STEFFES CORPORATION

I worked for this company for almost three years, and what started as a potential long term career led me to quit on the spot. An employee in the area I worked had tested positive for the Corona virus. Despite coming into direct contact with many individuals that were not wearing masks, the company decided that only two were required to test for Covid-19. After I returned to work I was informed that the paint-line, the area I worked, did not shut down for testing as they had to work 12+ hours to make up for the absence of those awaiting test results. This was after downsizing the company due to the pandemic. After contacting Safety and HR about the potential health concern, I was essentially blown off despite the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in Stark County. This company was never the best to work for as it would always expect you to complete difficult tasks with no assistance from anyone, management included. I was Supervisor there for a year and never received proper training or assistance to help further my experience, only told to work 13+ hours per shift with no overtime as Supervisors are salary. After the downsizing due to the pandemic, the chance for advancement is non existent as the Supervisors and Op Manager all good friends and don't promote anyone that is not part of that circle, therefore many supervisors were demoted to allow these people to take their positions instead of being laid off. 

This company is by far the best place I have worked thus far in my life. The benefits are incredible with quarterly bonuses! Depending on how the company did in that quarter, it reflects on the sum of the bonus. Profit sharing at the end of the year and a 5% company match on 401k contributions. The profit sharing was over 3 thousand put into my 401K for 2019!  They have Steffes dollars. 500 a month you can put toward your healthcare so healthcare is paid by Steffes and other smaller policies can be paid out of pocket. I pay 36 dollars a check and have dental and disability. You get a 50K life insurance policy upon hire. From the assembler to Mr. Steffes himself and everyone inbetween, this is the most respectable and friendly people I have ever worked around. I came from Chicago as a welder. Since starting I have advanced from Welder 2 to Welder 3 Pipe welding within a year and I am making double my salary I was making in Chicago. I feel very blessed to be a part of this Company and look forward to the years to come!

I previously worked in the paint/weld department at Steffes Shelby, and my experience was mixed. Management consistency is a concern, with what appears to be favoritism across departments and advancement not always based on performance.

There are also concerns around hiring and promotion practices, where personal connections may influence decisions. In addition, how management handles situations involving spouses or close relationships in the workplace could be improved to avoid perceptions of unfairness.

Frequent overtime and unclear leadership roles can make the work environment more challenging. On the positive side, there are small morale boosts like popcorn on Thursdays and donuts once a month.

Overall, the company has potential, but improvements in fairness, transparency, and management practices would make a big difference!!

Good place to work. My supervisor is awesome and treats everyone like a friend. Super helpful staff and support team. Communication between laborers and upper management could be a bit better. It gets super hot inside but that’s at any place where there’s heavy machinery operating and welding taking place. Safety could be better. I split my finger open in a hydraulic fixture because there weren’t adequate guards in place and the lever was accidentally pulled to engage the hydraulic pistons while I was loading the part into the fixture. All that being said the safety team took great care of me and installed guards on the machines. On a more positive note the plant is very clean and well organized in the production floor. The break room is very nice. All in all I would recommend. 

Fair salaries,good benefits,highly skilled engineers.Very poor management on the floor,no leadership,like to dictate,not receptive to skilled employees suggestions,play favorites,discriminate,break confidentiality policy. Quality control poor,training poor-results in repairs being made & at times thrown into scrap bins. Hire young in-experienced employees-promote them to supervisor with no manager background. Double standards on co. policy. HR dept poor-seem in the dark on most. Provide safety training but don't enforce all on floor. Fail to provide MSDS Job Hazard Analysis & air quality monitoring at times. Slow to resolve,improve,or eliminate issues. High turnover,big gap-long & short term employees. Way over staffed with non-productive employees. Worst job I ever had;will never look back.

I worked at this company for a year and I have to say even though I didn't really want to, I still made a lot of friends here who made my day everyday. They love to cross train people to do multiple things. For me I was an assembler who learned how to assemble a majority of the products, the taught me how to fabricate, and then I became a welder at their company with some practice. This company gives optional bonuses 4 times a year at a quaterly meeting. They match up to 5% in 401k and you are fully vested after 6 years. Great company to work for and management was always really easy to get along with. Especially the CEO, you'll see him walking around casually from time to time.

Pay and time off and benefits decent. But didn't outweigh the poor management. No advancement in the company. They give supervisor positions to kids that had no experience over others that worked for the company for years. The HR forced several employees to give up their jobs by treating them poorly. Upper management does not care about the lower employees even though they say they do. Working conditions were hot and air quality poor. Company has no sense of direction,  everything is chaotic everyday.

I come in and plan out my day of what i am going to build. I am required to operate a forklift on a regular basis. I build and take care of all of the products. I have learned a tremendous amount about the mechanical process that goes into building each product and I got along great with all my fellow co-workers. This job is physically demanding, however, it takes a large amount of focus and patience. The best part of this job is the work environment and being greeted everyday by people who care about my safety and well-being as much as I do theirs.

I was there for years then the pandemic broke out and it seemed like they just wanted to be under 500 employees to get the bailout/relief they let a ton of employees go without a return date  “permanent layoff” I understand it’s hard times  but we all put in so much time and hard work there that it hurts. i speak for everyone who lost their jobs. They called us a family. now we are jobless and have no way to care for our own families  so it makes it hard to say I would work there again. I loved that place management could use an upgrade but overall it was great

The benefits are hard to beat. But the benefits are one of many excuses to not pay more. Extreme favoritism, people getting positions for being friends/family of others. Young inexperienced workers getting payed as much or more, sometimes MUCH more than more experienced workers. Poor management. Poor HR. Many examples of sexism towards women observed. Communication is terrible. Many office people act as if they are better than the workers, not willing to work with or listen to them.

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