machine operator

material handler

assembler

merchandise flow team member

shipping and receiving clerk

Somic America

Shift work.  Three eight-hour shifts.  Paid lunch break for 30mins.  No 15min breaks.

There is opportunity for growth currently due to the high turnover rate. 

Knowledge - I've learned a variety of skills which I'm appreciative for.  Most of my knowledge was gained from employees that left for better opportunities. 

Management - Unbalanced workloads, varied efforts, varied hours, nepotism

Workplace culture - Things are done hastily with little thought or planning.  Production staff is personable but frustrated with management.  

Hardest part of job - Operator level difficulty is gauge reading, fault recovery and adherence to policies/procedures.  In general the air quality is poor and everything is filthy from coolant mist.  Mist collection systems do not work properly and, at times, fog the operators while operating machinery.  Poor ventilation due to most exhaust/intake fans being broken for years.  Poor building insulation.

Most enjoyable - Most of the staff are great people.

I had the most stressful and challenging role on the production floor. Hands on machinist style setups and changeovers with hand tools and machine logic computers. In a nutshell, I did mechanical and technician work for production level employee pay. Product run schedule was always changing, so I was always working on machines to change them over. Some help from Maintenance dept if I called for aid, but mostly I was on my own at all times. Team lead always busy and elsewhere. Could not transfer as my advanced skills and background in machinery were needed on this production line. They can never keep anyone on this line and refuse to overhaul the workload or adjust pay to this line. I turned away from the job once I had a better offer from another company.

Like previous reviews, can't speak for all shifts; however, work is not bad, -as long as you have adequate training and a trainer who is not trying to rush you through the process, pay is decent but no raises. Management, like anywhere else, has their favorites. And if you aren't in that clique, you aren't getting promoted. Team leads are hard to find at times, and dont always respond to their call bell. The right hand does not know what the left hands doing.  Shifts/leads/supervisors do not communicate with other shifts, and if they do communicate, you won't know anything was said.  And because they want the machine operators focused-no talking. They do try and have family fun days, or giveaways at their potluck. It's a good effort.  Wish they cared enough to put their employees needs ahead of their teamleads/supervisors  egos, because there's alot of resentful employees who are fed up with the favortism and being treated as children in elementary school.

Somic America offers excellent benefits to their employees, and the work is not overly difficult. Benefits include a 401K, awesome insurance, PPE vouchers, quarterly luncheons, and two weeks of PTO for full-time employees. Paid 30 minute lunch, 8 hour shifts. Frequent overtime.

This is a great place to start working if you are fresh out of school, or have some bills you really need to pay, but I would not suggest making a career here.

Management routinely makes bad decisions. The current work culture is one of ignorance and/or apathy on the plant floor. Training is almost non-existent, and communication between shifts IS non-existent. Operators who make mistakes are almost never held accountable. 

Pay in all departments leaves something to be desired. Rare to see a wage increase, and when you do get one, it's across the board. No merit-based raises here. Hard work is not well rewarded.

This was a very fast paced, physically demanding, but good job.  Must be able to work for long periods on your feet, complete repetitive movements and enjoy listening to yourself think for 8 hours a day, or night!
This is a production job so if your reliable and up for the challenge, then they'll give you a chance.
The best part of this job is most definitely the crew, and the fact that for the most part you're left to yourself to get your work done.  You must be self motivated in order to succeed here and the willingness to be cross trained can land you a stable job with Somic.

By far the most stressful place ive ever worked, mentally, emotionally and physically. They lie to you outright about company policies from the start. They tell you overtime is optional but work you 7 days per week most of the year. They have no respect for your needs and well being and the better the worker you are the harder they strive to press your buttons. Safety is also of VERY little concern as long as they can cover it up. Then if you move up in the company it only gets worse as you are constantly told how bad you are at your job and are told to cover for them with the lower employees over every little thing.

Management is a joke, they walk the good workers out for basically no reason and they let the sorry ones stay. There is no communication between shifts and 99% of the time the supervisors have no idea about what is going on, the worst organized company I've ever worked at and I've worked at some sorry companies. The Management acts like they like you but will stab you in the back the first chance they get and they will tell you that they are a family oriented business but they have you working 6 and 7 days a week so you can't plan anything with your family or be with them 

Somic produces components for automobile steering systems.  I found it to be very interesting work.  I was very satisfied with my job for the first 3 years.  There were some management changes that resulted in poor communication and lack of organization.  This caused us to have unnecessary overtime and lowered morale.  We had Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Health Insurance until this year, when they switched to an insurance provider I had never heard of. 

What started as a very fulfilling job turned into one I dreaded going to.

This company owns you. Plain and simple. Need time to do something? Nope, be there or you're fired immediately. Don't worry, they've already got your replacement trained and ready to go. Don't want to spend every second of your life working? Too bad, you're here 7 days a week most of the year. The only good thing is the pay which to be honest isn't worth working here. 

Please listen to this warning. DO. NOT. WORK. HERE. Even if you have no other choice, anything is better than this soul-stealing environment.

Worse job EVER!! The job itself is not bad, but the management and some of the people that work there makes it unbearable. You can't trust anyone there, a bunch of snakes that will do anything to get ahead. There is blatant shows of favoritism and people purposefully getting others in trouble and/or fired by spreading lies and using their influence to get what they want. If you have a problem it will never get solved because HR is completely useless, only looking out for the company not the employees and the supervisor just gives you the runaround. If you work here use caution and don't trust anyone!!!

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