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when i first started at the shyft group they were extremely behind on the production and hiring people in mass waves. half the time no one showed back up and the training was quite literally someone showing you once and then walking away, leaving you to figure it out and very rude. it did get better after i got some proper training and shuffling around, but this is still one of the worst and most disorganized jobs i have ever had. 

you cannot believe anything you hear from upper management ever at this job. up until december they worked us 50 and sometimes 60 hours a week with very heavy pressure, and they did everything they could to minimize the amount of people doing the job they were doing. that left many of us doing a job alone that should have had more support, then dealing with the consequences from management when the line falls behind. 
we had been working five days instead of the promised four for months, but at the end of the year the layoffs start. we ended up laid off temporarily for one week, which turned into three the week before christmas. most of us were from the mass hiring so we had not been there for six months yet (they hired heavy in july/august of course) so we were denied unemployment. after we came back we worked for two weeks and we were laid off again in february. this time was five weeks, some people are even STILL part of that layoff. they proceeded to continue to lay people off periodically after that - no one felt safe in their job because of it. they would hit us with layoffs at the end of the day the last day of the work week out of no where. 

their point system is absolutely ridiculous and just a scapegoat to get people out. they aren’t clear about points in your orientation and they did not let us know we could take days off, i found that out two months in. half the time you are denied your time off anyway, and unless you pto that you get the first of the year (3 days worth) you can’t use your vacation for emergencies or call offs, they point you. it’s all one big trap. once we switched back to four day work weeks they kept mandating us for fridays last minute, which was our only day to schedule appointments and make plans as it was the only definite weekday off. 
basically this rambling is to tell you that you don’t matter here and you won’t. being favored by supervisors will keep you around longer, but they do not have any regard for their employees or the lives they have outside of work. there’s a lot more to be said but we would be here all day - stay very far away from this company. 




I have been working with this company for about a year now, in two different plants. For the first half of my employment, I was hired into plant 4. My experience there was very professional and well organized. Training was efficient and easy, the job was hard work but not straining, the people and managers were fun to work with, pay was good, no safety issues;  overall it was a good quality job. Then, I was laid off due to the new year and rehired into plant 5. Totally different environment. The building is less than half the size of plant 4, and meanwhile is required to produce more than double the amount of trucks per day. 
Plant 5 struggles with pretty much every problem in the book, ranging from temperatures inside the building reaching up to 100+ degrees during the summer, (don’t worry, you get ONE 10 minute break if you think you’re going to pass out, and a free Gatorade if the company feels like splurging), there is very low air quality due to an outdated and uncleaned filtration system, you will have to work at least 5-6 days a week to make up for the fact you don’t have the staff or space to build 45 trucks a day, there are untrained/unqualified forklift drivers that have to drive in the same area where people walk (very low visibility for them)
Some of the shelves that hold 1,000lb boxes are falling apart and deemed “unsafe” by inspectors, are still being used right above employees’ heads without fixing the shelves. injury’s happen almost daily, I’ve personally seen at least a dozen or more people have to go to the ER from injuries caused by the unsafe environment plant 5 provides. 
If you don’t mind the safety risks, never seeing your friends or family because you have to work 6, 10 hour days a week, and don’t care about the irreversible damage this job will do to your body, go for it. 
It’s good to help make ends meet for a while, but definitely don’t stay for too long if you want to live a long, happy life.
Any other Plant is better than plant 5.
There are better factories to work for that have better pay and benefits, respect their employees and at the bare minimum keep a safe environment. Notice all of these problems could be solved, but IZUZU and Shyft completely ignore this one specific plant for some reason.
Not worth the money in my opinion, and that’s the only reason I work here. currently looking for another job. 

The constant turnover, complete lack of work/life balance, and extremely poor management leads to a team that burns out quickly, time and time again. Team members consistently try to do (more than) their best, put in countless extra hours (on a regular basis), and are met with complaints that it is not enough, not right, etc. Letting go of hard-working employees only continues to hurt the department.
Management of the department is the biggest issue here, by far. Swearing at staff, bad-mouthing team members to others behind their backs, favoring certain employees because they say yes to everything asked (no matter how unreasonable/unprofessional), determining a certain employee is suddenly at risk of losing their job (there is always one at any given time) and making it somewhat of a mission to get them out the door... the list goes on. Totally unprofessional, and results in a toxic work environment.
These issues and more have been repeatedly reported to HR in the past, and the cycle of no action has apparently continued and good employees have continued to leave as a result.

