team member

extrusion operator

quality assurance inspector

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electrical technician

REHAU

I do not recommend working here. Raises are non-existent if you are lucky enough to get a 5% performance-based raise one year the next year they can take it away. Supervisors get bonuses for not giving raises to the people that have earned a raise. Scheduled shifts are 8 hours but if there are call-ins you are expected to cover 4 hours of the next shift with 10 minutes of notice. If no one volunteers to stay over or come in early you will be voluntold to cover shifts if you don't your supervisor will give you a point and write you up for it. There is no work/life balance, advancement is all about who likes you not about your experience, skills or knowledge. Supervisors and lead hands can cuss you out and when it's reported to HR nothing is done about it. The HR department is a joke. None of the staff knows anything about HR topics, procedures, etc. Rehau demands too much for little pay. Material handlers are expected to pick up and deliver parts or materials in 4 minutes. A 4 minute time allowance is too short that could be a reason for mistakes and accidents. Rehau executives should actually talk and listen to the people working the floor about what they can do to make it a better place to work because the supervisors and lead hands don't know how to do the jobs we are doing.

Great place to work. Excellent people. AC in the summer, heated in the winter, clean and the work isn't very hard. It does get tedious and repetitive...but that's life in a manufacturing plant. They do have some of the best BC/BS insurance.

The only downsides are there's not going to be much of an opportunity to advance until you've been there for years....the only openings for higher paying jobs seemed to always be on night shift. If anything opens up on days....usually it's given to a senior candidate.

And they have a great pay scale....they just don't like to use it. Raises are small if you get one. Would probably take someone 10 years to max out on their job. 

I guess they think since the work isn't like busting rocks with a sledgehammer that low pay is ok....I was there 2 years and was only making about 12.50 an hour. Pretty low for a business that size. A lot of other plants nearby pay much better, as a result....they cycle through new people like crazy...probably costs them more in scrap and training time than they save. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The independence. Most factories don't let you listen to ear buds but all our work comes off a computer screen that's on our forklift so we don't have to listen for orders over a radio and we get to wear what we want to. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
No matter the weather, we work outside a lot and it could be really stressful up stacking or down stacking if it's pouring and raining all in your eyes. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
A couple of prejudice people work here. If you cannot control your temper, this is not the place for you

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I do in a type my log in info into my computer after I inspect my lift and orders start popping up and they come back to back. Breaks are paid for but you won't really be concerned with a break and before you know it, it's time to go

What is the best part of working at the company?
Driving a forklift you have some freedoms. Some of the people are pretty nice and helpful.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management is almost non existent. It's a popularity contest. Management is no help, they differ you to other drivers. Better hope they like you if not you're gonna get the butt end of everything that goes wrong. Seems like a lack of caring about personnel and only about profit. Hopefully you don't work with Wally or the female lead hand, if they don't like you it'll be the worst experience.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Loud, prepared to be screamed at and cussed out

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I would show up have to fight over available lifts, and for most of the night I would be called up to the desk to get chewed out over things that didn't happen

A typical day at work is running an injection molding machine making auto parts for several auto makers. In the 15 years that I have been here, I have had extensive training for the job I now do with the machine, quality of the parts, robots, and computer skills. Management is fair and approachable, we have what is called an "open-door" policy where we can speak our mind without risk of losing our job. I work with some wonderful people, very helpful and always there, we are like a family. The hardest part of my job is the speed of the machine making parts-making sure of the quality before packing the parts. The most enjoyable part of my job is the pride I can take knowing I work for a company that strives to be the best in the industry.

Rehau was once one of the premier employers in the Cullman area but it has really went downhill in recent years. Insurance is a shell of its former coverage and they keep taking away perks to the point it is just another job. Took away vacation time, took away anniversary bonus, took away the work boot truck and reduced allowances, took away the bonus off day for perfect attendance, took away our mental health counseling and now we have to have an annual screening to keep this substandard insurance from being more expensive and you have to pay for the screening to boot!! If you're looking for somewhere rewarding to work or to retire from look elsewhere because they'll probably lay you off a few years short of retirement like they've done so many others this year. 

It's a great after you push through the first 3months of establishing your self with team members. 

If your the one standing around  or the one pulling  the weight for other coworkers they dont really  say alot as long as the job gets done unless they need extra they come to you instead  of the lazier or slower people.
So it has to be self fulfilling because  your extra work goes unnoticed by lead and superviser, however  Im ok with that because  they will notice when I'm gone.

I didn't  like how they never posted jobs that was coming open & it seemed  in my department at the time the superviser was a lady and favored men when it came to advance but she was moving to HR dept 

Management sux!!  Jump through hoops to get a raise, and only get 30cents!! The place is a joke!! Coworkers were awesome!! They are the only reason I stayed 3yrs!! Promised promotions that you never got! HR department sits behind locked doors, and talking to them about issues is like talking to the wall. They will work you to death. I was working 60hrs most weeks,  then they want volunteers for the weekend or make it mandatory!! You had no home life!! It was all work all the time, and nothing was ever good enough!! Supervisors played favorites,  and didn't enforce rules. Then they started laying people off, because they can't keep contracts!! It absolutely sux!! Low pay, no promotions, its pretty much a dead end job!! Pay is every 2 weeks & that sux!! I wouldn't recommend them to anyone!!

What is the best part of working at the company?
Plenty of hours. Usually good overtime opportunities. Most of the supervisors/ managers are really amazing, caring people 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Sometimes you'll have other employees not pulling there weight/ responsibilities of their part of the job & your expected to pull it if your a hard working/ motivated employee

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Mostly good  has room for improvement in some areas

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Usually 8 hour shift working as a team to get the bumpers built with quality as a top priority

There is a great array of interesting people here but everyone seems to be "just here to work and get it over with". Every one seems extremely stressed and frustrated, generally high stress, serious environment but very nice people!

I did not have much if any real direction from upper management, no clear information, a bit of a run-around when trying to get answers. Very obvious problem solution recommendations were overlooked, making my job much more difficult than it needed to be and almost impossible to complete.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Team member 7 salaries reported	$17.23 per hour
Extrusion operator 9 salaries reported	$19.25 per hour
Quality assurance inspector 2 salaries reported	$36,000 per year
Night team member 14 salaries reported	$17.38 per hour
Electrical technician 14 salaries reported	$33.50 per hour

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