local driver

truck driver

forklift operator

driver

laborer

UFP Industries, Inc.

The facility has grown over the last year of my being here, with them getting an addition to their main building. Their management has rolled over in the span of a year, and they do prefer to promote from inside, but won't do so in orderly fashion. The last five promotions they have had have gone away as fast as they were offered, and to individuals they won't list. Some promotions are noted to staff on floor, most aren't. 

The job in itself will present itself as ever-changing. You will never see the same tasks done the day after, as the jobs change on the daily. If your mindset is better set for a do-it-daily job, this facility isn't for you. That being said, the job is also brutalized by a "why do you not remember" mentality. You do a task once and don't do it again for three months and are antagonized for not remembering how to do the task, seemingly. They are very negotiable during the first couple months but afterwards, are very stern. 

Compensation for this job has potential to grow, as individuals will more often than not be worn down after a week's worth of work (10 hrsx4 days). Their bonuses make up for it, if you can survive to the dates they issue it. Their communication is less-than-ideal, though they have daily meetings on information turn-over. It is very one-sided as they have tendencies to over-run their own time-limits and are more inclined to hit quota over hearing about worker complaints. Benefits are about as lack-luster as they get, insurances are about as barebones as you can come for a labor-intensive job.

Current management is working on their own growth as they have turned over two of their major positions in the last year to individuals whom show (both in action, and in their words) interest in the company's best intentions. The job advancement is very limited, as again--most jobs go to people whom are unknown. Management can see use for setting aside time to listen in for employee concerns, culture could use help from both peer-to-peer and management side as the mentality is less than wonderful. Hoping to change this review within six month's time, but this is the current.

Wouldn't recommend working here to anyone, even during Covid. Miserable place to work. Your typical day is working on a machine the entire day, even as "management" that's what my day consisted of. Management is disconnected from its workers and is like a dictatorship where every single decision needs to be ran by the plant manager. Not only that, when there's an issue or mistakes at all be it sales or the plant manager himself, he blames the hourly workers on the plant floor, time and time again.The Production Manager head-butted the Production Manager Trainee, and is still working there, and tried to sabotage trainees on several different occasions (he actually said he wanted to see if a production manager trainee would fail) …and he was supposed to mentor the trainees. He fed trainees incorrect information, blamed them for promises or mistakes that he made, and is just very unprofessional. The job itself is all manual labor. Depending on the position, they may make promises of gaining experience and such, but it's all smoke to keep you pointlessly working in a position you're way overqualified for. The pay is terrible. Hourly workers make around 13/hr with 25 cent raises every review or so. As I was apart of management, after doing the math of my average work week of 50-55 hours on salary, my pay was about 16/hr. The work/life balance is non-existent and basically frowned upon if you want one. They fire employees and tell management that said employees quit on their own. They promote safety and caring for their employees when the opposite is true. They lie consistently. Toxic management, toxic culture, terrible experience. Please look somewhere else.

I actually enjoyed working here at first but that didn't last. I was given no training nor onboarding, I was thrown into an office and left alone to figure everything out, and no one is very approachable. If I asked a question, I was given vague or sarcastic responses from the sales lady. Also, I never received proper equipment to work with. I had to borrow a laptop from the plant manager, himself, for the first 2 months and had to chase him down to sign in every time I had to step away from my desk..ridiculous. In fact, nothing was prepared for me prior to my first day and that's very unprofessional and disorganized. I had 2 people from corporate (who never met me before the visit) tell me that I need to be "less introverted and more outgoing". I was getting my job done so what does that have to do with anything? Finally, consider this a warning..You'll be expected to enter inventory in their ridiculous, meticulous system, at month-end, that will take hours upon hours and you cannot leave until it's complete. You'll be required to come in the following day, even if it's the weekend, to complete inventory. So, if you have kids that you only get to spend actual time with every other weekend, or family coming in town, you'll be forced to restructure your personal time, or lose your job. I stopped caring about the job when thebplant manager reprimanded me for taking 2 days off to be there while my mother had an unexpected surgery, even though I went through the proper channels to call out and keep them well informed. It's abundantly clear that family does not take priority over the job with this company and that's the bottom line. I'm a mother and a daughter before I'm an employee and any employer who doesn't understand that is not worth it. I was relieved to be let go. 

A typical day would be reviewing your paperwork assignment and use your hammer and steal plates to build the truss according to the blueprint then use a 500 ton press to press the truss on the steal table. Accuracy is extremely important. Management walks around the shop seeing if everything is going ok and seeing if there is any problems anyone is having, also isn't scared to help assist if it is needed. Most co-workers are a breeze to work with and will teach you certain techniques to help you work smarter not harder. Other co-workers can be a bit immature at times and would rather find humor in  watching you struggle trying to do something you've never done before instead of teaching you the ropes, an give a bad review to your supervisor and boss. The most difficult part in the position I was working in which is called "low man" was running back and forth from the building room into the next room where the truss would be partially pressed and review to make sure they were not mistakes. Then I'd lift the truss on " the roller" as the table would continue to move, then roll the truss down onto axels I would line up previously to the beginning of job. Then go into building room and then into the room where the truss would be pressed then repeat the process and stack the trusses neatly on the axles until that specific job was done. Then I would band the trusses together spray-paint the order number, wave in the forklift driver and after he would take the trusses off the axels. I would bring them back in and repeat the process. Though it was hard work I did enjoy the atmosphere and the workout.

