production worker

maintenance technician

programmer analyst

plant engineer

administrative assistant

Scepter Inc.

Overall, my experience in this work place was irritating and nerve racking at best. Some colleagues are caring people and very fun to work with. BUT, management does not give benefits to hard workers. The only way to advance in pay was over time period and NOT by how hard you worked or how accurate you did your work. There are downright lazy and overly complaining workers who will make more pay than you for the simple fact they were at the job longer while also knowing less than most. Also, there will be very little time that you will get to have with your family. Do not expect to be able to balance work and home life easily as this job fully expects every minute of your time while you are signed up to work for them. As an example I  myself worked a spontaneous 12 hour day, drove home for an hour, got called into the job when I reached my driveway, drove the hour back and worked another 7 hours that night. Then was lightly scolded for not showing up to work the next day after clocking 19 hours and not making it home until 3am. Overall my experience with this work place and environment were miserable and I feel that I regret giving this place any of my time.

Great pay, and benefits, but very bad in the management politics. Typical day at work is Hot in the summer and cold in the winter as most of the foundry is pole barn with exceptions like the break room. I learned a lot about the sciences behind molten metal as you delve into it early in the career. The upper managers (plant Manager and general plant manager) are great and fair men but department managers can be very shady and play the favoritism game to certain employees. The work place culture is generally work work work, but during times of break everyone finds reasons to laugh and enjoy time way from the floor. The hardest part about the job is dealing with the heat as the room temperature can get close to 200F in the summers. The company usually supplies water coolers of Gatorade. The most enjoyable part of working for the company is the summer camping company get together, and the Company Christmas Party. The company has had great incentives for there employees but they never really ever follow through with there great ideas so some of these thing may not happen anymore.

Scepter Ny is a good place to work, for beginners who need to dig in somewhere. They definitely only look out for the management team at the end of the day. I worked there for four years. 3 Employee of the Qtrs.. gave this company all i had. It paid off till i was maxed out. I use to come in early and stay late which was hard cause i have a family at home. There came a point where i was expected to stay everyday even after trying to tell management this was becoming a issue. I felt i had outgrown my growth capacity at Scepter NY. I found more gainful employment very easily due to what i had learned employed at Scepter NY. Management team is a good group of guys.. if they like you. Which at the end of the day is whatever the middle man supervisor or foreman wants to say. I was also a supervisor for 3 years here during my employment. I was treated fairly until i made a decision to switch up my career and go for maintenance. Scepter is not for everybody. But it will sure force you to become a man.. or move on.

The shift begins by getting with the crew member on the leaving shift that you are about to replace.  That crew member will bring you up to speed on what is going on - and therefore what you will be doing.
    The hardest part was keeping up with the production, which can sometimes be fast passed; but other crew members will step in to help, should such be required.
    They promote from within so your bosses know exactly what you are experiencing as you do your job.  Plus they will step in to help, and even give your pointers on how to do your job better.
     The crews are composed 5 - 7 men and they really watch each others back because the job can be dangerous at times.
     I really enjoyed interacting with the other workers, and even the bosses (lol).  Plus the different crews (4 of them)  had a friendly competition going - who could produce the most material.

I truly loved my career at Scepter. I had freedom to grow & understanding from my management team. I was able to experience many things & I learned a ton. I felt appreciated as an employee & was extremely sad when I had to make the decision to leave the company. Had the company been located where I was moving to, I would have transferred & stayed. You’ll hear negative things about Scepter from disgruntled former employees however, you get what you put in. And if you put your all into it, the management notices & appreciates it. I will miss Scepter greatly, if you want a career that will be stable & always there for you long term, Scepter is worth the shot. 

You never get a break. If your lucky you can quickly grab a drink and a bite to eat then hurry back to work. Health insurance is over priced and sucks. Your always changing work hours. Your never home so if you have a family. You will never see them and when you do you fight. Management is not organizated. They are more like slave drivers. The moto of the place is "if you have time to lean you have time to clean". The place is always dirty. You can clean and clean and clean and they will never be satisfied. They always find something to complain about. Either your not work fast enough or you are not pushing a broom. There is oshia violations all over the place. But it is a job and the pay is alright.

I was allowed to work independently with almost no one “looking over my shoulder”. Since I had to wear so many “different hats”, I could work on things I enjoyed at least some of the time. Unfortunately, it was difficult to get approval for project, especially those which cost time or money. It was also difficult to get and keep on site support for projects which were given to me. If you are looking at an engineering position with this company, they are hiring you as a future plant manager and not as a project engineer.

Managers are two faced liars that preach integrity and then go behind closed doors and lie about you. I think if the owner knew about all of the misdeeds of his general managers at the waverly site he would fire them. I was even told not to praise my employees because every time you do "they screw up"  Employees can lie about you and they will discipline you without even asking you your side  I was also threatened  multiple times if I went to talk to the owner about certain issues. I could go on. STAY AWAY FAR AWAY.

Good to grow an learn an get experience, not worth the long term no incentive to go hire then max pay for position. You can be there for 2-20 years an you will make the same amount of money as some less then you with very little experience or none at all like I said its a stepping stone to find something greater unless you dont want to move forward.

I worked for Scepter Inc. for over 2 years and had a very good experience within the company as a whole.  During my time there I was able to move from an hourly role into a management position fairly quickly.  
This company was not in my education field but they still gave me an honest chance to prove my worth and advance into a career path.  
I chose to leave based on my personal need to use my education to further my career in the recreation community.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production worker 2 salaries reported	$23.63 per hour
Maintenance technician 4 salaries reported	$26.69 per hour
Programmer analyst 21 salaries reported	$56,020 per year
Plant engineer 1 salary reported	$70,000 per year
Administrative assistant 1 salary reported	$17.00 per hour

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