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Trulite Glass & Aluminum Solutions

The company has a lot to offer and does not limit team members to grow with the company or in position(s).

However, the down fall is due to the current selection of Branch Managers put in the positions.

Many employees state, " Trulite is only concerned of the bottom dollar!" And there is nothing wrong with that mentality. I understand the bottom dollar and have a full comprehension of revenue; and no Shareholders, Investors, or Business Owners open Business doors and wake up in the morning and state. " I wonder how much money I can loose today?" 

  The loophole is the lack of comprehension and Leadership skills to bring open and direct communication between Management and team members.  The common lack displayed between Management and team members was, and is " the "Good Old Boy Club."  

  If you are in the circle of the club you  are engaged and permitted more information then should be disclosed to certain employees due to their position.  Team penning is played a lot; in order to play games and to demean employees. Which is truly dishearten due to the level of team members they have; which in my opinion is "Outstanding!"

  I was employed for 8 years and had six (6) Branch Managers within the 8 years.  And terminated for advising the Sun Capital and Management  during a Corporate Meeting; "Safety was not up to par due to Supervisors and Management not wanting to fulfill their obligation of the Safety Training Meetings. And the Branch was being ran as a chicken without a head." 

  Do I have any regrets no!  I take pride in my work ethics and have never minced my words.

  I stepped in to cover the Safety task  at the branch level in the interim of turn overs at the branch and no Safety Manager; along with my priority position of HR. 

During the course of the 8 years; OSHA arrived at the Branch twice due to: 

1. Disgruntled Employee 

2. Un-Programed Inspection 

Ending results, "No Abatements/ Nor fines." Never in the history of this organization have they had this positive outcome. 

The results were due to the past Branch Managers (AV and KA) in place and the team efforts.  

However, I thank Arch and Trulite for the opportunity and hope one day Sun Capital will open their eyes and see the great employees they are loosing due to the lack of Leadership Skills the Branch Managers do not posses.

Most Enjoyable: Everyday challenges! And Trulite providing  the tools and education to accomplish each task with success. 

The team members. 

Hardest Part of the Job: The lack of teambuilding on behalf of Branch Manager and poor judgment in hiring Branch Managers.  The continuance hiring practices dictated and directed by Branch Mangers to hire prior employees; due to not wanting to train new fresh talent. 

I truly enjoyed my time with the Company and wish them all the best!!!

If this can help at least 1 person, to avoid making a employment mistake, than it's worth posting the Truth!  This place is a "working disaster" from the top, down.  Keeping it 💯, if you have clean MVR and better job options, definitely seek out those other options!  The "Transportation" Supervisor is a Dysfunctional, Aggressive person, who doesn't like to be questioned about relevant tasks and will often tell you to perform certain job functions, only to afterwards, scold you for doing so.  Nothing is ever his "fault", in his eyes.  It's "always" the other person's/people's fault.  There's very little consideration put into the "Delivery Routes".  For example, most of the customers have set Delivery Hours, for reception of their inventory, within an 8 Hours or less schedule.  As a Driver, you'll be given a stack of deliveries, to include locations, which are over 2-3 Hours, 1-Way from each other.  Simple Common Sense, would tell anyone, "Well, that's already 4-6 Hours, Round-Trip gone, from a less than 8 Hour Deliver Schedule".  That doesn't even factor in the remaining deliveries and undeliverables, returned has negative consequences for the company.  So, the Driver is viewed as the "Bad Guy" by the shop personnel instead of the incompetence of the person, who supposed to be preventing this from occurring, to begin with.  Don't bother wasting your time trying to resolve any pertinent issues, within the office itself, because "management" is in Tandem and simply don't seem to genuinely be concerned about it, as long as they're looking "good" on paper, to their supervisors.  

I only worked with this company for a short time and am only able to provide feedback for the 8 months I was employed with them. I wasn't let go or fired, I left on my own accord for a better opportunity. The people that work here are wonderful. I cannot think of one person that came to work and didn't give it their best. However, the condition of the plant is deplorable and is in serious need of a major capital investment to bring it up to date and provide a better working environment for their employees. Due to lack of preventative maintenance on critical equipment they are always in crisis mode because machinery is always breaking. The machinery always being down leads to a perpetual state of overtime. In a manufacturing setting I understand that there are circumstances that are beyond control but on a weekly basis is not an acceptable business practice. I feel that there were missed opportunities for improvement during each occurrence of down equipment. Unfortunately I dont feel management used each crisis as a learning/teaching moment to drive change and the state of the business will remain as is until someone who knows better takes control. As a manager on salary, my dollar per hour rate dropped really low on almost a weekly basis due to the state of the business. I cannot recommend this company to future managers.

