maintenance technician

sales representative

machine operator

production operator

forklift operator

Sika Corporation

What is the best part of working at the company?
Definitely the people there made a great team. The owner is a Christian man who treats people by the golden rule. The supervisors are very helpful when it comes to assistance with training, any line problems, and anything else you might need. All of my coworkers were well paid and happy to be there, myself included. The rotating shifts are great for people who like time off during the week and every other weekend.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It's just a long shift to be constantly moving doing physical labor with no downtime. It really does wear you out but goes by fast because you are too busy to ever be bored.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Upbeat flow and vibe among employees and leadership. Willing to help attitudes all around. People who work hard and compensated accordingly make for happy employees who are motivated to give 100%, and it shows here.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Arrive early, gab with co-workers over breakfast, clock in, start up my line and run that thing full speed all shift. 2 generous breaks in addition to lunchbreak. Small plant with one breakroom and minimal parking that is enough for the number of employees per shift.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I work at the Aurora, IL plant.  The plant manager is great.  He tours the plant every morning and talks to everyone and takes their concerns seriously.  My co-workers are great, we all put in a hard days work, but get paid for it.  There is room for advancement, if you seek it.  When I started, I never expected this to be a long term job, but the job/culture have made me rethink…it’s a great place!  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
During peak season, production and filling orders is high, but keeps you busy.  No real stress. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Excellent culture, management truly cares about you and how you're doing.  If one role isn’t a fit, you have the opportunity to move somewhere else.  

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Varies day by day, which is great so you don’t get bored.

Like other controversial companies, Sika relies heavily upon shrewd cost-cutting measures to please its shareholders. This creates a structural friction within the company where managers and lower level employees alike do not have adequate resources to operate smoothly. Sika, therefore, is notoriously understaffed and drives its employees to the point of exhaustion (or worse) to make up for what it lacks in support staff, creating a toxic, hyper-rushed work environment that is, in my opinion, not worth sacrificing for in the long run as everyone is placed under an unsustainable amount of pressure.


One of the worst experiences for management. Always was asking questions that were loaded so had to give careful answers. Did not care about their employees and only wanted to drink booze and golf with customers. Never talked to me about what I would do wrong but had to find out from co-workers and then call them about it. Was told I would not have to stay in hotels every night but had to due to only being able to work a certain amount per day and if I went over I would get yelled at like I was not a adult. Never enough supplies to do installs and had to tell customers they had to wait. One co-worker was extremely difficult to work with and didn’t like the fact I didn’t know everything he did.

Sika was a temporary assignment for me. I was saddened to see it end. They are a great company to work for, wages are decent,  staff is great, management in my department is impeccable.  My only complaint is in the Mortars Department where I worked  the equipment is extremely outdated and those guys are way under staffed.Sika is by far one of the greatest jobs out there. They rarely have permanent job openings however, which is hard to understand.  If HR would talk to Dapartment Heads they would see they are understaffed in nearly every department.

Work is inconsistent, either there is nothing to do for weeks on end or you are being rushed to finish an entire project in a few weeks.

No room to learn, improve, or grow. Management will promise you everything and deliver nothing.

Workplace culture has gone downhill over the years, used to be a friendly place to work but now everybody is dissatisfied. The new safety initiatives are counter intuitive and actually make some of the work more dangerous to perform.

Management tries to get chemists and technicians to do work far above their pay grade, promising promotions and compensation. Sika will never deliver.

You won't learn anything or gain new skills here. Avoid if possible unless you really need a job.

Some of the employees are really cool due to the years spent so they know how it is as a new employee. My time there was fun and my CoWorkers in LF1 Manufacturing (A & C Shift) are the best. Now the bad… As a plant there is strong seniority (25+) years workers so as a new guy you will get the “worst” shifts available unless you get Lucky. Management is trying with the new Plant Manager and his team but what he inherited was a complete mess. The equipment is super out dated with parts need no longer being made. Due to the loss of contracts there has been major layoffs. I wish everything went well with Sika on the management side i would still be there.

You will be over worked, stressed out, and have unreasonable deadlines.  It is normal to be working late into the night to meet deadlines. If you’re honest and ethical you will regret working here!  They’ve had 5 Controller’s or high level accountants leave in the past year or so for good reason. This is a toxic, negative environment.  AP is a disaster with a revolving door of AP managers. All accounting/finance positions are micromanaged, disorganized, stressful and difficult. I worked here for over 10 years and do not have one positive thing to say about the Accounting/Finance leadership. The Company out grew them years ago. 


What is the best part of working at the company?
People you work with on the floor are great but front office people that make decisions have no clue how to treat people on the floor. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Last minute changes to the schedule. No lead time  to be asked to work OT

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It’s ok at best. Not great but a little below average. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Work hard and no accolades or even any kudos on how you are doing. Top brass always finds negative things and no positive things to say.

Working with 30+ year old machines that doesn't follow up with maintenance on a regular daily basis, everything is all manual including packaging that no one or job discription did not mention, If applying for machine operator. Work environement is stressful, lots of work, standing 100% of the time, long hours including OT and lots of BS!! Bad training, especially hard understanding people's accent cause most of them dont speak english very well.  Most of the time learn as you go but very frustrating.... Not a rewarding job.... Sad.... Need machine improvement and better management!!!

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Maintenance technician 31 salaries reported	$31.16 per hour
Sales representative 68 salaries reported	$98,934 per year
Machine operator 26 salaries reported	$23.68 per hour
Production operator 25 salaries reported	$21.96 per hour
Forklift operator 33 salaries reported	$21.31 per hour

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