production associate

quality assurance engineer

hardware technician

software engineer

order administrator

Special-Lite, Inc.

In all likelihood is only paying lip service to "talking and considering" allowing office staff with good output and reviews to stay working remotely now that the pandemic is winding down. If that flexibility is a deal breaker for you post COVID, I would make sure you ask about that if you choose to apply here. I have privately been told by several individuals they are planning to leave (as I certainty will be) if they are forced to start commuting to the office again, so there may be an upcoming shake up in staff too. All in all, this is a good company to work for but you should keep the above in mind.

-Pay and benefits 7 / 10
-People are nice and friendly.
-Work is an unorganized grind.
-Seems like company is trying to improve but is held back by bureaucracy.
-Significantly expanded the HR department recently, which we all know exists to protect the company, not the employee, which makes sudden expansion a cause for concern.
-Feels that even some of the upper level members feel that the company is being held back by bad policies, decisions, and a culture of overdoing holding people accountable for things outside of their control.
-Metrics for measuring department effectiveness make no sense.
-Your bonus is only tied to your department's metrics, not your individual performance.
-You should know that if you are politically minded, most of the company is firmly on the red side and a few can be blatant about it.
-Some, not many, but some managers play favorites.
-Again, I will say that even with all of the above in mind, overall this a good company to work for and I will be sad to leave if not allowed to stay on as a remote employee.

In most cases there seems to be a concerted effort to improve both work relationships, the efficiency of the workplace, and the product. However, it is the lack of passion and motivation that seems to leave the culture seeming void of purpose. When the common conversation between employees is based on when they get to leave work or why they can easily shrug responsibility to someone else for a failure in production, there is something sick with the workplace culture. There is a sense of genuine care for the customer among most long time employees, but the lack of continuity between the office and the different departments on when an extra effort needs to be put in to get a certain job done leads to there being little to no effort given. The dread and displeasure employees have throughout the day is palpable and the only relief is at the end of the day or when they are given something for the trouble of doing their job.

If you are looking to join a strong company that offers great benefits and has a family orientated culture, then this is the place for you. It's a great place to think of for long lasting employment, and folks here tend to stay and retire from here. The 401k and benefits are unbeatable, we have an annual bonus, we have end of year time off, and the company is making adjustments as we continue to grow.

With that growth there are some changes and Special-lite is doing particularly well implementing those changes. There are new roles coming into the company, and long term employees are able to take advantage of internal mobility.  The atmosphere is shifting to a higher level of professionalism and communication is improving greatly at all levels.





The overall company is good to their employees, especially when it comes to the befits package. You really cannot beat the cost of the health insurance. The pay itself is quite low. Be careful what you say and who you say it to, or it can come back to bite you. Once management has decided you are no longer worth the effort they will work to get rid of you rather than work to resolve the issues. It seemed like HR was there to support management, not the employees. The manager of my department left shortly after letting me go. I do believe the new manager will be great, and would easily take a job there because of them. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
401k match... There really isn't anything good that I could say about this company beside the 401K match

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Looking over your shoulder to make sure nobody's stabbing you in the back

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Racist, prejudiced, the good old boys club unusually low wages. No work-life balance. Promise to 4-day work week when hired. Then after about a couple weeks it was a mandatory Fridays and weekends. Poorly managed company.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Show up. See what work there is to do. Wait for somebody to tell you that it's okay to start. Just because they don't trust you to just start working. Try to get through today without somebody trying to accuse you of something .

Don't understand the last review from June 3 - culture is great and managment is driving improvements.  Clearly someone is letting their self interest drive opinions and suspect all of the complaints/concerns have not been shared in the right forum.  Office staff has been remote since March 2020 and management has  received negative feedback from customers and sales team related to challenges with order processing and communication yet continued to do everything to keep people safe.  Certainly no fault at all of team members but process maturity and technology investment need to continue as the company grows.  If you want to be part of a great culture and have passion for customers, this is a GREAT place.

This is a wonderful company to work for. In the summer, you can expect to work five days and in the winter you can expect to work four days that could be the only bad thing, the four days if you can afford it, I would definitely recommend you work here. The jobs are easy laid-back with a steady push on production. You can listen to music!! management is very friendly. They focus on continuous improvement and their manufacturing capabilities are only going to improve in the future.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The location, and the vacation time. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The management is overbearing. This company is always moving the goal posts on what they expect. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
This is the type of company you work at 5 years but find out they are hiring new people at higher pay. The HR manager has said before "you should be happy to have a job" when bringing up problems.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Laid back environment, great position, and 2 minutes from home 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
When we were sitting at 30 week lead times was stressful but we got it reeled in

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It was like family, I felt very welcomed 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Work hard and get the job done.

My Fathers Father, founded the company. The guy kept the name. Yet still no recognition or pictures of who started the company. Not even a bio or picture or anything. Kind of pathetic.

Great employees and staff.  Great benefits, 401k.

Good flow of money, but you barely have a social life.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Production associate 3 salaries reported	$17.50 per hour
Quality assurance engineer 2 salaries reported	$75,485 per year
Hardware technician 2 salaries reported	$18.50 per hour
Software engineer 1 salary reported	$75,485 per year
Order administrator 1 salary reported	$19.95 per hour

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