maintenance technician

truck driver

assembler

utility operator

manufacturing operator

Royal Oak Enterprises, LLC

Royal Oak gave me something most companies won't give a new graduate: genuine responsibility from day one. I was deployed across multiple facilities, led process improvement initiatives, wrote SOPs that had never existed, and was involved in capital projects with significant dollar figures attached. For someone early in their career, the exposure to real operational challenges was valuable and I carry that experience forward.
That said, the gap between what this company presents publicly and how it actually operates internally is significant. Leadership instability created a constantly shifting set of priorities that made it difficult to see any initiative through to completion. Middle management was largely unsupported by those above them, which created an environment where accountability flowed downward but support rarely did. New engineers are given responsibility without mentorship, which sets some people up to succeed and others up to fail depending largely on luck of placement.
The culture at the facility level varied considerably. Some plant managers genuinely cared about their teams. Others did not. That inconsistency is itself a cultural problem that starts at the top.

If you want to work someplace where the higher ups have integrity, ethics, accountability, uphold their own expectations, have respect for employees and have been properly trained to do their own scale of work don't go here. There are a few folks in the realm of team lead or mangment who have within them the know how and genuine care to fix things there but unfortunately they don't have the power or authority to do so. When I say a few I mean a small few. The procedures and their own rules bend depending on how much they like you and depending on how it may bennifet them at the moment. They will delete discipline points for certain people and fire others for less. Promise raises and bonuses but then you soon find out that they have things rigged up that you won't actually get those things. They brag that they promote from within for the better paying jobs and that is 9/10 times a lie. Although they often have excellent talent at their location they over look and burn out that talent with false promises of promoting and overworked employees because the facility can't properly maintain the machines. Any good points of working there are very quickly outweighed once these things are realized. It's a revolving door where you see most come in for a day or two and never return. Employees are so tired of training the revolving door of new hires that new hires aren't getting much training or support at all to the point of wanting to quit for lack of support. 

Pros

Not a lot. Some decent people to work with, but not in management.

Cons

Management is demanding, and also unreasonable and very incompetent. Management has very little experience for the roles they are in. Lack of engineering support. Unwilling to spend money to do things the right way, a lot of cutting corners.

Safety of workers is not a priority. Work conditions are abysmal. Very dusty, hot/cold temperatures. Low morale.

Company culture is very abrasive. A lot of finger pointing. Nobody wants to take responsibility for their actions. Workers are afraid to make mistakes due to this toxic culture.

Advice to Management

Stop the blame game and take some responsibility. When a problem arises, stop first asking the question "who is to blame?" and start asking "how can we fix this?" It kills productivity and makes the environment difficult to enjoy being in.

The job isnt bad if u dont mind getting dirty. Its definitely honest work for what seems to be good pay til you do the work. HR dept. is a nightmare. Good luck getting help from anyone within the company with anything. If you get hurt on the job. They drag their feet on getting you in to see a doctor. And if you miss days due to your injury they count days against you. And their insurance denies all claims for injury. And you get stuck with all medical bills. And finally they fire you for missing too many days when they dont allow you to return to work. Because u cant return unless you have a doctors release. But again you dont see a doctor for over a month after the initial injury date. 

Poor communication throughout the network, toxic managers, laughable “raises”, lack of morality despite integrity being a core value,  senior leadership speaking to facility leadership like garbage in a public forum, no support from corporate other than “we need to push to make numbers” not worrying that they are making the hourly employees work to death in 110 degree heat without a climate controlled environment and still pushing for them to work 6-7 days at a time, employee appreciation event ideas denied on multiple occasions. That’s just scratching the surface. If you value your mental/physical health, find another employer.

What is the best part of working at the company?
My coworkers where the best part

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Point system didnt allow single parent with the right stuff to care for themselves and their childrens medical needs

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
As long as you clean up after yourself it stays decent 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I loved working there but my children come first

I have worked here for 11 years, this company started out as Frontier Charcoal the only charcoal plant in the state of Kansas and in April we were purchased by Royal Oak Enterprises. I have a close bond with most of my co-workers, we have always tried to maintain a "family environment". I have acquired a lot of experience in my position here being able to handle anything from ordering the office supplies to scheduling trucks to doing payroll.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Money,  it's best to get the money and worry about getting through the day only 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of training,  favoritism,   hot and cold temperatures 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Diverse culture, very,  unstable work conditions as seasons change 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful,  unless your in certain department

Upon hire and despite my numerous years of operating equipment, i was informed that everyone starts in the bagging room.  The job, utility operator, is stacking bags of charcoal as they come down the conveyor belt. Shifts are 12 hours with no job rotation which can make for a long agonizing day. During my time working in the bagging room I witnessed 2-3 new individuals hired for equipment operation positions rather than starting in the bagging room, which was very discouraging.

This place is one of the top paying jobs in my area.was a grate place to work short term I would not recommend that you make it a long term job I was let go for doing something that I have done for my whole time at this plant and the management let me be let go and would not stand up for me I put in 3 years of my life in to my work there and was  fired for a bogus reason so if you go to work ther stack your money and get out before you are let go.over all not a bad place to work short trem

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Maintenance technician 3 salaries reported	$17.67 per hour
Truck driver 1 salary reported	$35,000 per year
Assembler 2 salaries reported	$15.00 per hour
Utility operator 1 salary reported	$21.00 per hour
Manufacturing operator 1 salary reported	$16.50 per hour

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