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RITTAL

What is the best part of working at the company?
The insurance is good and the vacation time.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
This company has serious issues when it comes to how it treats its employees. Management consistently prioritizes production numbers over people, creating a stressful and often exhausting work environment. Long hours are expected, but support and recognition are almost nonexistent.
Communication from leadership is poor, and concerns raised by employees are frequently ignored or brushed aside. There’s a clear lack of respect for work-life balance, with last-minute schedule changes and pressure to work overtime becoming the norm rather than the exception.
Morale on the floor is noticeably low, and turnover seems high—which isn’t surprising given the conditions. Training is minimal, and employees are often left to figure things out on their own, which only adds to frustration and mistakes.
Overall, this is not a company that values its workforce. Anyone considering working here should be prepared for a challenging environment with limited support and little appreciation.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The workplace culture here is highly concerning and, at times, feels toxic. There is a noticeable lack of respect for employees, with poor communication from management and little regard for work-life balance. Expectations are often unclear, yet employees are still held accountable without proper guidance or support.
Morale is low across the board, and the environment tends to be more stressful than productive. Issues raised by employees are frequently ignored, which only adds to frustration and burnout. Instead of fostering teamwork and growth, the culture often feels negative and unsupportive.
Overall, this is not a healthy work environment, and significant changes would be needed to improve employee satisfaction and retention.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very busy which is good, but can’t ever finish anything

Former salaried employee. Started in April of 2004 and left of my own accord in March of 2014. While there held various leadership positions. 

The turnover rate on the floor is extremely high, upwards of 30-40 percent in some areas. Reason being, is an extremely poor compensation plan. Hourly employees start in assembly areas at $10.00 an hour through the temp service, and stay at $10 when hired. There is no pay based on ability, an employee who can perform all duties is paid at same rate as someone who is in training. Raises are a flat 3 percent per year if they give one.

Turnover at management levels is just as high. Since 2004, not one Supervisor, President, or Engineer that was with the company in those first 5 years is still there. Each time a new level of management is added, they are allowed to bring in people from their previous jobs. It is a lot like working for a NFL team, every so often they just wipe every one out. I left for a better paying position, but even with stellar reviews and never being disciplined or coached, I had heard rumors I was going to be on the way out. Other Supervisors were let go as well with no justification. 

Do not believe the positive reviews posted. Those are posted by members of management to improve rating, I know this for a fact. They did the same on Google when a negative review was posted. They always mention the location and "opportunities to advance". 

If you need a job, Rittal is definitely easy to get into. It is easy to advance at times as well. They have a current Supervisor who is barely literate, but is in charge of millions of dollars worth of machinery. Easily one of the least intelligent people I've worked with, yet he made it on the buddy system.

Schedule shop floor work load
walk floor to ensure work flow keeps moving
Did not release next shift work until the previous shift work was complete. This made sure there was zero past due orders
Learned not to release work until the previous shift work was complete, why you might ask. If the next shift work is released before the previous shift was not complete the material handler would stack the next shift material on top of the previous shift. Now that shift cant get to the previous shift work and must start there shift work load, if this continues to happen past due orders will be ramped and out of control. 
Good co-workers between (1995 - 2000) when new management took over 2001 things at Rittal fell apart and just went down hill from there. Let go employees that did not have a college degree, in some cases I can understand this type of mind set. But in a manufacturing atmosphere knowledge and experience is much more important. Rittal let go of some very key players. Cant name anyone but when this guy took over July of 2000 the company was producing 175 to 225 enclosures in two shifts. Within two weeks he put together a dispatch list and increased production to an average of 550-600 enclosures in two shifts, this did not include the 400 Compaq enclosures manufactured. Within weeks Rittal had to have a weekend paintline crew come in because of the overflow of manufactured product that needed painted. Within a six month period reduced a 1,800 past due down to seven past due going into the new year 2001.
Most enjoyable was being able to work with some very nice associates and learning from there input and knowledge

DONT APPLY HERE!!! The job is simple, and i really do enjoy it. Ive been doing my job for 13 years here and at other very similar factories. Ive got 9 years experience at rittal. 2 of those years are on my current stint here. I understand that i started back on day one when i came back, but there is still no pay raise in sight for me because my supervisor doesnt like me. This supervisor is the only hurdle between me and more money as per the way raises are handled. If you dont suck up to management, you wont progress in your career, plain and simple.

Human resources here is a joke as well. I should have taken my own advice when i left the first time, and never re-applied or looked back. They told me in multiple ways that i am just a badge number to them, and that i have to do everything they ask or im considered insubordinate.

PLEASE DONT APPLY HERE!!! Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere! Take it from me with 9 years under my belt at Rittal. The only reasons ive stuck it out this long was because the job/pay is decent enough, i have friends here, and the job search wasnt going so well. But you WILL NOT PROGRESS unless you are in good with management. It doesnt matter if you are a rocket scientist by trade, or a life-long janitor. The management doesnt care about anybody they dont like, and the raises are impossible to get if you dont buddy up with them.