a typical workday is for me is pretty relaxing just dealing with parts and general upkeep of the plant as well as and major maintenance jobs that come up where maintenance needs a hand

I've learned so much from working here like how to deal with different sales reps and keeping a relationship with them,safe handle of chemicals and what they do to keep our water system clean,organization skills have been refined, I've had experience fixing many new things i never would've before

management is terrible there is a huge lack of communication everyone wants to be the "hero".we are always tripping over our own feet per say creating more work for ourselves by having to rework things over and over. there is people running departments that shouldn't have any say over that department creating "yes men"out of supervisors and taking all control of there shift or department away. nobody has the skill of making a simple yes or no decision. everything is always hurry up and get it done a "fire drill" type situation 

my co-workers are great in fact on of the main reason why i like coming to work everyday

the hardest part of my job is just dealing with the management trying to get an answer out of anyone as far as what they need or want done

the most enjoyable part of my job is my daily dealing with people like store employees and sales guys, i like maintaining my relationship with them and getting to know them

UFP is a financially strong company, but lacked leadership vision outside of their internal plants. I was employed in their Consumer Products Division and the customer base consisted of independent wholesale distributors. The independent customer base culture was different than their company owned plants and it created a road block in the vision of our division.

My daily duties consisted of Regional Account Management of 9 independent wholesale distributors, helping them increase sales and profits in our 3 product categories. I was in charge of my personal time management, travel schedule, account budgeting and sales plans, increasing division margins and a continued effort in teaching a "system selling" approach. I worked with owners, branch managers, purchasing agents and sales teams.

Internally I worked with a team of other Account Managers, Marketing, Plant Personnel and V.P. of Sales. The hardest part of the position was managing our internal culture, but at the same time conveying a "different" message to our independent distributors.

I enjoyed the relationship building and helping a customer retain and attain new customers, which ultimately led to increased sales and profits for the customer and our division.

The dust collection systems had been removed in the building I was in for years... Now keep in mind, it is winter, we are heating with flame forced air heaters... and the building is filled with dust to the point of being visibly obscuring. We'll leave out the nail guns producing visible sparks. The night shift manager was instructing us to violate lockout tag out on pain of being fired for not "producing" enough. That's as in *willful violations* As a temp, you can't really complain eh? The new process manager insisted I somehow load the KM-16 faster... yet this would require reaching past any effective guarding and have my hand inches from a 7 hp circular saw blade. Yep.. great place. If you are management. Temps? We had temps that had been there 5 years, and not hired on permanent. The management promised a fair shot... then somehow expected you to perform at the fastest pace you could for hrs without a break. Yup, no breaks... 1 lunch early dismissal instead of 2hrs break 2hrs lunch etc. Essentially what assignment you got was random, and not debatable... could be easy, could be a real grind. Really good for moral, busting hump all day, and watching fellows across the way chatting. Hope it has changed... I sure won't work there again. I like my hearing... and having all my arms and legs.

A typical day at work included getting work orders, communicating with fork lift driver to get material, setting up job order parameters on my saw and, then running lumber through the machine. After cutting the lumber I would either supply the next work station immediately or stack lumber on carts according to next steps in job.

I learned how to organize and prioritize materials and work orders according to job load. I learned how to operate the pop-up saw and other machines required for my work.

Management was very good when I started. They would come onto the floor at regular intervals, giving direction on priorities and building team spirit. As time went on however, this critical part of the operation seemed to become less important. This led to some confusion about how to organize jobs and materials in my work cell for the day.

There was a good workplace culture. Everybody seemed to get along. Christmas parties at the plant helped build good relationships with management and other employees.

The hardest part of the job was stress created by confusion on job priorities.

Getting all my job orders for the day completed gave me a good feeling of satisfaction.

The job is hard work and can get bonuses up to: 10, 15 and 20% bonuses if numbers are met weekly. You can learn a lot working for UFP and safety is played as a key factor in the workplace. Plant manager is very nice and understanding when it comes to concern for any employee. Supervisor on 2nd shift lacks communication and compassion for employees that are in need when it comes to advice or to even walk up to a hard working employee and acknowledge the hard work of that said employee has displayed. Turn over rate is really high. You could have a new employee and the supervisor would give them relatively one of the harder, more nuisance of work that senior employees would prefer not to do thus leading to the new employee to quit voluntarily. It is near impossible to move up to Assembler 2 let alone to try and get promoted to Crew Lead. 1st shift is more favored than 2nd by a long shot. Pretty much the job is good, pay is decent starting off and the 2nd shift supervisor at the current time that is posted is not suited for his position. If you apply and you get sent to 2nd shift, just be ready. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
I thought everyone was very nice and had a special like family bond. That's what makes work so acceptable to go in every day. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
No many can say about stress. But they're some people who think annoying you is fun. But I kept my cool for most part. Until the ones annoying you try to literally make you look bad. Mostly cause you arent driving as fast or reckless as they are or want you to drive. So when certain ones who think they're the best around, they will try to get you in trouble by just making false claims on the radio. And with some, the supers dont investigate to see whose actually telling the truth,  and whose lying just to make you look bad? Then they're some in top positions who protect their friends who shouldn't even be there. Yet want protect those who are there and work honestly and is on time. Sounds like a lot, but its really just maybe a hand full who make things hard. But its not all the time. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Everyone works good together and the team is good to help pick you up when things go bad. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Most of the time, it's enjoyable. Cause you can talk to anyone and we acknowledge you no matter what.

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