process technician

maintenance technician

senior process engineer

production supervisor

shift leader

Toray Plastics America

Walking into Toray Plastic one could be forgiven for not being able to spot the negativity that surrounds the place. To get you through the door they try to put forth the illusion that you're walking from the black and white world of Kansas and into the technicolor world of Oz. Once you are placed on shift officially the training effectively stops and you are set to fail. As a new hire you will be saddled indefinitely with every extra work task that comes up. Any complaints you have about your coworkers treatment of you, management treatment of you,or lack of training will be overlooked washed over brushed aside and forgotten about. Instead of addressing the problems management will effectively pass the buck and turn the situations back and the blame will land on your shoulders. You will be told you'll have seven days off every month and that some overtime MIGHT BE needed- rest assured you will give them three to four days in that stretch unwilling or not. You must schedule Apto vacation and floating holidays three weeks prior to use and they can and will change your schedule within hours of notice. 
The covid protocols are ambiguous. If you have symptoms and you decide to get tested- great so long as you have covid. If you don't an occurrence will be leveled against you all the same and that will stop APTO from building,any chance for a raise,any chance for promotion,etc and management will effectively use that tool to pigeon hole you into positions at bare minimum pay without any chance for advancement. 
If you accept the position you will be putting your own health at risk and proper PPE will not be at your disposal. Both irradiation machines release insane amounts of ozone into the facility and no extra protection is given and maintenance is unable to fix the problem. Explosive liquid is stored improperly and not in the temperature controlled environment it's supposed to be and it's stored next to pallets of explosive powder. When you go into the irradiation machines to clean them- no extra PPE is given. Management operates on a good ole boy system of cronyism and nepotism. If you don't belong to that club you don't matter and they will try to force you out the door. Every single day is toxic and negative. If you value your mental health, physical health, and spiritual health please stay away from Toray Plastic. If you haven't heeded my warning and take a position- I pray you don't end up on C shift. That is the most abysmal shift on site and the people are wretchedly lazy and will watch you suffer and struggle and do absolutely nothing. If you complain rest assured you are signing your own link slip

First off, If your not from Page County Virginia your career with Toray doesn’t and will never truly matter to anyone in management, they make up 75% of the hourly employee workforce from cousins and best friends, sisters & brothers to husbands and wives in most situations all on the same shift to the knowing blind eye of management but whatever works best at the time, no matter rules, goes in that plant and always swept under the rug like everyone else doesn’t notice it lol. Recently higher promoted employees from production to lower management quickly beg and plead to be DEmoted back to original positions  from the above average level of being thrown under the bus. The daily and nightly break room chatter is always filled employees talking about one another or management THEN friends again with those people soon as those people walk in. Very toxic environment after you get to know one another thrown under the bus at any available chance to help maintain their own  credibility and longevity at Toray. Once 4:00pm hits on the work clocks the night and weekend shifts are basically on their own, then the very next work day management plays the MONDAY QB role even complaining and snowballing the situation about their own decisions made a few hours before from the comfort of their warms beds. Zero accountability or professionalism  amongst management , they come out of meetings during the day and down talk decisions or subjects brought up by others in the meeting. Supervisors always complain constantly about having  ZERO authority, majority of the time terrified to call onsite to get the OK or advice on work related issues that happen after hours, leaning on lower employees for mental & emotional support when dealing with the higher up Kings & Queens over the phone that are home enjoying their life/work balance from their thrones making quick calls and judgements over the phone while they’re all mostly online gaming with each other which makes the work environment even more hectic !!! Stay away from Toray Plastics UNLESS you have the golden ticket and your an upstairs sales or engineer role on a 8 hr shift.

So I worked at Toray for over 10 yrs. I will say the pay is good and the benefits are good, However the good stops there.  You are required to work 12.5 hr days for 2 weeks days  then 12.5 hr days for two week nights. In the summer it is like a furnace. temperature in the building during the summer  have been measured well over 100 degrees. You are always on your feet. No chairs are allowed on the floor. They do not care about your home life. If there is a snow storm they tell you to sleep there so that you can be there the next day. I worked for 10 yrs there and never had a Christmas or Thanksgiving off. If you are taking a lunch and there is a problem with one of the lines, your lunch ends and you are required to help. More often than not  I would worked 12.5 hr days with ZERO break. YES ZERO break.  Management does not care about anything . All you hear from them is their famous response "make it happen". No home life. once you are in they OWN you. You work nights weekends holidays. If there is a snow storm you are required to sleep on the floor there so that you are available to work the next day. I once spent 3 days there working and sleeping on the floor so that the " lines can keep moving" mean while my family suffered during the storm while I was not there to take care of my home from the storm.
   Look I'm not trying to bash the company, I'm simply trying to save some people who are fooled by them like I was.  I held almost every position in there, packing tech, poly tech, slitter tech, winder tech, line leader, supervisor. In response to my title. When you go to a meeting or a training you are required to sign in. However you do not sign in with your name. You sing in with your number given to you. Why with a number and not a name? because you are nothing but a number, you are not a person. 
  Your home life will suffer greatly, don't believe me? accept the job there and in about a year you will see what I'm  talking about. good luck to you.

