assembly technician

print operator

order manager

installer

production artist

Rainier Industries

The hardest working people were non-management employees. C-suite, HR, and managers did not listen, were not supportive, and were not professional. I saw plenty of favoritism and nepotism in the workplace. Any suggestions fell on deaf ears. 

I've never worked for a company that had more than one layoff in a short amount of time (a few months apart). There was so much chaos that even new hires quit within a month, a week, or a few days of their first day. Newly hired employees were pushed to train new hires because management was useless. Management didn't do much nor did they want to learn to do anything. If they wanted an answer, they'd be all over you but offered no kind of assistance whatsoever. Experienced employees were mostly laid off. No one really knew how to do anything except made you learn on your own. It was a very "sink or swim" mentality in this company. 

There were so many meetings to discuss issues but no resolutions ever came out of them. Management and C-suite people were always reactive and would rather overload current employees with a ton of work than hire a few people to spread out responsibilities. It was very hard to take time off because I'd come back, even from half or one day, and had double or triple the work to complete upon my return. Hard working employees didn't get compensated for extra work nor any recognition. They were rewarded with more work and were lectured if they worked more than eight hours to try to catch up or be helpful. When some spoke up, they were laid off or terminated, and painted as bad employees with negative attitudes. Those they favored never got additional work and all they did was talk loudly about non-work related topics.

There were no performance reviews at six months, annually, or ever. If you don't request it yourself multiple times, management or HR will never reach out to you. There were no pay raises, bonuses, company parties, or perks. No one cared.

Look elsewhere. I would not recommend this company to anyone. Any cutbacks lined the pockets of C-suite personnel. They only cared about numbers, not employees. 

I met a handful of really good folks sprinkled in, but overall, my experience working here was pretty poor.

Executive team, upper management and sales seem very disconnected from the actual work being done, and often expect the impossible without providing the right infrastructure or people to make it happen. 

Compensation is very under average for many specialized positions, and opportunities for increase are rare, as annual reviews are neglected and nepotism runs rampant in hiring and promotion. There is very poor communication across departments. Many people get hired into positions they are not qualified for, or never get trained appropriately for, which causes a lot of stress and issues further down the chain of command. Expectations of workload and output are unrealistically high, and causes a lot of pressure and stress. Many employees are spread way too thin.

During my tenure, there was a lot of talk about improvement and positive change, but very little meaningful follow-through.

If you are a prospective employee, I’d probably advise you to keep looking elsewhere.

I got hired on and quite literally sat around in my cubicle for 2 weeks before this person who didn't have the same job title as me began training me on things. I was often told to go out to the floor and talk with folks (who were very busy at times). I exhausted all the limited conversation I could while not knowing what I should know for my role. I began training on the actual software (which was a clunky experience - it took an entire week before my software got the necessary updates). I was shadowed on several orders, I asked questions, and I began my own flow while still asking questions. By this time, I had yet to have any sort of meeting with my "manager." Our first meeting was me being told that I was being let go because I wasn't where they needed me to be. I was beyond confused. My guess is the company isn't doing too well - which seems plausible based on the grumbling from everyone I spoke with and meetings I attended. I advise that unless you live nearby or need money, find somewhere else; the lack of transparency and preparedness for new employees is laughable at best.

Employees are generally a fun, hard working group to be around. Individual group managers are, for the most part quality people doing their best.  Division management, well, umm.....a seemingly everchanging lineup that is somewhat hard to really connect with. Upper management seems very isolated from the day to day work and not realistic about how that work gets done in terms of employees. If you are not today's golden child make sure your back is covered. 
While I expanded my skill set during my time there that was only because I needed to learn new skills (on my own) to complete my work. There was rarely time to train properly, always something more important to be done.

They used to be a good company but got bought and became a weird corporate conglomerate. The sales people barely go on site and often have no clue how the sign they sold is going to get put up. We would show up to job sites with no instructions and waste hours of time. The schedule would go from a normal day with a few install locations and then those would change to different installs sometimes before we finished loading the van so we had to unload the stuff we no longer were going to install that day and then load the new stuff, and then to top it off half way through the day come to find out they want us to work until 2 or 3 AM after starting at 5AM. Horrible office politics if you don't kiss up and play ball and act like everything's fine. The vehicle fleet is in such disrepair some vas have "death wobbles" on the freeway.

So here's the key: keep a good attitude and the work is good. People who gripe are always going to gripe, but I found that management is very supportive and easy to work with if you are a worker and not a moaner. The people are friendly.

The stuff that Rainier manufactures is all custom and I enjoyed installing it. Install work fluctuated between installing very large and expensive custom pieces which took a lot of care and problem solving to install correctly, to stretches of repetitive installs of large quantities of the same things. Hours can fluctuate too. Usually it's fairly steady, but occasionally you have to put in long hours or work a weekend to get the job done, or a slower season could mean less hours for a while. Just be flexible.

Uncompetitive wages and incompetent management. Layoffs have happened every few months with promises to those left that this next attempt at restructuring will surely fix their issues. Shareholder/C-Suite decisions seem entirely reactive, with each “restructuring” leading to the development of brand new problems without actually fixing the old ones. The only people who feel the consequences of these failures are the production staff, who  overall have been grappling with a combo of low wages and unreasonable expectations that set them up for failure without management seeming to really understand the reality of their labor. Whether you’ve worked at Rainier for 2 or 20 years you will ultimately be seen as replaceable - if you choose to work here, expect no loyalty or respect for your work and experience.

They really have a great way of treating every employee with  the same   respect, regardless of position. There is a definite feeling you are part of a team. With around 200 employees in several departments, in times of need, you might be helping out in other areas. Lots of opportunities to advance or change jobs. And there is  overtime always available for those who choose to, and that is usually not a problem to fill because everyone is so dedicated and happy to do whatever it takes to fill customer orders. Great company to work for.  

I clock in and most of the time I know what needs to be done. If not I will ask the manager what needs to be done. Depending on the job I will either work all day on it, or it won't take much time and I will move onto another job once I'm done. 
I've learned a lot about time management and getting things done in a timely matter. I have learned how to think through things and work smarter not harder. 
Management is friendly and are there to help whenever you need it.
I love my co-workers we get along great and they are all hard workers.
Whenever we get a high end job that needs to go out right away, everyone is breathing down your neck.
The most enjoyable part of my day is making jokes with my co-workers.

Full of 'nice' people, but the company owners don't listen to the needs of the lower 90%. You will get sub-standard pay, no advancement, and be given placating words. Typical day you'll be behind schedule at all times because the timelines will begin as unreasonable from the start. I've learned a lot while I was there from coworkers also trying to make the best from a bad situation, but the support for gaining outside education or training has varied from sparse to outright hostile.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Assembly technician 7 salaries reported	$23.31 per hour
Print operator 7 salaries reported	$24.97 per hour
Order manager 2 salaries reported	$26.50 per hour
Installer 2 salaries reported	$22.91 per hour
Production artist 2 salaries reported	$26.25 per hour

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