I loved my coworkers and managers. Everyone was friendly and willing to help each other out.  In the office there are core hours but you can choose to come in early or stay late, as long as you get your hours in. I usually felt I was accomplishing something important and making a difference.  Benefits are ok.  You have the choice of an HSA if you want but it's high deductible.  They have a 401k also. The bonus system isn't great but it's quarterly and based on a few of the metrics they have in place.  Sometimes they are really good, most times they are just a couple hundred dollars.
The environment at Spartan has changed over the years with new execs and chair members.  The talk among the employees is that it used to feel like a family, now it's all about money.  The good definitely outweighs the bad, but there's just not a lot of feeling of loyalty to the employees. But one thing I will give them credit for is that I felt most of the people there really do care about their customers and the end product.  Overall it was a good experience. I learned a lot and got a lot of good working experience.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The crews are very good to work and get along with but management is a joke. No leadership no organization what so ever.  The higher ups do not want anyone to get along with each other and want disagreement between all supervisors at all times.  I would not recommend anyone working there. Totally unorganized and no direction what so ever.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Upper management. They have expectations that are totally unachievable and drive mid level supervisors to want to look for another job every day.  That place is such a joke. Wouldn't recommend anyone apply there. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
For supervision it is unbearable. The higher ups put so much stress and pressure and the supervisors that evert single one of them want to go somewhere else.  Absolutely ridiculous how they treat you there.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stress stress stress. Not a good place to work.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The people that I work with the company itself has no loyalty to its employees they say their family oriented yet they are not they pick and choose who they are family oriented with they are not up front with you about what's going on they will blow you smoke and do the total opposite 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
It would be the consistency of knowing that you have a job one minute you do the next minute things are going south but they'll tell you everything is okay and then they do the total opposite

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Leadership does not communicate with employees very well there is lack of loyalty to employees

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very stressful a lot of pressures put on you and when things go wrong they always point the finger at the employees when a lot of times it's not the employees it's the way the system is set up in the company

What is the best part of working at the company?
Clean working environment. Employees are friendly.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
No job security at all! I hired in thinking there was a future working with the company. At the interview I asked about layoffs and was told only for one week possible because of inventory. After about 45 days all most the whole department was layoff indefinitely. This seems to be a common practice with this company. I felt really bad for my coworkers one week before Christmas and you no longer have a job. We where told employees would be moved to other  departments in the shop. That didn't happen.  If you read other former employees negative ratings they are kidding.  Do not waste you talent or time!

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Clean environment.  Deceptive culture.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
10 hours a day. Steady work conditions

I worked almost three years at Spartan Motors, Inc. at the Brandon, SD location. Working there gave me a sense of pride after seeing our trucks rolling off the production line especially meeting deadlines and getting our quarterly bonuses. The working conditions of cold weather may have been my least desired part of the job but a typical day of work always meant team members in various warehouses would collaborate and work efficiently to get the job done. The pay could definitely stand an increase so that families are able to take care of their households and the benefits could definitely be more cost effective...but otherwise, there is job security at Spartan and that is what I valued most of all.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The actual work is very easy. Management is terrible 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
There is very little communication from management to the workers and lay offs are very common so you never know when or why you’re being laid off 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Most of the employees are very easy to work with and it’s rather laidback, until management comes around. Management acts like babysitters and they are very stuck up, they hardly acknowledge the employees.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
6-4:30. Nonstop work unless they run out of work then you have to “look busy” but they don’t have any actual tasks for you to do. They will tell you to hide so you don’t get written up for not doing anything despite having no work to do.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Leaving is the best part of working there. The most unsafe place I have worked. Watched people get their fingers crushed etc. if you aren’t in management they won’t hear your safety concerns.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Wondering if you are going home in one piece.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Chaotic and unorganized. No one works together. Engineering is in their own world, management is in their own world. You do what you are told and keep your head down.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful and dangerous.  The strat up meeting is basically about line speed. They do not care if you make it home the same way you came in. They will have you use broken lifts etc that could kill you in order to keep production moving.

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