material handler

forklift operator

warehouse worker

maintenance technician

truck driver

Superior Consolidated Industries

A typical day at this job is not to bad, its a warehouse, split up between heavy and soft lifting areas of the building. it can be hot in summer time it can be cold in fall time. you really not doing to much just using an pen writing numbers down on a clipboard and packaging it in a bag to be sent off to the next the person in line to do. summer mostly a drag because of the weather being so hot, so you sweat a lot
I learned how to read part numbers or serial numbers as we call it to the part so if needed it could be looked up in computer and found where its going, what box its in, and who put the part in the box. so when I receive mail now that comes to my home in boxes I understand all the bar codes, numbers and country it came from because of working at this job.
Management is great, its employee owned, so if anyone stayed long enough they could own half in years to. That's the great thing bout SC2 they are willing to share their company if you are willing to take responsibilities in coming to work every day and doing what the job consists of.
Co-wokers are great, more people like yourself trying to make a living in life, very committed and devoting to the job. Their there to assist you with help to even though they have their own job to do its a lot of them that would stop what their doing just to help. the job its solo work but sometimes everyone needs help.
The hardest part of the job is standing 9 hours of the day, because the job has lines with Caterpillar parts coming down them so you have to stand because some of the parts are heavy and again its a warehouse so standing is consisted with the job
The most enjoyable part is always getting paid every week but to help somebody out even help managers out because they really don't know a lot whats going on in the warehouse with the parts, they just know the basics, so being able to assist a person that's been there longer then you is really awesome. it shows management you been paying attention.

Starting off things were good, however that is only because I was stationed at Caterpillar. Things changed near the end of last year when we got an SC2 plant manager on 1st shift. Then harassment started and you could find no help from management or HR except our supervisors on second, but they had their hands tied. An example of this is when I submitted an email to the supervisors and the other company people that we work for. The email was a spreadsheet of all of the issues I was coming across and having to fix, with some parts being found damaged as well, which required me to write down the usernames of those that were causing these issues. However, the first shift plant supervisor along with HR told me not to email our clients these spread sheets with the usernames of those causing the issues (even though the clients had asked me to). And that's when the harassment started. I would only recommend this place only if you have no other options.

packaging CAT part and shipping them to different facilities around the world. After we clock in and before we start our work for the day, the  supervisor in that specific area starts us off with updates that includes that will either effect our parts, the area, and or the the building it self. After announcements are done we evenly split off into small groups and go to our assign tables that may or may or may not have different parts to pack and send off. The manager every now n then comes down from hus office to check and gather updates from the supervisors and to look over the employees to make sure policies and company goals are being met. The work culture is fair and everyone treat one another with respect. The hardest part about the job is if the parts that come to the table are either really heavy or have a very small and high quantity which can be very tedious. the enjoyable is the co workers because even though we're at work we liked to keep funs.

My days would consist of making sure I had all of the proper items to package my material, logging all of my work, and working at a fast pace to complete as many work orders I could in a day. You had to package a certain amount each week or you would receive a poor score on your weekly report. If you had an unsatisfactory score more than twice before 30 days of working you would be fired. Management was pushy and we had to meet high demands, but they only pushed us because its what they were told to do. Its easy to make friends but easy to get distracted because the work is very tedious. Its also very easy to slip up on safety. Forget your steel toes and your sent home and pointed. Overall its a strict workplace. The hardest part was trying to keep up with the demands on how much work we had to put out a day. The numbers always got higher and higher. I feel like the most enjoyable part of the job was going home.

I went back as a REHIRE and thought the facility I was working in was different from the 1st one I worked at was I WRONG. The facility manager and supervisors all have each others back even if it means making something up to get an employee fired and the HR person at this facility is very unprofessional. You have no chance in defending yourself when a complaint is made about you. If you call corporate on the issue your having they don't help you at all they automatically side with the facility managers and supervisors. You definitely DON'T get treated fairly working for this company. I have even witnessed employee's working there 10 plus years getting demoted or even fired from this company because of them trying to defend themselves. This company has the HIGHEST TURNOVER RATE with employees that there door is a constant revolving door.

The work was fairly easy to do. However, management shows favoritism and fails to support each other in decision making. Management will also run people in the ground they don't like, and it seems they're always carrying out disaplinary actions. This makes for a very bad job culture. They do not offer 401k because its ESOP, but there's a chatch to that. You have to get past 90 days then you have to work 1 full calander year to get full benefits of the ESOP program. That means it could be almost 2 years before you become an employee owner of stock. That mean almost 2 years of NOT building retirement. I have never heard of anyone getting a raise unless they get promoted. The pay for that kind of industrial work is below standard. I was a forklift driver making eighteen dollars an hour. The Insurance is also very expensive. I was paying 50 bucks a week. There's a reason why they have a high turn over rate. I'm embarrassed to say I worked there.

What is the best part of working at the company?
It is a very rewarding and fulfilling job.  The management was great to me!  Only reason I left was because I was accepted into the trades. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Disorganization of certain key players. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Family like atmosphere.  Willing to work with you on some things. Fast paced. Some stressful situations arise. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Clock in. Check emails and respond to all that need answers right away and deal with those set of situations. Set up the days trailers that are in the bays.  Assign work assignments. Start the day filling orders and trailers. Receiving trailers and loads from other companies unload and check manifest/ packages to make sure order is all there. Meetings and team talks.

I believe my employment at SC2 was imperative with regard to my growth on both a personal and professional level. As an 18 year old with virtually no experience in working at a warehouse, SC2 offered effective training that was easy to understand, yet not entirely monotonous. Additionally, employees are offered opportunities to switch departments and advance in the company. 
As with any warehouse, the workplace culture is a unique one and you will work alongside people form all walks of life. With this being said, the morale is generally a good one, and above all, as long as your primary focus is to complete your job, then there would be no reason for conflict. 
Personally, the most enjoyable part of the job for me was that I had a set schedule regardless of what was happening with the company. I was almost always guaranteed a forty hour work week and also had opportunities for overtime.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Felt at home there. We were all friends. The company I think did what it could to help out it's long time workers, as well as hiring lots of people through the years to filter out the non hackers. It was moderate easy work most of the time. Average pay, but good retirement options.Esop, plan.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Strict attendence policy based on an unforgiving nature. Barbaric attendence policy.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I'd say long time employees like it there, anybody under 2 years ain't got nothing coming there.Just way it is. I worked there almost 6 years. I liked the last few, but the first two years were horrible.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The other employees cheered me up. It was a very boring atmosphere.

Work at SC2 for me was mostly easy, that wasn't the problem. the problem was the fact that the management expected you to get a set amount of work done even if it wasn't possible at the time. Workers were constantly in and out of the job, you could work with a set crew on week then have an entire new crew the next because they left. sometimes you just didn't have a crew at all because they wanted to wait to hire more people. plus half the time you worked there building managers would basically be breathing down your neck or watching from a distance expecting 200% from you. The benefits are decent but only if you can make it to become an esop employee which wouldn't become available to some till they have been there for 2 years, with a very high turnover rate that's not always an option.

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