production associate

territory sales manager

customer service representative

equipment mechanic

law enforcement officer

Safariland

I enjoyed the variety of work. One day working on a catalog, the next perhaps photography or web imagery or environmental graphics etc. Good variety of work. 

The idea of "Together, we save lives" is taken seriously at the company but the execution of any/all things marketing has been miserable at best. The company has tried several times to make changes that improve these shortcomings, but seems to continue to make one mistake on repeat: Making decisions in complete isolation of employee input (and also MOSTLY lacking input from the consumer base). If employees who did the day to day operations were consulted with and the consumer base who was being marketed to was tapped as a resource, i think the decision making would have been more effective and in a more timely fashion.

Pros:
Majority of the company truly believes in the mantra "Together we save lives" and coming to work everyday for this noble cause is genuinely gratifying, Immediate teams within the company seem to operate effectively within multiple divisions of the company, my immediate team was a pleasure to work with, With little exception everyone acts in a professional manner on a daily basis

Cons:
Upward mobility is virtually non-existent, Management very rarely listens to employees and tends to make decisions void of the input from the people "in the field" or with the expertise to add value to the decision making, Accountability is requested and expected of anyone below Director level but there seems to be very little accountability above that level when it comes to equipping employees to perform the job they are assigned or when it comes to observing logic and/or current industry trends and affecting change • Little respect is given to the end-user audience, Repeated refusal to utilize focus groups & put into action surveys or other ways to get a genuine method of connecting to consumers, Little respect is given to design/marketing process

Warning: Company doesn’t value it’s employees. The finance department Management team are known to make the most educated, talented and/or skilled employee feel dumb. Trust me you will be questioning your education and experience while there. Their is no training period on anything don’t ask anyone for help management won’t allow it. The finance management team make up there own accounting and finance rules that are unethical just to make their numbers look good. So if you are an ethical employee this isn’t the place for you. Employees are not appreciate or value. Only over worked and stressed with ridiculous unreasonable workloads. The company has a revolving door as soon as someone starts within a week or two they are looking else where. Management team does whatever they want while stressing  teams out. If you complain to HR the finance management will retaliate against you with more work and more ridiculous workloads. Only thing that will provoke change is a lawsuit by an employee. It doesn’t matter how many employees quit over the years they won’t change because  everyone else is the problem not them. Employee are abused verbal daily by finance management. They are a few good finance management team member that do value their teams but the bad one out weight good ones.  Hint- AP, AR, CFO and retail controller are the good ones if you aren’t work directly under any one of these departments you have been warned.

Love the company mission of Saving Lives.  Unfortunately, the company takes full advantage of employees' good nature and desire to support that mission, and uses it to drive down employee compensation and recognition.  High turnover rate has resulted, the remaining employees suffer even further, and company has difficulty recruiting key talent as a result.  Back-office functions are most acutely impacted.  Executive team is tone deaf in this regard and struggles to provide concrete messaging to support their decisions and directives.  Culture is severely broken and depends on the same high performing individuals to keep things running to the point of burnout.  Business philosophy is to keep the staffing as lean as possible and grind out results with the few loyal staff members still left.  Business has seen record profits the last several years and has not recognized those high performing staff members accordingly.  All the while executives reap millions of dollars in increased compensation.

The typical day at work is the artfully mastered craft of balancing tedious, all-consuming tasks, with a constant stream of interruptions, while maintaining a charming smile and can do attitude.

I have obtained enough evidence to suggest that a possitive work life balance is essential for overall well-being and happiness. 

Management should look to promote high performers and not overlook the fact that they might already have a willing and ready workforce right in their own office. 

Look at your company culture and determine whether it encourages your employees’ growth, innovation, and enthusiasm for their work.

Employees aren’t adequately acknowledged or rewarded. 

The most challenging part of the job was relying on another to be efficient in providing the required resources necessary to deliver timely and quality work.

The most enjoyable part of the job? - (when we were working) "Together," We Save Lives... That part's cool. 


This company has gone downhill over the years, they have cheapened their products to the point they can't be safe, they have let go of employees who helped build this company for almost 20 years because they make promises on paper they refuse to stand by. Their upper management in each department don't actually even know how to do the job they were hired to do and force people out who refuse to comply with half cocked work resulting in subpar products. Its basically ran like a highschool where rules only apply to those who are liked by office staff and even those who have been there for decades and make this warehouse run are ran out. They change your job title to be able to cap you at pay and will give you pennies for your raises, despite growing earnings they have also stopped giving yearly bonuses to anyone who isn't salary therefore those actually doing the day to day work are left with no more bonuses. 

Beware-- *polices & service members may die- because of the constant reuse of(cheaper) wide spec resin/ already used regrind/contaminated materials/ the blend of foreign resin.
Most of the holster & leg shrouds-have already been heated up a minimum of 10 times= makes it easier to : crack, break , stretched and be compromised @ a  much less struggle.
  Visit the plant on faye road in jacksonville fl and ask any employee how they feel they are treated when they question what they may see as a possible defective piece or part. I challenge u to visit the plant before you buy. I dare you to go see if the part you think that may save your life or your loved one life is inspected and packaged by an unhappy worker. 3041 Faye road, get of your a?? And pay the place a visit!

As a full-time employee, I would not recommend anyone this job.  One,  management is poor. They do not listen to the concerns of there employees and make some idiotic decisions thinking that it will help benefit the company. Two, the pay is not worth the hassle and nonsense they put out.  Going to work everyday at 5am to get out around 330pm is not worth the 12 dollars an hour rate they give you.  Once you become full-time, you get a dollar more. You can try to ask for more but that depends on how they feel about you and if you suck up to them or are a brown noser. And there is a lot of that at this company.  Some employees are trust worthy but, 90% of them will bad mouth you or talk trash about you once you walk away. Overall, I do not see this company lasting long and feel sorry for the good employees they have left.

Typical day at work would be entering invoices from vendors and matching them up to a Purchase Order. I have learned that a hard days working is fulling that would apply to all jobs. Management was great! Open door policy, always helpful. Co-workers were some what hard to deal with. Hardest part of my job was problem resolution and working with Purchasing Department, but overtime they came to trust my opinion. Most enjoyable was the fact that they understood if you could not make your appointments after work hours they would work with you so you could do what you had to do and make up the hours. Loved my job assignments 

Always busy and have something to do. I've learned a lot with working with Safariland. I'm always learning something new and  going beyond what I thought I was capable of.
As far as my manager goes it has its good and bad days, as any job.  They typically try to make the work  load easier and and try to do what is best for everyone. The hardest part of my job for me is the risk, such as dealing with hazardous materials the amount of the fines - if I were to make a mistake. But I'm confident that I have the skills and training not to make those mistakes. All and all I enjoy the fast paced environment and it encourages me to keep up a good pace, almost competitive for me. Keeps me on my toes.

I work remotely, which has been great. PTO and sick time is pretty generous as well. 

My biggest complaint is the awful pay. The national MINIMUM starting pay for my position is $5k more than what I started at (and pretty much still make). I live in an area where cost of living is fairly high, so being below the national starting wage is really killing me financially. They also refuse to do any sort of cost of living wage increase, which is pretty lousy on their end. With prices continuing to increase and my salary continuing to be so low, it’s getting extremely hard to afford to keep working here. 

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Production associate 10 salaries reported	$18.05 per hour
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