production

tester

electrical engineer

assembler

quality control associate

RITZ Instrument Transformers

A typical day at work:
A typical day involved repetitive manual labor, including winding wire, assembling parts, and performing quality checks to meet high daily quotas. Despite clear procedures, sudden changes and unclear instructions were common, which made staying on target unnecessarily stressful.

What I learned:
I developed strong production and organizational skills and became adaptable under pressure. Unfortunately, I also learned how to navigate poor communication and inconsistent expectations from leadership, which were more frequent than they should have been.

Management:
Management was often disorganized and reactive rather than proactive especially HR or low voltage team leads. While a few supervisors genuinely supported their teams, overall communication lacked transparency and consistency. Policies were enforced selectively, and some issues—like favoritism and unresolved conflicts—were overlooked or mishandled.

Workplace culture:
The culture varied by department. Many coworkers made the environment bearable and were willing to help each other out. However, low morale, lack of recognition for hard work, and an atmosphere of favoritism and micromanagement at times created an unhealthy work environment.

The hardest part of the job:
The most challenging aspects were the repetitive strain of the physical work and dealing with inconsistent leadership. It was frustrating to be expected to maintain high output while receiving mixed messages or last-minute changes with little support.

The most enjoyable part of the job:
The few bright spots were the friendships built with coworkers and the small sense of accomplishment when surpassing production goals despite the obstacles.

Would I recommend it:
I would only recommend this company to someone who needs stable income and can tolerate mismanagement, high turnover, and repetitive tasks. Anyone looking for fair treatment, clear communication, or opportunities for genuine growth may want to look elsewhere.

Job fairs, fast way to get applicants on site for hire. However,  when you have 50 plus people in a day to show up for a job fair your chances of getting hired even if your the first few in the door are very very slim. You go in not knowing how many positions are available, your limited to two shifts, and even with a resume full of experience you are luck to get a phone call back. 

After you wait your turn, go through the interview in a room of 5 to 6 management they tell you to pick up this paper that states, if you are hired we will call you by noon on Friday if not sooner. If you don't hear from us by then you wasn't selected.  

What's wrong with companies now days just not even giving you a reason as to why you aren't being hired? Why did that stop? 
Ritz you need to do better on your job fairs, you have to many people at once. At least let the people that showed up what positions you have and how many. 

Your turn over rate apparently is ridiculous high, and yet you keep doing these Job fairs and hiring all these people who tell you what you want to hear rather than hire from experience.

Suggestion, list your jobs available, how many people your hiring for, and stop giving false hopes into your 50 plus ob fair which you end up hiring 5 to 6 people and then those same people get fired or quits a month later. 
Do a better job. 



Ritz is a decent job. If you're willing to learn, certain people will teach you and show you. Easy going for the most part. But it all depends on your attitude. They like people who work hard. And people who will help them do everything that needs to be done. Safety is probably 75%, so that needs improvement. Pay/comp is decent for starting out. Benefits are horrible. Theres nothing available for the employees. People work hard and they deserve an appreciation meal, bonuses. Better insurance. Work perks. Better vacation policy and PTO time. And not to lose money at the yearly review. After a while, you will take a loss in compensations, unless you have perfect attendance. There's a lot of changes that need to be made at Ritz in order for the company to thrive. Its totally possible. Sometimes management is good in certain areas, but other times their not so good. I can't really agree on the system they have developed. 

The company is losing money every month due to bad leaders and a bad overall environment.  The company makes promises, but does not follow through with promises.  With the company losing money, upper management passes the blame on salaried and hourly associates to protect themselves.  People have been told multiple times by upper management that if the board ask more questions, lower salaried and hourly associates will be fired in order to protect themselves.  To quote the CEO and production manager "I will be the last to go no matter who's fault it is.and I'll make sure of that".  This was told to me by a lead that was in a meeting. I am looking for another job because I don't think anyone is safe and the facility is under constant fear of closure or mass terminations. 

One thing I’ve noticed while here is that if you don’t talk to a team lead or become friends with them, you’ll be singled out and not liked. It’s like a buddy buddy system. One person can get away with something the next man can’t. Depending on your area, you are not allowed to sit down when there is nothing to do. If you do, you’ll be threatened to get written up. The management isn’t the best and expects almost perfection. Even if you are training. I worked there about a year and I hated seeing people get treated bad. The only thing that’s good is you get paid for lunch. But you only get two 10 minute breaks and one 30 minute lunch. You may not even get them. I’ve moved on and found me a 10x better job tho. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Bonuses every three months and meeting good people

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
If you’re going to lose your job if your out sick 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment it’s one I have never been in be for to be honest if I could go back I wouldnt

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Getting sick from being in the room I was in not changing the filters and reading not clean the blinding  and it’s the worse and I have never said this about a work place the 7 months I have been there I was sick the whole time

This would be a fine place to work if management wasn't consistently running it into the ground with no performance reviews hardly no raises if you work in a hot environment no fans to blow on you or keep you cool constant rearranging your work station implementing bad dessions in regurds to safety regularly and never know if there will be work for you to do if you come in might have to go help another department do there job overall the people who do the work is great but the experience and management leave much to be desired. 

Overall the job isn't that bad, good pay, good benefits, just some bad management, and they need to fix a couple more kinks they have with that. In my opinion they need to take a HARD look at their team leads and supervisors. Some days it is a s*** show in there. To most, the pay is worth it. It was for me at least. Just don't talk about anything personal and just do your job. If you can do that, you're set. The production floor is open and clean. They have signs up telling you where each department is and what PPE is required in that certain department.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Steady frustrating work.work 7hours and 20 minutes and get paid for 8.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of organization. Top heavy management with no communication with floor workers except blah blah blah.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Pathetic,apathetic, management is condescending.  No inspiration any where.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Aggravation and confusing. Lack of guidance.  Non chalant.

I really enjoy working at Ritz USA. The company has all the advantages of a small company (quick decisions, you get to know everybody) and at the same time it has all the advantages of a big company (great health insurance plan, 401k with company match, locations worldwide).

What I enjoy most about my job is, that I am able to continuously work on improvements and colleagues support me in these efforts. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production 4 salaries reported	$17.63 per hour
Tester 1 salary reported	$21.27 per hour
Electrical engineer 1 salary reported	$115,000 per year
Assembler 7 salaries reported	$15.57 per hour
Quality control associate 2 salaries reported	$16.29 per hour

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