compounder

mechanic

line technician

senior manufacturing technician

material handler

Schwan Cosmetics

What is the best part of working at the company?
The hours I work are great! (6:55-2:55)
Company is very clean. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I am in inventory. So I am investigating discrepancies, chasing, ordering, counting parts constantly. Gets stressful whenever a machine is down& the part needed has never been ordered .I have to find the new part. Then try my best to have it shipped overnight. I get it done though! 😊

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Respectful towards each other. You can get a huge promotion without the required degree & experience required. If you are in the right click. Line mechanics, maintenance,engineers all work hard to keep the lines up & running. Workers on the lines seem to want good numbers& product as well. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Check previous days parts checked out Order what is needed, help the line mechanics to find parts. Investigate discrepancies. Email/call /web search parts for best price, quality, lead time.

I have learned a lot working here because of necessity. This company has survived in the USA for the past 17+ years despite the lack of knowledgeable management. It seems that they have been doing the same thing since starting up in NJ 17+ years ago and I believe now the German parent company (Schwan Stabilo) is  getting involved and making the necessary changes to management. This will definitely help them succeed when they move to Tennessee in July of 2015. The people who work there are not trained properly if at all to perform the tasks given them. The proper tools are not made available to the mechanics. There is no accountability when procedures are not followed. When things are done wrong, management just wants to fix the issue now and not prevent it from happening again. There is no sense of teamwork. I do enjoy working here and look forward to the coming changes in how and who runs the show. The people who have been running things for the past 15+ years need to go.

The co-workers here are amazing people, but the constant fight between the QA and Production floor is intense.

Having the same manager over both departments usually meant the Prod floor won over QA. 


As a line worker I had to push out product even if it had failed the microbiology, or QA tests. The only way they ended up failing anything was for  color, or incorrect mix.

I have never bought any makeup after seeing the micro tests though. Probably never will wear it again.

The new facility VS the old one is night & day.

You actually feel cleaner in the new facility vs the dusty old place.

But this still does not make up for the "things" that live in the water based products.

Good machines with a fun product to be a part of manufacturing. Clean work areas and reasonable pay for type of work performed. Upper management and the "decision makers" are the biggest thing thing that currently holds this company from growing into what it's full potential could be. Good place to work if unskilled, don't need to pay for benefits offered, and have the ability to work your shift and not be affected by the non stop nitpicking and poor decision making made at the top and forced down the chain of command without having facts of the situation first.

I have my days like some days it would be a good day some days it would be not so good. I've learn how to work on different kind of makeup eyeliner and how to fix the broken pieces and work on paper work and do testing on the product. Management is okay. my co-workers are good and the people around me talks and are good at helping one another. The hardest part of my job is when you have to completely remain someone how to do there job and picking up after that person. The most enjoyable part of working there is having fun and able to laugh with my co-workers when we are having a conversation together during breaks and lunch time.

Schwan Cosmetics USA was a fun, fast paced work environment. While the work was hard at times, it was well worth it with all of the little get togethers a they had to reward their employees. 
I learned people skills and time management. 
The most enjoyable part of the job was getting to work with new makeup products coming out and that I could workout before my shift. 
The hardest part was the hours they Had me working. They were crazy understaffed so I came in two hours early and left two hours late most days.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Enjoyed working . Some of the people were very nice. Learn experience. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The manager team! People not will to work and as a team.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful a lot of non English speaking people.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Starting a project and had to stop do to missing parts or having management needed something else.

I will not speak negatively towards the company, the only issues are the management and the lack of pay. 
The pay rate doesn't match the cost of living which is hard to make a living off of here im Shelbyville or Murfreesboro. The management needs to improve a great deal, but I'm assuming since this is a new company I can't expect this to happen overnight; just not willing to stick around until it does .

Duties include: Setup, operation, troubleshooting, repairs, construction, installation, adjustment, maintenance, overhauls, adjusting any and all equipment related with production operations. Effectively working with all personell to help the plant improve and run successfully, as well as minimizing downtime of production equipment. Working as needed in all mechanical capacities alongside managers with electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment

What is the best part of working at the company?
Friendly environment, care for employees, good pay

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Like in any other workplace, the poor work ethic of certain colleagues

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Respect, efficiency and mutual support 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Smooth. Long sometimes because I work on a 12 hours shift

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