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Ritz-craft

There are always some negative reviews about a company from people who don't understand the culture at Ritz Craft. This is a very close and family oriented company. Management and Owners have a real desire and a passion for people to succeed. There is a strong focus on Safety, Quality, and Production. Their culture is among some of the best I have worked for. I am currently employed, and have always felt needed, wanted, and enthusiastic about how their building philosophy has been promoted. There are challenges in production that need to be tweeked, and better organized to achieve a maximum amount of labor and return. I hear and see younger men and women taking bull by the horns and moving this compnay into a more profitable and productive organization without sacrificing quality. Some of these younger management personnel have excellent morals and work ethics. They see the goal ahead of them and strive each day to complete the task. They truly care, and genuinely want you to succeed. Training has improved, and the communication between management and hourly has also improved on a daily basis, with top level management speaking with subordinates on a daily basis. Workplace culture is often laid back, no serious issues or bad apples, and a team of production workers that pull together and work diligently to meet a goal. Our biggest weakness now is supply chains, and costs. Trying to remain as competitive as possible and still meet the demands of the housing crisis. I for one am blessed to have been chosen to be an employee of this compnay, and am eternally grateful for their support during my employment. Im a lifer here..and wouldnt trade places with many millionaires to leave this company. 

When i first started in 2019 the job was great. There was a great chance to learn an move up in the company. There was a reason for learning new skills and taking the initiative to learn other areas in the plant. They were willing to pay for the knowledge you have and were trying to gain an would go out of their way to help the employees find a position that worked best for them and production on the line. Since covid happened there have been many issues with keeping production moving an the management has lost all of their care for the employees. It has turned into seeing how much they can push the people who are still here to do 3 guys work when there are horribly understaffed positions, yet we are told we are overstaffed for those positions. Some of the employees however are great people and are fun to work with and around, yet the management is always standing around staring at people so they can see you stop working for a minute to catch your breathe and give you a warning to get back to work. They say that we are all a big family but instead of raises given out for hard work they would rather give us burnt hot dogs every Wednesday.

My experience there was great at the begining, when we were running decent footage, but when we raised to high footage, the factory went nuts. This company has poor management for their production side. It has great potention, but no one would take suggestions, to help the line, if it did not not include the workers. Management wanted no responsibility for lack of production goal being meet. Also I would like to add, the saddest thing I saw at this company was them fire an employee for being to "slow." Yet this surtain employee showed up everyday, on-time, and worked 20+ hours a week overtime, without complaining at all, or missing any work. I believe they simply fired him, to motivate the younger employees to work faster, because he was not able to work any faster due to his age. I thought that move, by management, was a poor decision, showing that the plant supervisor did not care about ethics. 

Hours were good (6 to 2 30) OT 2 hours a week optional, I improved in my specific area (no thanks to management or training) purely from my own determination. Management plays favoritism over skill or work ethic, they hire family and allow said family to be foreman over their wives. The workplace culture was great when it came to your nearby coworkers but they expected work the whole time and would punish talk even if you were working at the same time, hardest part of the job was management not taking your advice even though you are somehow more qualified to make 1/2 the decisions over them and the most enjoyable job was actually being able to help and work with other without being reprimanded even if you were just trying to help catch up the line when you were caught up in your department 

The day started with all of us crew leaders in a pre-shift meeting explaining our goals for the day/week and what problems we may foresee or have already had and need addressed. After the meeting I would go get with my team of guys and explain to them the goals for the day and we would get started. This was a good job to learn new skills on building a house. I learned a lot with the help of my superiors and friends. I have learned most all areas of trim and cabinetry along with building formica and corian countertops. My coworkers were great, we all got along and got our work done quickly and professionally. The hardest part of my job was dealing with layoffs, it's not a good thing being laid off when your the sole provider for your family. I enjoyed the kind of work and the people I worked with everyday I was there.

A typical week could consist of working in the office writing quotes, service requests, parts order, credit memos for customers.  Calling accounts for orders for the production schedule.  It could also be a typical week traveling to visit with existing and prospective accounts. I learned that business relationships are extremely important to maintain loyalty with customers.  I enjoy working with all of my co-workers since they also contribute to the success I have with my customers.  The hardest part of the job can be keeping up with all the reports requested sometimes.  The most enjoyable part of the job is the day to day dealings with my customers to help them grow their businesses.

Hired as a maintenance manager, had a team of 2 people. One semi retired and there for 4 hours a day, the other a skilled technician. The company's lack of proper management and complete disregard for anything safety related had caused a lack of employment. Rotating door kind of place. Shortly after starting, they decided to force the one technician into retirement and took the other one the be a general laborer on the floor. Leaving only myself as the technician and manager. Parts crib lady tried to act as maintenance manager and tell me how to do my job. Had zero help from anyone and management could care less, they are more worried about putting product out the door, regardless of safety or quality.

Fast paced manufacturing, blended with labor intensive home building. Not much job security and the place operates like a revolving door for unskilled, untrained randoms off the street.  High percentage of employees have no background in building and I've met some who can't even read a tape measure.  I would never buy a house from them after having worked there almost 2 years.  I have almost 6 years in the field, 2 technical degrees.I was first off promised an internship I didn't even really receive due to them not caring and filling me in where they were short handed because I knew what I was doing. Been a let down ever since, truthfully.  

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing really it's a job that barely pays the bills

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Wondering whether I'll go to work from one week to the next

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very back stabby, you have to watch what you say to who

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Enoight to make me want to just pack up my tools and leave

Started off like a great place to work. It was a enjoyable place. It has only went downhill from there. Management only likes certain people and the rest are are just there to fill a position. They have unrealistic expectations of production numbers and are undermanned in key departments. Would not reccomend anyone to work there unless they desperately needed a job.

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