tool and die maker

cnc programmer

machine operator

maintenance technician

utility worker

Pridgeon and Clay Inc.

This company has issues with it's upper and middle management.  They are not on the same page or even reading the same book.  Actually they are changing books daily.  Their solutions for their issues are not to take a different approach but to blame the employees who they don't give adequate directions.  So they continue to have the same exact issues over and over again.  Who's insane?   Their pointing finger really needs to do a 180.   Some self examination of management practices would not hurt anything except their all important EGO's.  Hint:....thats not happening any time soon.  It's more important for them to be correct in their wrong than growing and learn from their employees.  So that is why this company is still a mediocre tier 2 and 3 supplier sorting everything they produce multiple times without actually inspecting what they should.  No one is being told and trained exactly with good precision what they are inspecting.  For that matter, I have seen people sleeping on the job and playing on their phones hours at a time waiting for maintenance to show up.  I wonder why they have financial issues... hmm.  Their supervision spends more time playing on their phones than supervising.  So the problems are from the top down. If this company could be more professional with it's management, it would be successful.  At this moment it is impossible because their upper management has no clue and no indication of ever changing or growing in the direction it needs to for success.  I feel for the victims who work for them and how working here can and will forever damage your career.

While working  at P&C I lost hope. I never been at a job where a team leader(supervisor) can treat u as if u are not an adult. U give the company 6 to 7 days a week the least they could do is show u some appreciation. They always complain about an extra 5 min break when u have been down hours for the machine having several issues. The tech doesn't even know how to fix the problem but steady getting raises while the machine operators cant even get their appraisal without asking. But even after u asked they don't care they put u in a box and continue to treat u low.Every day over half the shift was miserable because the team leader(supervisor) tell all of everyones business to your co workers u have NO privacy what so ever. The company told us we had made the best progress ever but took over half of the bonus away in the same  breath. If u wanna work mandatory and make good money u can get it but the environment isn't worth the money.They have no respect for their employees.They don't even pay double on Sunday's. All the older employees watch u struggle then go talk bad about u instead of coming to assist. All your business is every ones so if u are private stay away. Don't talk about getting sick u might as well die your doctors note doesn't even matter your life is not important at all. My first week i watched the team leader get cursed out and 3 fight about to break out and no one got fired. If u respect from them u get treated worse so in order to get it don't give it. The most unclean oily unsanitary place ever. All day u slip and slide i fell four times on the oil and they did not care.

P&C is pretty typical of an automotive supplier--fast paced, lots of changes, and people need to be quick to keep up.  Many of the engineers are quite bright--good at solving processing problems and handling pretty complete metalformed parts.  

Unfortunately, there are lots of "home grown" systems (from our junky IS team that seems pretty dysfunctional) and every week or two, HR has to send out some new "policy" (which aren't that different from other companies, but they often come across as pretty reactive instead of thinking ahead.)

If we all had less paperwork (it's crazy how much we have, actually) we could do even more of what we're good at--letting engineers engineer even more, work with customers, work with operators and technicians, and make great parts.  The people who last here have to find "workarounds" for lots of the odd systems, but once they figure them out, you can usually get things done.

Would be nice to have some more communication about how the company is doing and the direction--we all have ESOP, so the better the company does, the better we all do!

Work-life balance
They force you too work unscheduled overtime with no notice during the week and only 1 maybe 2 days notice of Saturday overtime

Pay & benefits
The benefits are good however you won't be getting any raises once you start. They pay the operators less than what they deserve.

Job security and advancement
Their is no job advancement for being hood at your job. The production manager only cares about how many parts are being produced and will hold you back from job advancement in order too protect his production numbers

Management
The plant manager is a good manager however the production manager only cares about numbers and hows favoritism and has had numerous HR investigations based on how he treats his workers

Culture
The culture is not good. They have low work morale because of the lack of human resources and a production manager who  talks bad about most of the employees that work there

Overall
P&C does not care about there employees at all. They do not appreciate employees that go the extra mile too help the company. They took production employees bonuses away but make sure the managers get nice bonuses and rewards.

This job is great for people with a strong work-ethic that are not afraid to get their hands dirty. A typical day includes packaging a number of different automotive parts for shipment while performing the last stages of quality control.

The P&C packing department relies strongly on packers completing orders in a timely manner. During expedites, this is a critical feature. This is a decent team building exercise along with any mandatory overtime.

Management at the P&C shipping department is very understanding to family emergencies and school-related emergencies. As long as you are honest and do not make excuses frequently for missing work then there should be no issue.

The job is not very difficult, although being able to lift 20 lbs can be necessary. Mandatory overtime is generally more than once a month. 

The job itself is very rewarding, the people are friendly and it feels like you are apart of a family.

This company has the ability to be the best in class and be the best employer in all of Grand Rapids.  Some of their biggest problems are gaps between middle management, upper management, lower management.  The communication and expectations are not clear from the beginning.  People wing it and then the results show because no real leadership from the top.   People are treated with respect but not really evaluated or communicated to one on one what they need to focus on for improvements. Company has good people that are passionate about their work but lacks in ways to bring them all together to work as a team.  Upper management really needs to get out of the office and watch what really happens in production so that they can make informed decisions and meet their people.

Upper management changes have been dragging the company down over the last several years. It is still family owned, but run like a corporation. I still currently work there, but recent policy changes have led me to start exploring other career opportunities. After years of working straight 8 hour shifts, they decided to have unpaid lunch, effectively taking a half hour of unpaid time from the employees and their families. They also made a change that eliminated the shift premium for off shift employees during holidays and vacations. They also don't count holidays as time worked so they can schedule Saturdays during those weeks without paying overtime for it. Seems they are doing everything they can to encourage employees to leave. It's kinda sad...

I was a material review auditor, and eventually became a machine operator. I only worked there for about 4 months, but I was always busy when I was there. Its a non-stop production line for various automotive parts. Lately, I've heard there was so much overtime that people are leaving, because they never get a day off, and that was similar to what I experienced there. Its not all that difficult, because you're either examining parts, or producing them, every day, your entire shift. The facility is not well ventilated, so it gets very hot in the summer, though a water cooler is almost always available for use (unless its being refilled).

You can actually have fun challenging yourself in any area of manufacturing and learning more, and having the opportunity to "move around".Because of the many ethnicity of co- workers,its fun to learn about peoples cultures and their stories.Having management roll up their sleeves and help out is awesome. The hardest part of any job is your willingness to just do it.It can get pretty warm in the summer.The most enjoyable part is the opportunity to go to school and further your education with the $10,500 they offer for tuition and the opportunity to make new friends.

Spent a faithful 8 years with near perfect attendance just to be terminated due to downsizing of the company due to what they say is Covid 19. What they didnt tell us is that the company was already on the down slide. Going from 3 full shifts plant wide down to 1 shift and a skeleton crew on 3rd shift. Spent atleast 2 to 3 years working 7 days a week from 2014 to 2017 with a revolving door of temps and quality and morale suffered so greatly we were put on no new business hold for 1 year. Then lost several customers because of quality. They dont care about the floor employee. They just see us as another warm body to fill a machine and get one day to the next. Stay away from this company!!

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