material handler

operator

inspector

creeler

warehouse worker

Valdese-Weavers

I worked in the office and found that the job got better and better as I worked there. At first they seemed hesitant to change and were very much an old corporate company, but over time they started becoming slightly more progressive especially after shifting to an ESOP company. 

I really liked that my coworkers and managers seemed to care about me beyond the work environment and sincerely wanted me to enjoy being there and improve my skills. What I actually wanted to work on was considered when assigning tasks most of the time. I also never guilted for taking time off when I was sick or had other personal needs. There were some "crunch" times but overall I did not feel overworked and had a healthy work/life balance. Anytime I was ever frustrated, it was with upper management and rarely my immediate supervisors. 

Compensation and benefits were not great. Very limited vacation time and low salary compared to friends in similar jobs. But I found it livable for rural NC. It would take a very long time to make the same salary and vacation time here as you would at another similar company.

I was devastated after my layoff due to Covid, but I understand business is business. I just wish they had given me more advance notice or any kind of hint that it was coming instead of totally blindsiding me, especially after I stuck with them when many of my peers didn't. I fully intended to stay with them for the long haul but sadly that didn't work out. 

I loved working at  Valdese Weavers the people treated you like part of their family. The company cared about it's people. They held employee appreciation days, popcorn days, and other fun things. On a typical day I would check of my list by the inspection sheet and start pulling yarn for the buggy filler to fill if I got ahead I would then put up the returning yarns from the weave room. I learned a lot of my data entry from there as well as how to use the rf scan guns. The atmosphere there was really laid back everyone pulled together and worked well as a team. The hardest part of my job was being on the lift with a platform people were  constantly walking under the lift so that made things more difficult but I would always try to look under the sides making sure no-one had walked underneath me and then blew the horn to let anyone I had not seen I was lowering. The best part of my job was the company as a whole the people even management would come out on the floor and talk to the workers like we were just as important as they were.

Where I work, in the Supply Room at our Main Plant, after clocking in, I walk upstairs to my own personal desk. I open up my email forum for company wide emails only. I read and answer all emails and/or do anything asked of me in the emails. I assist all Loom Technicians in signing out the needed parts to fix an issue with a loom. I approve invoices for all departments and give comments where needed. I issue out all parts signed out from the previous shift as well as during my current shift. Answer phone calls that come in from all departments. Inventory count is also a part of the daily tasks, take out trash, empty to packaging popcorn bin and toss out the cardboard from the received packages. I input all information on our company wide safety cards. ISO 9001 certified where once a year I perform an audit on a specific department with another employee.

This plant is a very hard plant to work for. The job specifically isn't hard but the management is very hard to work for this is one of the main reasons for me leaving this plant. I don't believe that the mangers do a very good job. my co-workers on most days are good to get along with atleast most of them. The hardest part of my job is having to do the job the way my manger makes me do it he changes it up every other week and has up do it a different way. Its hard for me to do this when the way I do it is more productive and works better with me but he won't listen to reason. Also the communication between management and different shifts is also very bad. the most enjoyable part of my job is working with the guys on my shift most nights they make it go buy quickly we cut up but also are very productive which make time fly. Also the in the part of the plant I work in you have to work a lot of 7 day weeks and it is hard to have a life outside of work.

My typical day at work involves spending most of the shift trying to find work to do, while constantly updating or being followed around by supervisors with not enough to do. Major changes in the workplace do not happen without approval at the Executive level. Most of the supervisors have never run any of the machines nor spent any length of time with their employees to see how their work is going. The weekly work schedule is made on the fly, so weekends cannot be planned ahead of time. Overtime is limited, yet expected from everyone. Supervisors do not train employees, instead leaving others to train new people.

For an employee owned, operation and everything else the employee don't get a say in squat in there own company. I was there for 4 monthes as a temp and another 4 monthes before I got benefits. 
When there's a problem management doesn't fix it, they just keep playing with it like a limp noode or blame the hardest working employees. You get threatened daily if you don't make numbers/production or you "make to many mistakes."
They're supposed to have an employee clinic but you can't even get in to use it and the employees are paying for it. Whom ever gives this place a 5 star review, I hope that gift card is worth it.
The insurance is sorry. If you don't go and get (what supposed to be free wellness checks) you end up paying extra at the end of the year.

There are no perfect companies, my experience with Valdese Weavers has been positive and uplifting. I've read some of the reviews and that is not at all the environment I have come to know. HR comes out on the floor to talk to people and get their take on things and try to make a better environment for employees. I see upper management on the floor frequently asking people if there is anything they need to be more productive. They have meals catered quarterly, special events where vendors come in and hand out free items. All they ask is that you abide by the rules and do your job. I feel that I can take anything to management and it be handled appropriately. We are a company of equal employment opportunities, and I plan to retire from Valdese Weavers.

Fill Staging has a production system based on tickets orders completed. Those who have been there a while help each other get easier tickets to make sure the average is made leaving the new people with harder ones that take longer. The supervisor is aware but turns a blind eye and says "they are just faster". If you are not up to speed with the rest, you are simply just terminated. Company does well but still feels the need to work 6-7 days a week then think that giving a 9 day Christmas break and a few days for the 4th a July will be enough.
Doffers do a lot more and get paid less. It is not very hard but physically demanding. Looked upon as the bottom of the totem pole.

The woman supervising third at crescent creates a tense, uncomfortable environment. violating employee privacy by exposing personal information to co-workers even going so far as to pull up employees Facebook to show other employees. Very much like high school, constant gossiping, religious bigotry, bullying. That coupled with her unpredictable moods, and hostility, her inability to provide newer employees with work specific information as well as her frequent disappearance has made the job very difficult. My first night, no training, cleaned buggy wheels, second. We swept and cleaned, third not I was put on the machine alone and expected to know the job. Hard work, and adequate breaks, intolerable environment. Absolutely not a job I'd recommend

A typical day at work was coming in and getting report, then either load the creel, tie-in the creel, run the sectional, beam off the yarn from the drum, do repacks or try to do a little of each, whatever was needed. I learned how to run a sectional warper and was beginning to learn the sample warper when I left. The management there was not at all together on anything. They would have us to start a warp for a blanket with scraps of yarn and then we would run out of yarn halfway through the warp. My co-workers were very friendly and helpful. The hardest part of the job was trying to do so many things at one time as fast as I could and not having someone on my job to help me. The most enjoyable part of the job was learning new things.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Material handler 55 salaries reported	$16.47 per hour
Operator 22 salaries reported	$16.87 per hour
Inspector 30 salaries reported	$17.71 per hour
Creeler 14 salaries reported	$16.18 per hour
Warehouse worker 16 salaries reported	$16.99 per hour

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