well, the job has a "union" who only look out for the women that the union leaders like. The HR head comes to the floor trying to run the floor instead of letting the Supervisors do their job. The benefits package is terrible with high weekly payments and high co pays and the price was increased for 2022, this company actually believes that you should feel grateful to work here

A typical day at work would include working safely, working as a team on an assembly line to to produce the final product which was a  Transformer, and also knowledge of your materials which reduces defects.  
I have learned to think like a owner at Power Partners and also the values of Contious improvement; Which consist of more than 5S.  I learned to do a ValueStream Map of the entire facility and also blitzed 2 departments.  I also did a time study on a Single Minute Exchange Dye to reduce lead time and mostly waste.
The hardest part of my job is working 2nd Shift. 
The most enjoyable part of my job is that management recognize their employees and encourage them to be apart of different teams in the company, and last but not least the pay is good.

The job itself is easy once you learn it, but just like any other job, it can by kind of stressful. From my experience, certain people get treated differently differently by management. A lot of problems get over looked that should be addressed. We make decent money, but I do one of the most important and dangerous jobs in the plant but make less then others that do jobs that are a lot easier. They don’t offer raises for learning new skills anymore, so even though I know several different jobs in the plant, I only got paid for 2 of them. When I started the job I was told that I would be able to work my way up to top pay by learning new jobs. But now that we are under new management, that’s not the case.

great place to work, the pay is great, the benefits are awesome, most of the people are ok when they're not competing or gossiping about each other but its the typical factory because that's everywhere you go. You use to get bonuses but that's been cut out like 3yrs ago, but I overall enjoyed my experience here and had I stayed to myself like I did the first 3yrs I was there I would probably still be there, but unlike some I don't care how much money i'm making if i have to dread going there to make it, I'd rather make less money and be happy with what I do than have more money and have to worry if i'm gonna commit homicide

The factory side has it's s**t together.  The front end, not so much. 

Archaic software tools for design and quotes.

You're expected to check things from home when you're not in the office.  If the factory runs 2 or 3 shifts, maybe they need a second office shift too?

Oldtimers with decades of product knowledge have left and that experience and knowledge was NOT documented before they left.

Ops Manager bragged that one employee missed ALL of his kids' soccer games one summer due to overtime.  How sad is THAT?

The Upside, excellent product, great safety, S6 and JIT mentality in the factory.

I know a lot has changed at PP, but the factory always had it's head on straight.

The front end ( Sales Engineering, Marketing etc ) didn't have a clue.  They lost so many people in the last 6 months I was there it was scary.

The had two engineers with 40+ years experience EACH and when they retired there was NO plan to capture their knowledge or experience.

The factory worked 2 shifts often and 3 when needed.  The front end was expected to do the same.  If you want 3 shifts, staff for 3 shifts.  You can't expect people to ignore their families for extended periods of time.

I worked here several years ago and it was great for the most part. However new management has taken over and the place is collapsing now. If you work here, expect to work 12.5 hr days 7 days per week most weeks. There is no work/life balance whatsoever. Also expect constant issues with your paycheck being wrong and treated like a disposable resource not a human. 60% of all employees have been there less than a year months ago the last statistics I heard and that number is much higher now. Something has to happen soon with management or the entire operation is not going to last much longer.

I took a risk and changed jobs not knowing how I would like it. It has been a wonderful upgrade being at PPI. I feel challenged. I work with great people. Everyone is always willing to explain how things work and the reasons behind it. I feel this is my new work home, and can plan to stay for the long term. The only things that disappoint (and this is anywhere, really) is that they only match 50% up to 6% (prev job was 100%) and the health insurance is not great. I went from UHC to Cigna. So I was spoiled, I know, but I love the job so much! 

The factory has it's schtuff together.

The front end is a mess.  Old software, "we've always done it this way" attitude and the expectation that you make your home life secondary to the company were contributors to a stressful environment. 

If you want the front end to cover 2 or 3 shifts in the factory, you need to staff for it.

The CEO and President are great guys with a "Get it done" attitude, they were great.

I can only hope that the Ops end of things have changed since I was there.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Process engineer 4 salaries reported	$72,500 per year
Mechanical technician 2 salaries reported	$22.25 per hour
Order manager 1 salary reported	$48,750 per year
Locator 5 salaries reported	$20.66 per hour
Design engineer 1 salary reported	$80,000 per year

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