maintenance technician

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press brake operator

automotive technician

assembler

SCHWARZE INDUSTRIES

Schwarze industries is basically chaos taking physical form. I honestly believe that the only reason they make any money at all is because they have such high profit margins on the street sweepers they create. Most of the management literally doesn't even know the first steps to managing, which is understanding the scope of what you have. They do not track incoming tasks vs. completed tasks, they prioritize at a whim with minimal interdepartmental cooperation. They are extremely good at putting up a good front for their superiors and making themselves seem like valuable staff while not even truly understanding the assignment 90% of the time. They'll address problems but only at the most surface level, and as a result, they are lacking in safety, completely non-compliant with their ISO requirements (They pass by showing the same documentation each time and keeping a man on staff that knows the auditors on a personal basis even though he works for another company. They keep paying him as a *consultant* to go through the audits).

Working in refurb, we were the red headed step children, a necessary evil as my immediate supervisor refers to us. They are in business to sell new trucks and therefor the refurb department is treated more as sub-humans. The pay for doing the job of experienced mechanic, welding, and fabricating, troubleshooting, rolling around under nasty 10 year old rotted out trucks making therm like new means absolutely nothing to management. I was started at $2.00 per hour less than assembly workers across the road, even though I trained every new person in my department even as a temp. They overlook you in the hire on process, the pay, and the culture the plant manager is toxic.If you work in the main facility it might not be a bad job but I would highly advise staying away from refurb. As I used to tell my new trainees, this is the only place I have ever worked that punishes you for having experience. The plant manager that took over last year is obstinate about maintaining a little boys club culture of favoritism, oblivious to contributions or performance of us across the road, to the point we were actually autonomous No oversight or structured leadership and no chance of advancing to such a position..

You will work 50 hours a week, minimum. The 10hrs of overtime is "optional."
Early morning shifts, a morning break, lunch, and afternoon break, all mandatory.
The work is dirty, the work areas are filthy, and there's a lot of "elbow grease" involved with putting heavy machinery together, especially sweepers.

Anyone can do the job, the instruction books and guidance from coworkers and leads make it easy for someone with no experience to walk in the door and fall right into groove.

Company is growing, but you will be known by everyone. It is a very family styled blue-collared workplace. The president will know your name, you will be treated like a person rather than an employee.

If you want to grow as a mechanic, welder, painter, electrician, this is a great place to start.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Horrible culture and week data driven management that is not in line with quality or integrity. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Every single thing is an emergency and management has a much higher regard to their beliefs than the truth about the products. Over all poor leadership that has degraded the company and its employees 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Worst place I have been in my career, cut throat leadership with no moral compass who are only interested in their own personal gain 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Waiting on what’s going wrong to become the emergency of the day

I worked out my home in Texas.  I created the A6000 series and A7000 series new service training program, operation checklists, maintenance job guides, instructor training guide and powerpoint presentations.I learned the company was serious about safety and they wanted to improve the way they train their customers to use the equipment.
The hardest part of the job was the distance I work in Texas and the company was in Alabama. My lesson learned every time I sent the company a training program, I should travel to Alabama and presented in person.
The most enjoyable part of the job was working at home.

There is some on the job training but you need to catch on fast because it is a production based atmosphere they will show you what to do the first time help on the second and you should have it by the third pay is decent. Overtime is great plenty of breaks and the management does seem to care about employees. So far great place to start a great career. 

I spent 3 years of my life working for Schwartz industries only to realize the management is far from professional.  I only heard of 1 person getting a write up while I was there. Very lackadaisical attitude from the management and it trickled down to the workers also. If you enjoy a free check and a place where you can lower your bar, this is the place for you. As for all the honest hard working individuals that just want to perform at there peak, STAY AWAY!.

A typical day would include working overtime while waiting for parts for a build. The management structure is confusing, and they don't seem to have good communication. I have learned a lot about an industry that have not been exposed to in the past. The hardest part of the job is getting a straight answer from anyone in management. The people are the most enjoyable part. They make it worth going to work.

No communication between the production side of the wall and the assembly side. Very poor communication from management. No training available for the position applied for. Management can give no assistance on builds due to lack of experience on the line. But they will butt in when they feel the need to rush unnecessarily. Don't fall for the saying: The more you learn, The more you make.

A good work enviroment with good employes very clean facility.They have pretty good benifits and try to take care of the employes to the best of there abillities.They follow employe handbook word for word.They are always finding new ways to try to make peoples job easier.They demand the best job that you can do.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Maintenance technician 4 salaries reported	$26.50 per hour
Welder 1 salary reported	$20.00 per hour
Press brake operator 3 salaries reported	$22.00 per hour
Automotive technician 2 salaries reported	$22.00 per hour
Assembler 1 salary reported	$22.00 per hour

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