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Standard Motor Products

Worked there thru a temp agency. Was there for 10 months and never got hired. Was told to apply for every opening that was available, only to be overlooked ... Except when they needed someone to work for someone who laid out! I worked every shift that place had trying to get hired on there (1st, 2nd, weekend) and they basically blackballed me, even tho I had excellent work evaluation reviews. Everyone was asking me why I wasn't hired on yet, yet I was there working and doing my job the right way as expected day in day out. Only 1 person does the hiring and if he doesn't like anything about you, you ain't getting hired. They actually hired a felon with gun charges PRIOR to getting hired OFF THE STREET before they hired me and we applied for the same job. Only for him to get ANOTHER gun charge while working there and after 2 months they fired him. Then I applied AGAIN for that SAME job and they have it to someone else who was already hired on!! And I had more experience than them both. Highest turnover rate I've seen in a plant. You will basically be wasting your time working here unless you can get hired! They lie and have you working jobs saying you'll get hired after 3 months but you're basically replacement workers working for ppl on leave! They don't tell you that until you've been there for months already! I could go on and on...

Management is not open to welcome employee feedback.  They say their door is always open yet when you do speak up you are then placed as a target.  If you do not agree with upper management then you are against the grain.  Same goes for HR.  Most are singled out, and not part of the "inner circle".  This creates a sense of appreciation within the organization, and not uneasy feeling of being in the office.  And then you have management who play favoritism.  Some employees are good to work from home while others are not.  Now add in the pandemic.  Some have health concerns and are OK to work from home, while others are not.  Middle management has no back bone to stand up to upper management for good employees.  Company is micromanaged with many interdepartmental obstacles so one can not get their job completed.  This makes the culture TOXIC and not very pleasant or warm and fuzzy to be within.  There is NO room for advancement unless you're part of the inner circle and there is NO personal or professionalism mentoring.  CEO needs to have more of a hands in with employee's to really have a good idea of what is happening within.

Every day at SMP revolves around the moving target that is the production schedule. Even though they have had the same core customers for years, they are unable to anticipate static demands or define sales trends. As Production Coordinator, most of the day is spent matching up the daily schedule to available components, personnel, and equipment availability.
Management is purely reactionary and guided by a trickle-down philosophy. There is a great opportunity being missed to empower everyone with a team concept, as there are many talented people working individually.
The hardest part of the job is dealing with the lack of vision in management to find not only different but more effective solutions to recurring problems. Being forced to use the same temporary solutions instead of taking a fresh look at things becomes demoralizing.
The best part of the job is being able to listen to other employees and use their ideas along with your own when scheduling the day.

It is a place that has mandatory OT on Saturdays. The management is very poor due to very very poor communication including the fact that you have to be apart of the “clique”. If management doesn’t like you or you have a mind of your own you won’t last long. There is a new rule every day you show up to work. Management gives write ups for the simplest things. The equipment is very old and out of date that includes the cherry picker equipment and harnesses. Most of the equipment is broken and they don’t have enough to go around for employees but expect you to stay on task without the equipment you need to do the job at hand. Wi-Fi system is old it continuously kicks you out of the system while working. The aisles are full of debris and product that prevents you from traveling up and down the aisles. The entire warehouse is a safety hazard and no one in management cares. Worst company I have ever worked for, apply at your own risk.

For a while this job was wonderful. I had amazing health insurance, sick days, vacation days, paid time off, and 401k matching from the onset (after 90-day probationary period). The management had an open door policy and constantly sought to improve worker conditions and/or attitudes while increasing overall productivity of the company. The job, however, consisted of walking into the same workload every single day, punching a clock, and leaving in 8 hours with the knowledge that the exact same day would be waiting for you tomorrow. There was no real inspiration to keep me motivated after I learned the ins and outs of my position. Boredom set in and I had to go find something more suitable to my creativity.

The management was kind during interviews and truly felt like a great culture to be apart of.  Once I started, however, I saw how the hourly and temp workers were treated.  They were worked every weekend and got penalized if they took off.  Volume continued to increase and profits shot up, but very little was brought down to the warehouse people that helped that change happen.  Changes were not encouraged even though the business really needed some change.  Management was young and inexperienced(on the good side, were given opportunity for advancement, on the bad side, had very little experience outside SMP to give more critical thinking to what was happening logistically).  

The company and benefits were great. Set schedule was great. But the only way to get hired on was to work there as a temp forever or someone died or in my case work nights. I got hired on quickly and it was the highest paying job around which seemed great till you worked endless overtime which ruined any progress in my life or personal relationships. You only get to see people if they also work nights. Then they restructured forcing everyone to work unlimited OT as if we didn’t work 11 hours a day. Then when I had enough they offered alternative hours I was hired for but neglected to mention 3 dollar raise to said hours and I changed jobs. Otherwise supervisors and HR were great. Just the company sold half the lines and what staffed everyone to another country as I started as I started and devoted near a year. 

Each day get right to production work, I learned about and how to recognize auto parts & ship parts. Management changed often with new supervisors and changes, so just when you learned a way to do your work it would get changed. My co-workers were mostly a good group to work with, of course their were some you wanted on your team and some that were lazy! The hardest part of the job was the constant lifting and the heat because there is no AC. The most enjoyable part of the job besides the friends I made is the accomplishment of a job well done and ending the shift knowing you did your best to complete the daily task.

What is the best part of working at the company?
You have a choice on whether you want to work day shift or night shift. I get along with my co-workers and I'm hard to get along with.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Having my name called repeatedly the entire shift, but that may not be stressful for other people.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's a warehouse and every warehouse I've ever worked in was always a little dirty. It can be loud inside the warehouse too sometimes. Mainly due to the forklifts and the radio.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I'm always busy. I also do multiple jobs so I don't know what I'm doing that day until I get to work.

Standard Motor Product would be a good place to work, if they would treat everyone as a EQUAL. Supervisor would be Supervisors and stand for what’s right and not for making Friends or having picks. 
Standard Motor Product has really good hours, that works for you. They have monthly meetings to let their employer know how the company is progressing. 

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