mechanic

industrial mechanic

industrial electrician

machine operator

tool and die maker

Silgan

The overturn rate is horrible. The company wants and tries to make safety the main priority, But! is EXTREMELY slow to hire the help for the departments. This leads to one employee having to do the job that would require 2+ workers on a regular basis, placing the employee/employees, in an unsafe working conditions. The compensation is awesome for the new hires. Several people have came in the door topped out, while ignoring the employees that have 10+ years of experience. The pay scale between departments is a joke, 

The benefits are okay, air conditioned facility, bonuses ever quarter even though bonus pay is based on production, safety, and accountability. The safety and accountability are highly achievable. The production is hardly the case. When the plant only runs 10-15 machines out of 40+ you will not make your full bonus potential. This is strictly the result of management but is passed onto the ones working on the shop floor. The benefits used to be awesome and something worth working towards. To get vacation time it used to be pro-rated and you had to work for it. Now it's given to you when you get hired on. After 12+ years of service you no longer have to pay for the extra week of vacation which is nice but you don't get any more time off than a new hire. The company seems to only appreciate the new hires to keep them in the plant. When the company caters to the new hires and forgets about the experienced employees that have pulled them through the mud, it's going to cause riffs between employees. Working with coworkers is pretty good it's family oriented with a one for all, all for one culture. If you want a laid back opportunity for a job do what you can to get hired on full time. Don't make this a career it will become highly disappointing and a waste of your time.

Applied and interviewed for the position I was most suited for. Was offered a job I had never done before at lower pay. No communication from management from day to day let some workers stand around talk, and goof around walking away from running machines they were assigned to while others had to come and bail them out when something went wrong. Showed up early for work on request of supervisor to turn air compressors and nitrogen tank on and start other equipment only later to be fired for coming in early. Was told by hire-ups they didn't like the look on my face and thought I wasn't happy I guess they never seen someone focused and concentrating on their work before. Spent many hours studying machine manuals and taking notes for the high tech new machines they had. So if you show initiative and put for effort this is not the company for you.

My day starts at 7:00 pm and ends at 7 am.  The schedule is a bit tough, but overall this is a great company that cares about its employees.  Silgan is one of the most safety oriented companies I have ever worked for.  I learned a great deal about weight and measurements as it pertains to my position.

My managers are excellent!  They encourage employees to take on more responsibility as we learn our way around our individual jobs.

My co-workers are generally nice people who take much pride in their work.

The hardest part of the job is the schedule.  When I work 12 hour days 4 days straight, I am generally exhausted on my days off.

The best part of my job is the people I work with.  They are always eager to help when I need instruction.

Top management very poor. Thinks most technical employees are way overpaid and anyone can do their jobs. The operators are required to run multiple machines, often with little or no training. Hired contract op workers and pay hotel, per diem, and double regular op pay, while treating current ops very poorly and underpaid. Can't get help because they pay and treat people badly. Op techs promised pay increases when doing change overs / mechanical work. Most quit when realizing pay doesn't change. Was told "we aren't giving time off in June and July because we are too busy" after working mandatory OT hours since January. I'm gone. Managers were required to run machines on Sundays since they were salary employees. AVOID

Scope creep.  Say they have an Agile environment, but management was called out by multiple newly hired business analysts for there lack of understanding of the concept and implementation.  Multiple times I was told I had to work over the weekend on Friday afternoon. Multiple members of management have side businesses which distract them from managing their projects and their teams.  Toxic culture, little to no transparency or accountability.  Two of their most senior members of the development team left during my tenure.

Worked my butt off here, everyone was telling me I was doing really good for how long I was there and that they would appreciate that and I would be liked by the supervisors.   Well I was let go on reasons they wouldn’t tell me. There was a few people there that didn’t like me and accused me of taking long breaks.  When I was actually just taking the breaks I was told to by my trainers.   I think the supervisors just listen to whatever they here from veteran employees and don’t bother to investigate.  So if you start here. Don’t think you will stay long.   The people that work there have been there for 30+ years and don’t want any newbies.

I hated this job but I'm sure it's good for some

Training wasn't great at first....

They talk about honesty but all the paperwork is bull

They rotate the managers. Some of them will just stand there watch you. Some were antisocial. Like I don't think any but one knew my name.

The conditions suck. It's super hot in there, shifts are 12 hours but nothing ever slows down. Break time includes the time it takes to walk to the break room. And then there's no signal or wifi in the break room. Be better off taking your break at your station if you don't wanna eat or anything lol.  
The people were pretty great though. Everyone was helpful and supportive and so that

This place is a joke. Pay was good. Plant manager and most of supervisors had no idea what they were doing. Time clock didn't work right.  Have a good ole boys club. You are in it or out and then they are out to get you. They don't follow there own policies. Supervisors threaten you. Employees don't always pull their weight.  Special treatment for most. If you want to be promoted you have to snitch and lie or kiss up to supervisors. Really is no family life. Stay away if you can.

Mandatory overtime all the time. Management team is horrible. Tons of 
miserable  stuck up workers at this plant. Attendance policy terrible. Pay was decent at one time before they got record profits and refuse to share any. Lack of benefits package. No sick or paid time off. No respect for employees.  Union is a joke and doesn't really stick up completely for workers so your just in a awkward loop. Did I mention the Management is terrible. Bunch of boot lickers who have no concept of appreciating current employees. Stay far away from here unless you want to be talked down too by fat idiots.

Upper management is a joke. Worked 7 days a week and 12 hour days all the time and many holidays too. Get told when you have to take your vacation. People don't help each other and cry harassment on each other. Lots of backstabbing employees and management cannot be trusted! Dirty, hot place to work. Pay is acceptable but not enough for the way they treat their employees. Saw many gruesome work accidents during my time there. Must pay attention to your surroundings at all times because of the danger.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Mechanic 9 salaries reported	$26.93 per hour
Industrial mechanic 2 salaries reported	$28.20 per hour
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Machine operator 3 salaries reported	$22.58 per hour
Tool and die maker 1 salary reported	$28.53 per hour

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