I was in the glass and glazing industry for a long time. I worked at another aluminum supply company as a lead estimator until they sold out much to my chagrin. It was a great family operated business with great management. Trulite was the WORST place that I have ever worked! I am now retired and my life at work has ended because I was ask to resign!! The GM at the time knew nothing about aluminum storefront. I was an estimator for storefront. All this clown knew was glass and he thought aluminum could be estimated and priced as quickly as glass was. I honestly can't believe this guy was put in charge of a company that sold aluminum storefront because he told me himself that he knew nothing about storefront!!! He has since been fired. I truly believe that the GM and district manager wanted me gone because they both thought that I was too slow in estimating storefront because storefront CANNOT be estimated at the same speed as plate glass and that I made too much money. I feel sorry for anyone that is working at this sad excuse for a company!!!

Work-life balance
They expect way too much, for too little compensation.

Pay & benefits
Dont expect to take them.

Job security and advancement
They will use you until they dont care. Then you will be fired in the middle of a pandemic.

Management
I turned an entire section around and became the model for the entire company.  Then was fired for having a sniffle when this pandemic started.

Culture
Keep your mouth shut.

Overall
I used to be a huge proponent of this company,  but after they used me to fix another branches machine, all the sudden switched my hours, and promoted a guy I trained over me because "He can talk to Millennials." Then told me to go home when I didn't feel good at the start of this pandemic,  forced me to use my vacation time,  then refused to keep me as a employee (wasnt asking to get paid) when at the time it was impossible to get a covid test in Oklahoma. Then was told I was a no call no show when my phone was turned off because of not being able to work because they told me I couldn't come back without a negative test.

I was with trulite for 17 years as a driver yes I left a couple times due to being lied to about things promised to me as a driver. I busted my butt to learn absolutely everything I could about the company, products, customers, and everything that surrounds that, when I felt I had enough knowledge I went to the gm to ask to be moved into sales and his reply was I was to valuable in my current position to move up. This is not fair to a senior employee that had spent so much time learning everything he could about the entire business not to mention my customers loved me. They proceeded to bring someone in that knew absolutely nothing about our industry nor any of our products or customers and put him directly into a sales position. This is very unfair to you're dedicated employees that want to move up with the company and progress.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The customers, fellow co-workers in the fabrication departments and the deliver drivers.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The general manager.  What a worthless person.  Never would address any complaints from customers or the sales team.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It depends on who you are as to how you were treated.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I was outside sales, so I got my butt chewed out at 95% of the customers I saw.  The general manager never addressed any of the complaints to make our services better.  Complaints fell on deaf ears if told to the general manager.  If I was able to speak to the shop manager, he would do everything possible to help and correct problems.

There are not pros to this job only cons when it comes to maintenance. The maintenance manager sells out to the production. He tells you one thing and conveniently forgets. They want you to walk around and “look busy” all day. Maintenance can’t sit down at all. There is no training at all. Buuut there is a high expectation for you to “get it done.” If you’re looking to advance this isn’t the place. Maintenance gets exactly 5 hours of ot one week and 13 hours the next week. You’re held hostage weekly because production might work. All the tools are harbor freight and/or old. Oh and they don’t give raises. Somehow they have tricked the plant into thinking bonuses are better than raises. If you want a job that’s going to tell you one thing Monday morning and it’s different Monday afternoon apply 

A typical day at Trulite Columbus involved 12 hour days Monday through Friday. The expectations during interview was to introduce lean manufacturing techniques and grown the first line leadership. This was hard to get done due to being treated as a normal floor employee. Was forced to work hourly positions daily with little focus on Plant Management duties.

Employees are treated horribly. Many departments are forced to work 10 to 12 hour days, 6 days a week with very little notice of mandated overtime.

The hardest part of the job was watching a manager who had no practical business knowledge or education make decisions that is driving the overall performance metrics in the wrong direction.

The most enjoyable part of the job was engaging employees to perform their best.

There were no management production meetings until approximately 1 1/2 years ago. New general manager started 1 1/2 years ago.
There are now production meetings each day for the first and second shifts.
The labor on each the shifts are interviewed upon hiring. The disciplinary permissions are very wide open for all employees. The culture is what you get unless it is noted by the interviewer, If the prospect able employee would not make a good fit with in the organization.
Hardest/difficult part of the job was getting management to support supervisors conversations held directly with operation managers along with the disciplinary actions.
Company did treat employees to a on-site lunch if the safety measurement criteria was met during any given recorded month

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