tool and die maker

machine operator

process technician

maintenance technician

automation technician

Silgan Dispensing systems

When the current Plant manager took over this job went down hill so fast! Used to LOVE this job! And its not that it was a change, it was that it really feels like (to many people) he is trying to sink the company... He literally compared the company to a sinking boat in a clip art on a powerpoint for the entire plant to see! And the reason it was sinking was several decisions he made! Like getting rid of all outside warehouse inventory!

 Molding should be on overtime because they can't keep up with assembly and are not, yet assembly is on mandatory 6 days a week. have been for the better part of 5 years I hear... I can say for at least 3 for sure. Oh, and upper management doesn't feel the need to work 6 days a week. Just the hourly people. They can't have their kids' little league game interrupted... never mind the hourly people can't put their kids in anything because they ONLY get one day a week off to do what normal people do in two days! It's a health concern legitimately! 

New trend in the company is now to hire from outside for promotion type positions. Granted so far its not worked well for the company... Maybe they will learn? 

However, a bright shining light is the actual M.A.'s and G.A.'s, they do amazing and are almost always really neat people to work with! The people there are fun, real and diverse! 

Set schedules, sometimes it's hard if not impossible to get a day off with out taking points.The point system was recently redone and is now mostly livable. Before it was a nightmare, so that's something!

They tout safety first, quality, customers and production are often in a skewed order. Several times it was really production over everything. 

It is a decently clean factory. PPE includes company provided ear eye and hand wear. Also hairnets are required, again company provided. Steal toe shoes are required now. Company will reimburse/buy them (at a set limit depending on job classification) once per year.

Really wasn't that bad of a place to work; however, I did 12-Hour shifts and saw most of my peers in that time span drop out and be replaced by the temp agency that puts them in there. The compensation is below-average for the area. The supervisors are alright, although, it's a large facility and many of the leads are depersonalized due to the high amount of stress from their superiors to hit their numbers. I eventually pointed out myself. It's a loud place and you have to wear earplugs. On-site gym and cafeteria. Stuff never got stolen which is rare. Coworkers are generally friendly folks like you (many of which have been there for a long time). Not for the weak-hearted. They will work you as much as they can as many departments as they can do so in. The ability to advance is moderate as the turnover can be somewhat high. Overtime is as much as you want. I worked 13 days straight sometimes.

No proper training, Late pay checks, Management sends you through hoops if you have any issues. Management and Coordinaters have improper relationships with their Employees, Management has favorites that gets to sit around in the locker room and take extra breaks and when they are actually working it's in 2s so they can keep talking. Some mechanics are just hired to walk around and watch you struggle but want to poke around your machine when you no longer need them. The Janitor just lifts the toilet seats and calls them clean soap dispensers be empty but people supposedly washing their hands. Some employees are thieves I suggest leaving your personal items in the car or bring a lock and pray you get a locker. The Work atmosphere is toxic people leave machines a mess, if you need help good luck people would rather watch you fail so they can snitch. You have to find someone to cover your break or you don't get one. Quality inspectors complain if they actually have to cover a machine. 

The sad thing is, the company could be run so much better. Unfortunately the GM shortchanges production at every turn, from refusing to do any type of maintenance to acquiring the correct equipment to run production efficiently. The GM would do this so that the budget wouldn't be touched and we would just barely meet our production quota, and at his yearly review he would get a bigger bonus. On top of all that the factory is just a fire waiting to happen, from machines leaking hydraulic oil, to exposed electrical wiring, to the roof being about 10 feet high and made of wood. Anytime there was an inspection it's undeniable someone was being paid off. Another fun thing is that they would give you a very vague job title so that they could make you do the job of 3 people, without the compensation for it. And don't even think about speaking up for yourself unless you'd like your work load to be doubled. All in all, unless you're some type of masochist I would say this place isn't for you.

Numerous safety problems, one person got their hair on fire spraying flammable materials add management direction. Improper relations with HR employees and hourly workers. Retaliation by corporate leader ship for report reporting improper relationships with HR. Constant chronic lack of competitive wages leads to an endless circle of turnover. New hires train new hires to train new hires creates many safety issues, numerous injuries. Managers are only out for them self, two years and get out of there. The last plant manager told everyone he was on a sinking ship and transferred out as fast as possible. Sinking further down, so many problems so many problems that never get resolved. Stay away.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Job it self was fine, it’s dealing with the stupidity of management that sucked. They have no clue what they are doing 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Stupidity of management, they lay off all good people to save money, then they don’t have anyone to do the job.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful, you don’t know what stupid decision management will make next.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Was fine, till everyone quit, all the bosses at the warehouse quit because they couldn’t take the stupidity of management who don’t have a clue how to run a company

What is the best part of working at the company?
The people and very committed and endearing. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Processes are not streamlined. Too much growth through acquisition, too quickly. Very flat organization. No trust in executives down to manage in their expertise. President single handedly controls every penny to the detrimate of the company's potential.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very mixed. Those who have been there for decades are reluctant to change. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Organized chaos of firefighting.

If H.R wouldn't lie about calling, texting, or e mailing you about call off stuff. If the work wasn't so mind numbing boring. If they actually gave you handouts about medical benefits to actually read before you have to decide what you want. If they didn't as a company charge extra for being a smoker. If they actually had a working barcode machine so you could actually scan work for you own raise. It ( might) be a 
O.K. place to work.

Work was easy to say the least , check components for quality, load machines with components, fix any jams that may happen while the machine does the assembling.
I believe I have learned better leadership skills over the years working with all different types of individuals.
Management at the upper most levels lacked communication above all things.
The hardest part of the job was dealing with the high turnover rate.
To me the most enjoyable part of the job was finding the root cause of defects and having them resolved.

My career has advanced with Silgan , even though Silgan just recently purchased us.  My manager is fair and does not cause me any stress , has reasonable expectations, and is flexible.  The benefits now that we are Silgan are much better especially the health insurance.  My compensation is fair, generous vacation and sick personal time , our HR manager is the most reasonable , and intelligent one I have dealt with, the company does need to figure out how to get more help before more people start quitting.  Other than that it’s a good company to work for. 

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