A typical day at work is busy work, but doesn't feel like it.  I learned a lot about German culture and work ethic.  USA management is not able to make decisions as most important decision require owner's approval in Germany.  Workplace culture is hard to define as there are no stated core values that can drive a common culture amongst all employees.  The hardest part of the job is to consistently pay more attention to micromanaged supervision, instead of creation and innovation.  More focus is given to the meeting starting on time, than what the purpose and content of the meeting is supposed to be.  
The most enjoyable part of the job is that senior management knows no more than the lower management.  Makes it easy to show up at work and not feel the pressure.  Too much internal focus and not enough external focus.   Product pricing is on target.  Typical German engineering, excellent quality but longer delivery.  Laptops and cell phones are seemingly given more importance than people.  Sense of belonging is less than 50% by most who work, and many who don't.  It's a hybrid work environment with focus on German micromanagement.  Overall, good place to work if you want to learn something in a global company, but not something to write to mom about.

The culture at Rittal is changing for the better. C-Suite leadership is listening to employees and taking action to improve areas that employees across the organization value. Improving culture and employee satisfaction are among the company's top goals. You will frequently see and hear of the C-Suite making regular visits to the facilities and having conversations with employees at all levels then taking their feedback and providing actionable results. 

Throughout my time working on the marketing team, I have seen an increase in teamwork and collaboration. Everyone is willing to work together and support each other as needed. Marketing leadership listens to everyone on the team and really cares about the employees. There is an increased effort to bring all remote employees together for in person training and team building activities. The marketing team is working to centralize efforts across the organization so they are looking to grow the team to support the US market growth. 

Working at Rittal provides opportunities to grow and develop new skills. This translates from working in the marketing department to local facilities that offer on-the-job training and partnering with local colleges for career advancement courses and certifications.

With a lot of turn over it is hard to instill core values and coach and lead a successful team. Turn over has slowed in the past few months but these challenges still exist with current employees that are not receptive to change. Assembly supervisors are busy trying to ensure that supporting departments are getting their jobs done to secure a productive shift. They are unable to focus on improving their workers.

During my time at Rittal I learned a lot about metal manufacturing and all the steps it takes to produce a quality product in a timely manner.

Most Managers are great to work with, one is only focused in making his self look good and uses the word "so" way to often.

My co-workers were the hardest working people in the plant and would go through great lengths to ensure our customers were satisfied. when other departments failed, we were there to clean up the mess.
 
The hardest part of my job was sitting in meeting that had no agenda and half the time had nothing to do with me or my departments.

The most enjoyable part of my job was working my way up to an Assembly Supervisor, and seeing many of my coworkers also work their way up.  I had the opportunity to coach and mentor a handful of people who were able to go on and become effective leaders and coworkers. We collaborated on many occasions and became a very cohesive team.

A Typical day at Rittal started at 830/930 pm and ended at 7am. When work begins we were usually behind a couple hours of production, unless someone came in early (with out pay) to set us up for success. There was normally a few set backs during the day as well because there was a lack of communication from fabrications department to Assembly departments which would set production at a hold for 30 min while we find the next available job to do. 
I learned a lot about communication, team work and blue print skills.
In my opinion the management didn't care about the workers. no matter if you were really good at your job their was no pay advancements. I feel like that hurt them because a lot of people have left because they were working 60 to 70 plus hours a week but couldn't make any money because we just above the next tax bracket. So when we would get our checks a person that works 40 hours a week at 9.50 an hour was making just as much as we were.
My co workers were some characters, we had fun and enjoyed each others company to where we became a close net of friends no matter the age or gender. 
The most enjoyable part of that job was my co workers. They mattered more than the job itself.

Was told I was a direct hire, while there I noticed many employees would be gone in just a few weeks. I noticed it seemed to be about five weeks, and sure enough at five weeks with no notice or being talked to face to face I drove 35 miles there just to find I had been locked out. I still have not received a reason for termination. I never missed a night never was late, had only one minor mistake that was brought to my attention, which I corrected. I did get a phone call during the day while I was asleep but all they said was to call them,  I did but they were already gone for the day, nothing was said about not reporting so I went in but my card would not work. I still have not been given a reason for being let go. They seem to enjoy beating up on their employees, not working with them to ensure a good work force. I am still waiting for my last pay check. Why would a company take the time to hire people and just keep letting them go for no reason, seems a very bad management style to me. I would advise people not to go to work there as there is no security to the job, show up every night only make one small error and be fired, they didn't even have the guts to do it face to face.

In the whole time of working at rittal, i can confidently say this is one of the worst places to work. The work your expected to do is way more than what you are paid. If you do more, youre expected to do more. if you dont suck up to management, your time is limited. HR is meant to be there for the people and to help you want to stay, but instead they all have big egos, are scared to come out of their office and look at the hard labor you do, never appreciate you, and quite literally will make you quit. I asked one of the employees to not tell me to do something that wasnt in policy, and they said "As an HR employee, you cant tell me what i can and cannot say." This made me feel as if i would be continued to be told things to do that arent in policy. They also mishandle serious cases, and brush it aside. They constantly ask why its not a great place to work, well i can tell you that the reasons above are the main ones, and until they clean house and bring in people who actually care about the ones doing the hard labor, it will continue to have these issues.

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