My time at Toray was overall good. The job was most definitely demanding working from 8pm to 8:15 sometimes 8:30am. Work kept me busy and on occasion there were good quiet nights and bad “pull your hair out” types of nights. 

Compensation and benefits were definitely higher than most for the industry however they do expect a lot out of you. Cross training is expected you will not work in just one area. Lots of documenting training and other test are part of the course during your time here.

The most negative aspects have to be the demanding schedule which will make work/life balance difficult especially on days you work since that’s pretty much all you are doing that day. Then, on days you don’t work you’re usually too tired to want to do anything else so anything else kinda takes a backseat.
 
The work culture isn’t bad. The people here are a mixed bag so you’ll gravitate towards people you’ll get a long with but overall everyone is good to talk to from my experience. Breaks have to be planned amongst workers due to the continuous running of the machines but if worst comes worst you can go to your supervisor to plan out your breaks. You cannot leave the facilities during this time. 

All in all the work is good it’s just becomes overwhelming when you have multiple responsibilities and obligations outside of work where it can really become too much.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The benefits and the pay are good. Toray,  the the company itself, treats it's employees well.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The 12 hour shifts can be stressful as well as a line break. You have to try to get the machine up and running as quick as possible. Sometimes the plastic doesn't want to cooperate.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The environment and cultural is factory like. VERY safety conscience. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
12 hours non stop on a slitter. A slitter though is the final step before the product is wrapped and delivered.

Place is run by emotionless, militant, tyrant management. Most days you don't get a break and if you do get the chance to sit down it will most likely be interrupted by film break alarms, in which you are forced to leave break and rush to. Rotating schedule two weeks days two weeks nights. They claim to care about safety but all they care about it money. It doesn't matter if you've been there for 20 years they will always make sure you know that you're replaceable. 
YOU ARE  NOTHING BUT A BODY HERE, and you feel that every single shift. 
SHORT STAFFED 
TYRANT MANAGEMENT
POOR QUALITY OF LIFE
HORRIBLE SCHEDULE
YOURE ALWAYS TIRED HERE
-the only upside to this job is the pay and benefits are great (which comes back to bite ya because you end up trapped here)

What is the best part of working at the company?
I did not enjoy my time working there

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Tears in plastic. If you don’t catch it before it completely tears you’ll spend some time getting machine up and running again. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I can’t answer this properly because I feel like they were understaffed and everyone was overworked. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Meeting before shift is daily. You break when your machine is running, which depends on the type of material you’re working with and length. Keep station clean, and also keep log updated.

This job like any, has its good and bad moments. The shifts are in constant swing and one will be switching between night and day, which is exhausting. Day shifts are incredibly hard as management is constantly making changes to the production lines and often leads to ruined product, which they then blame on the process techs. Night shifts are easier with jobs running continuously. Most of the equipment is old and breaks down on occasion which causes a lot of mayhem and stress.

must work 12 hour nights!!! must take your shoes off when entering the building!!, must wear polyester uniforms ,that in the summer time when it's 100 degrees in the building, you sweat really bad...,management doesn't know how to motivate personnel, or talk to employees well., some co-workers are miserable because they don't want to be there either..,when company is paying you top dollar they want you out so they can save the company money..,dirty workplace, very hot with 3 ovens running 24/7..,the only positive things were you learned safety,cause if you didn't they would let you go, and the money and benefits were good..that's it..

That being said, for hourly employees, that means rotating 12.25 hour shifts. Two weeks of days and two weeks of nights. Not everyone can hack it.Unfortunately, with that schedule, it is all but impossible to take advantage of the tuition reimbursement for the common workers. Day shift only workers get to take full advantage to advance their careers. The pay is great and the night shift has a good differential. Overtime is always available. The internal training system is outstanding. The healthcare benefits unmatched.

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