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THE GUND COMPANY

I have been working at The Gund Company for a little over 9 years and I cannot thank them enough for all opportunities I have received and everything  I have learned. While work can at times be demanding and stressful as we try to balance our 3 pillars (Take Care of Each Other, Take Care of the Customer and Take Care of the Business) at the end of the day it is a great place to work and is full of opportunities to grow, both professionally and personally. The vision that the company has of the culture that everyone is working hard on establishing makes you feel at home, team members are treated as human beings and not as robots. Because it is a family culture, is understandable that life happens and the company is there to provide support and help us all overcome those obstacles. When I started here I did not know where I was going, did not know anything about manufacturing or operating any piece of equipment but the team here (from an fellow peer member all the way to management) made me feel like I belonged here, coached me, mentored me, helped and encouraged my development, listened to my ideas, opinions and even though not all ideas were solutions, they never stopped listening and encouraging me to continue to bring ideas to the table, to continue to raise my voice and help contribute with Continuous Improvement. As I started visiting other sites I realized that this culture is the same at all sites, it does not matter if you are working at the Ontario Plant, Dallas, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Mexico or any other of the sites, the same culture is there on all, and you will be treated the same, for this and many other reasons is that I feel this is a Great Place to Work!

While at the gund company I received adequate training for a few machines. The management is competent for the work being done. The downfall in the management is micromanaging the employees constantly harping upon statistics and numbers even if the jobs went out correctly and on time. The lack of appreciation to the employees is palpable thank yous without also pointing out all the negatives helps keep morale up. Squeaky wheel gets the grease is a true statement here,raises only come with a certain amount of criticism about current pay. The opportunity to grow within the company seems somewhat limited with most hands being relatively new staff.learning new and valueable skills can also be limited due to lack of cross training because of time constraints for production. Overall the gund company might be a way to get your foot in the door and learn the basics machine work, it will not extend much beyond that.

Management at this company is horrible. They don't know what they are doing. Every day they bring jobs down that have to ship today, They have had the order for weeks upstairs. You need to get the material cut and machined and out the door the same day.
Safety is a huge concern at this place. Make sure you look the company up on the OSHA web site  www.osha.gov  upper management came out and told the employees not to work on certain jobs while the OSHA inspector was in the building.
Four employees left last week.  The company has a very hard time finding employees that want to stay. 

If you want to be miserable every day go apply at The Gund Company.

One positive thing is that they do hire and give second chances to people that have felonys.

Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm. Small, DFW facility of a larger manufacturing company based in St Louis, MO. Customer Service Reps process orders and insure they are manufactured and delivered to customers. The company is solid but the DFW facility is poorly managed, but they try.  Training is lousy. A week or two of shadowing and then learn as you go. For the CSR the day-to-day work is non-stop with no 'ebb and flow'. No slow periods during the day, or the year. Focus and get the job done 8-5. Very draining. Unless you just love manufacturing and supply-chain, the job is just a paycheck.

This company sounded great when I did my research. In reality it's just a bunch of related co-workers that get put above anyone not related. The HR person at the cedar lake location has no validation, so if you have a personal issue everyone will know because they let all family and friends working there know all your information. If your part of the family you don't face consequences, and others have to just deal with the issues they create. The gund company is not very profitable, so goals aren't really hit everyday. When goals aren't hit, you've got angry management. I would have enjoyed working there had the known problem people been properly put in place.

IT is the most hated department in this whole company. End users are some of the most entitled people I've ever met. Nobody follows clear instructions and nobody communicates about anything, but yet the same people claim that IT are the ones who don't communicate... yeah right.

They say they're appreciative of IT's hard work when all they do is trash talk when we are not around. They're company slogan is "Taking care of each other" when it should be " we only take care of you if you're last name is Gund" 

Not everyone is rude to IT but a good majority of them are. Not very motivating to come in the office and put in effort when nobody cares about the hard work that's being done behind the scenes.

I would start working on a machine after the team meeting in the morning. I learned a bunch of things about machines and they taught me how to read a tape measurer, calipers and about the material. The management and culture was fantastic and made me want to go to work all the time. The hardest part of the job was probably all the fiberglass in the air and getting on your skin. The most enjoyable was the people I worked with and how they actually helped you advance in your job if you wanted to. 

Management at the waukesha facility is slowly but surely becoming a joke, the plant manager hired two close friends to work directly under him, who do nothing to help their fellow employees, while doing everything to please their friend.

The company claims to follow its main mission statement, which is “take care of each other” but over the last few years I’ve seen nothing but management taking care of management.

This company is more than a job because it actually offers opportunity. With the proper work ethic and the proper culture involvement, you can do great things here. Words of advice, Management is humble, shows humility and is willing to listen and aid but understand they are still management. They have the company's best interest first so don't feel discouraged if you aren't priority immediately. They will do all they can to facilitate what you need. Work life balance is great, pay could be better but it has to be earned. Overall a great company with great benefits.


Got moved from one building to another. 1st building was ok Workers worked with each other and helped achieve the goals. 2nd building was Stressful, not very employee friendly Dirty Dusty environment. Had to change clothes every day even with wearing full PPE and Respirator. Uniforms were provided at a small charge for cleaning them. Management expected you to learn and do all the different jobs required to get the product out the door. Without the compensation for said knowledge.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Utility operator 12 salaries reported	$22.86 per hour
Cnc operator 9 salaries reported	$24.18 per hour
Machine operator 9 salaries reported	$22.94 per hour
Shift leader 1 salary reported	$29.54 per hour
Maintenance technician 3 salaries reported	$31.83 per hour

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