process engineer

production worker

forklift operator

technician

production technician

WOODBRIDGE CORPORATION

Very mixed bag. If you're in a position in life to work long hours daily and don't mind working overtime several, or possibly every day a week, then the job can potentially be rewarding (who doesn't enjoy the concept of getting time and a half?). However, if you have a family and wish to spend any time with them whatsoever, you'll find out quickly after your first month that's not going to be an option. You'll be working too many hours, and unpredictable hours as well, to be at all involved in anything outside of work. You won't have the energy to do anything but go home, eat, and sleep if you want any sort of recovery before it all starts again. One day you'll come in at 7:00 a.m. and leave at 7:p.m., and later in the same week, you'll be asked to come in at 3:00 a.m. and work until 3:00 p.m. For anyone with a family to tend to, these unpredictable and long hours will be 100% unacceptable. 

Lots of turnaround. They have a difficult time keeping new employees for very long due to the long and unpredictable hours. Often times you won't know if you're going to be asked to stay for overtime until just a couple hours (if you're lucky) before your day would have normally ended. Nothing more frustrating than getting to your last break of the day, about to finish and go home in not much longer than another hour, only for your supervisor to walk by 5 minutes before it and tell you you have to stay another 4 hours. In fact, once addressed, my supervisor told me flat out to simply expect to be working a 12 hour day every time I clock in.

Seniority within the union is meaningless. Because there is a vast amount of turnaround and many new employees won't be there just a few months later, any workers that have continued to stay with the company will be required to pick up the slack, meaning you're preferred hours, schedule, and job may be pushed aside in favor of whatever the company needs any given week. You're a cog in their machine. Nothing more. Your personal concerns are none of theirs. The union doesn't seem very strong here. 

It takes a while to build up "points" (which do max out) within their union system that can be used toward days/time off. However, they are used up far quicker than they are attained, which of course is by design and means that ultimately, you're at their beck and call for the most part. 

It takes 90 days to qualify for union status and begin to get benefits. Sadly, many new employees never even make it that far into employment due to being run down by the structure that is required in regard to the long/unpredictable hours. Within my first 6 weeks I witnessed quite a few people quit their job within the company, which of course had a domino effect backwards toward the long term employees. Around and around we go with this trend. And there seems to be no end to this trend anywhere in the near future. The management simply doesn't care about it's employees which is why they can't get any new people to stay for very long.

If you end up on the insert line, good luck. You'll need it. You will be at the mercy of several factors in which you have literally zero control over. As the assembly line moves around you're installing your components into each "bowl" or mold as they come. Simple enough, right? WRONG!

The line comes in runs with small breaks in between. The problem is that many times whoever installs the bowls/molds doesn't consider the individual positions at the insert line which range from position 1 down to position 11. So at any given time, your position may have a somewhat unreasonably long run of components to install in a short amount of time (certainly not always the case, but can and does happen). Get too many "cancels" and your supervisor will be coming by to have a talk with you about why you're struggling so badly. On top of this, you're also at the mercy of the people around you. If the person at the position ahead of you is constantly behind on his installs, and keeps moving further and further back into "your" position, it will end up forcing you to move further and further into the next persons position, and as we can see....another domino effect takes place where you're constantly trying to install components while being pushed off of your actual spot in the line. Considering all the components you need are either right in front of you or right behind you, being pushed off your position due to the person in front of you can be a major problem and cause even more components to be missed, causing more cancels. This can lead to some of the most stressful work days. Your doing your absolute best and trying hard, but yet it doesn't matter and isn't noticed. All that's noticed is that you have too many cancels regardless of circumstance. As well, it's not as if you can "blame" the person ahead of you in the line since there will absolutely be times when that person is you that got behind and had to push into the next persons spot. So you just have to communicate the circumstances as best as possible and take it in regard to any scrutiny. 

Then there are the so called "breaks". They don't equate to much. A normal break is 15 minutes and a lunch break is 20 minutes. Now...in reality, and absolutely depending on your job within the company, you can shave 5 minutes off of each break. Some jobs will have it almost necessary to be back at your position 5 minutes early so you can restock your position before production goes back online, or risk falling behind when it does. So essentially it's a handful of 10 minute breaks, and 15 minutes for "lunch". Better bring your food, otherwise you're either not eating, or are at the mercy of whatever the vending machines are offering. 

It's a fast paced job with little downtime while working. For anyone who has no body ailments and doesn't mind the longer hours for a higher wage, this can likely be a pretty solid job to establish yourself with. However, anyone who has any chronic body issues or has a dedication and devotion to spending quality time with significant others outside of work, this job is likely too invasive and too demanding to sustain. 

This company is in a horrible position in regard to keeping new employees. Their biggest issue is that once new employees pass the 30 day introduction/training period, the demand in overtime kicks in, and very hard. Once these new employees realize the unreasonable amount of time the company is demanding, they quickly quit and move on. And then this spills right back over into the long term union members who then are 100% required to pick up the slack by simply demanding that they work overtime instead. A very nasty spiral that seems to be a terrible trend. Many of the long term employees openly voice their frustration for any and all to hear, but in the end, there's nothing to be done aside from quit, or work the long hours that completely disregard any thought toward the individual or what they may be dealing with. 

