associate project manager

human resources manager

support analyst

quality engineer

maintenance technician

SL Tennessee

What is the best part of working at the company?
Some of the people are awesome to work with however the turnover is insane 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Upper management stand there and look at you and if there is a problem they will call a lower level manager to address the problem with you versus just letting you know. For example a dropped screw on the ground. The managers will come down hard on you over a dropped screw versus just letting you know that a no d or help you by picking it up. They act like just helping you is beneath them

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Watch your back because there’s people there who are willing to stab you in the back, including your leads and your managers in your group. Please will lie to her protect themselves versus just admit that they were wrong and so you end up getting the write up because the group lead Didn’t want to take responsibility 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You have to clock in and rush to get on the line to work. If a machine breaks due to being worn out they blame the operators. Then when it’s break time you have to rush because they don’t give walk time.

After 2 years of employment I've come to the realization that this corporation cares nothing about their employees. The management and upper level decision makers consider anyone and everyone as a replaceable commodity. They make absolutely zero effort to work through any issues that might arise with personnel and I have been told to "quit then" several times when voicing complaints or concerns. An absolute joke of a company. In the 2 years of my employment there have been well over 1000 employees circulated through the system here. Management makes no effort to retain long term employees, nor do they offer any real compensation for devoted employees. Quick to disregard and quick to hand out write ups and punishments though. I would NOT recommend seeking long term employment with this company.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Understanding, working as a team, training was impeccable, probably my favorite job I've ever had

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Workers who want to walk around or talk and not do their jobs, not alerting me if they had an issue on the line. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It has its days as long as your line works together it goes smoothly. For the most part everyone got a long. It should be mandatory for people to wear deodorant. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Having my line sign in on our love book, retrieve my hour by hour paperwork, make sure my line has everything they need by keeping an open communication with my material handler, if someone needed to go to the bathroom their spot was temporarily filled so the line could keep moving, printing labels for skids, making sure we finish an order on time, laugh and make the best of our night.

Company management runs on outdated styles and bottom line hurts because employees are not treated fairly.  Talk the talk about how important they are from operators to supervisors but no appreciation and training is horrible.  You are sent to the floor and expected to run a line the first day or two with no issues.  Upper management apparently works off the buddy system.   As long as you are on of their buddies and hang out then you can get away with just about anything.  Policy about dipping, chewing and cussing but have seen employees and even management doing all of it and cussing employees and nothing was done about it.  If the correct management change would happen it could be a good place to work.  Culture and schedule needs to be brought in to current century to see any real improvement.

While I was working there I ended up doing the job of a team leader without the pay. Management on the assembly floor changed constantly, they were often rude and condescending— AND they were never on the same page about anything!! They are very quick to accuse you of doing something wrong and hardly take the time to hear you out about anything and they love to spread your personal business and instigate drama.
The pay is okay but you will not have a life outside of work if you go here. Last I heard they were trying to start new shifts but could never hire enough people. No surprise there with the way they treat their workers. After the slow season it’s usually always 12 hr shifts, every day. They have a very unforgiving absence/call out policy. 

It's very easy to get written up. If the supervisor is in a bad mood someone is getting wrote up. I work in assembly and tried transferring a few times and it would show I got written up but never did. It was just to keep me from moving because they are always short staffed and can't keep anyone. Employees are always leaving for other jobs. Including myself. I've been there 5 years and looking for employment in other places. Start out is 12.00 hour. I make 14.00 after 5 years. If they can keep you from getting a raise they will. HR works for management so there's no safety net. You're on your own against experienced management. Theres a click with managers, supervisors and if you upset that click you're pretty much done.

Long hours with no breaks, culture/language barriers among employees. Working 3rd shift I witnessed many employees discreetly drinking on the job, and sometimes under the influence of drugs while working. Attempts to bring this to the attention of higher authority resulted in no action taken. 

Some of the company policies I do not agree with. Such as the attendance policy, which is so strict that if you're 30 seconds late your 3rd time, you are fired. Leaving no room for things that just happen in life such as: car trouble, heavy traffic, emergency room visits, illness, family emergency, etc. 

The culture around the job is stressful because there are all sorts of different people from different cultures, and there is absolutely no tolerance from any group of employee.

This is the worst place I had a chance to be employed. Everyday, you are confused as to what you are supposed to be doing. I felt more of a babysitter than an actual Supervisor. Management was a joke. If you asked for help, you would be better off talking to the wall. No real communication. If the Assistant Managers didn't like you, they would create PIP's to make you look as if you were not doing your job correctly but never offered to help in any way. Assistant Managers always set you up for failure.

The higher ups have no idea the effort most of us put into the work. the may say thank you for your hardwork and give praises but behind the scenes they are continuesly complaining about not meeting or exceeding the UPLH at 100% or more. But that would be the negative of the job, the people who worked their way up understand but dont cut slack because it completely understandable that things might break down but there is no reason to just quit. i enjoyed the people, they have great values , make great jokes but at the same time work hard.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Leaving bad management who love to drink on lunch 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Bad management who love to drink on lunch.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
If they had someone who cared about their employees as much as they do about who is doing what .. it might actually be a good place to work.   They lie. Tell you your going to work so many hours and at the end of the day on Friday say mandatory weekend. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Confusing, tiring and ready to go home.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Associate project manager 10 salaries reported	$64,400 per year
Human resources manager 7 salaries reported	$112,500 per year
Support analyst 1 salary reported	$51,500 per year
Quality engineer 1 salary reported	$67,500 per year
Maintenance technician 2 salaries reported	$31.00 per hour

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