There's a reason this particular location is having a hard time keeping new employees, and they don't seem to have any sign of fixing it any time soon. Sadly, in regard to the job itself, in the end, it wasn't a hard job and under what most would consider to be normal circumstances, I personally would have stayed, became a union member, gained the benefits, and kept working. But they ran me into the ground before I even cleared 2 full months. The lack of structure when it comes to scheduling and the long hours were just unreasonable and in my personal opinion, sort of grotesque. There is a lack of humanity when you feel as though you are nothing more than another tool being used up, and then discarded when no longer valued, and the nonchalant manner in which these things are delegated and dictated is pretty absurd.

The people I worked with were all really great though. Pretty much all of them were as helpful as possible whenever possible. This location is lucky to have as many long term employees that it still has, because they are the only thing keeping the place going at the moment. They should be more well rewarded, 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working at Woodbridge is the time it takes for me to get to work.
The other best part of me working at Woodbridge, is that I know how to do my job properly and I get along well with my Supervisor and Floor Manager.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part about working at Woodbridge is being able to get along with my colleagues, due to the fact that Woodbridge is a Seniority Plant.
And most of the workers tries to bully the ones with less seniority.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment strongly depends on your seniority.
The culture is mostly minority.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day for me at Woodbridge is somewhat good as far as me doing my job.
But if you have one of the seniors that are for whatever reason upset with you, then your day becomes stressful.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I was able to.learn the job w
Quickly so my answer  would be the training 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Half hour lunches
.there was.not enough time to get lunch from.area restaurants. 


What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good team work was implemented

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Report  early to make preparations to pick up where the last shift left off and make sure they completed their work assignment and if necessary help the previous shift. Then on to my daily work assignments and meet production mandates and before ending the shift receive ongoing reviews and assessments by Supetvisor. After completing last assignment, clean up work area.

The workers who are in the Union and who's been working here for a year or more thinks this is their company.  They gang up and start trouble for you if you don't deal with them and kiss up to them.  If they don't like you they start telling the supervisors lies that you didn't do the work correctly.  They are assigned by the supervisor to train you in the different areas, and will deliberately train you wrong in order to get you out the door.  They start arguments with new workers intentionally.  It is real sad cause all they do is get the UNION REP ON THEIR SIDE cause they know this keeps them there.  The supervisors are also in on this Judy, Brittany and the red guy on D-line Supervisor.  This is a very unfair company I would not work here.

The work is simple. Picked up on every task very quickly. However, the management is just deplorable. They have no rhyme or reason in what they do. Most don’t even know how to work the line. Overtime is mandatory and it doesn’t matter if you have a life outside of this job. Turnover is exceptionally high. They will schedule you until you can’t take it and throw in the towel. There is so much potential if the management wasn’t such a mess. You cannot have a successful work environment with managers passing out drugs and downing energy drinks all day. The worst environment due to management. I want to empathize it is 100% from low level management on up that are ruining such a simple job. 

As the work day starts I find what position I'll be starting in and go through the rotation. Completing different work tasks in each rotation spot every hour that I am at. from inspecting different foam pads to repairing them and packing them. I've learned to be quick and do many things at once, management has helped me understand more of what i need to do and do it to the best of my abilities. the hardest thing at my job varies from day to day, nothing is truly hard. As is comes to enjoyable part of my job is all my co-workers/friends.

They have ovens that run from one end of building to the other and they are 500 degrees to heat up the liquid chemical which is very hazardous to your health, and if they have a leak maintenance has to suit up to clean up and also Evacuate the Building ! You have to wear a mask all day or night long in very Extreme Heat. People pass out all the time from heat and Fatigue, temps reach 130 degrees !
Management is the worst you could ever get, and the culture is very Diverse ! The hardest part of the job is making yourself show up ever day to work in this sweat shop ! Their is nothing enjoyable about the job !

What is the best part of working at the company?
The relationships with hourly employees 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of communication from management to hourly. Confusion with all tasks. Lack of knowledge from supervision and above

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic. The supervision team breeds toxicity with their lack of experience knowledge and communication. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Summers are HOT HOT HOT. No a/c. Lots of medical aids cause of heat

A typical day at work was to continue the production of automobile parts with low error rate without negative impact to the customers. Management was about continued improvement. My co-workers were always trying to be better at there jobs. The most enjoyable part of the job was being able to provide high quality impact to the customers, To include a safe month without an incident

Woodbridge is a tear 2 seat manufacturing plant for General Motors and Ford Motor Company. They run a three shift operation with overtime offered. They allow employees to join the UAW Union after a ninety day probationary period. They re-emburse employees for schooling/college coarses. They didn't have many opertunities for advancement. Employees were able to move to different positions with senority once every 6 months. All in all this company was a descent place to work.

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