welder

assembler

grinder

maintenance technician

shift leader

Wabash

Ive held a job at Wabash National now for a month.  Albiet a very short while, I have worked there now for long enough to give a honest description of the work enviroment. 
  Ive read the other reviews given by employees or past employees that seem critical of the company. Ive found all these complaints to be subjective to each individual. I believe this job has potential for those who have a working ethic and dont fall victim to putting the cart before the horse. It seems to me that one common critisism is that some people believe that they are underpaid to perform a job that requires one to drill small holes and then shoot small screws into material over 10 hrs a day, or use a caulking gun. 17.50 to perform very menial and easy work. Somehow these people feel entitled to make more money while their production still lags. They purposely throttle down the production so that overtime becomes mandatory and they make that money they feel they deserve. Management not aware of what their workers are doing falls into this conspired upon ethos. 
 What should be done is the individuals who refuse to meet quota and are performing poorly need to be recognized and terminated and replaced with competent workers who are committed to the success of the company rather than just trying to draw a weekly paycheck doing the minimal amount of work. 

There is absolutely nothing wrong about the company or its work involved. Its its current employees and their collective culture that is killing this business. 

Its okay if you just need money, the people that actually do the work are mostly awesome. My coordinator and supervisor were incredible and as far as I am concerned are among the best this company has at this location. The pay is ok for what you do but youre gonna barely make it in this economy. There is mandatory OT every other Saturday. Most of the senior management in this company as far as i am concerned falls way below the expectations in which leadership is measured and dont even bother trying to address issues with them or HR because nothing will get done about it. The nail in the coffin was when I worked for 14 days straight (48 hours one week and 50 the following) and the double time was only counted for the 7th consecutive day unlike we were informed that all OT would be calculated at the double time rate. I felt like i was taken advantage of, used and disrespected when the differnece was literally 32.00 and the taxes were not much different. Most of the coordinators and management have no idea what theyre doing or whats going on, getting certain managers to leave their office would take an act of congress and a manager and coordinator who are married quite often were working in the same department (against company policy) and the coddling of these sensitive people if you say something even remotely offensive will at least get you a corrective action maybe even fired. Sometimes its better to leave with your self respect and pride intact and pursue other options instead of being treated like a replaceable mule.

My duties at work consist of data entry, reporting, and general office work. I have learned a lot about Human Resources-- how it works, employment standards, interviewing, application processes, business management, and more. 

My direct supervisor, who hired me in July, is wonderful. Very laid back, helpful, and always willing to answer any questions she can with an open door policy. Her supervisor just hired into our office a few weeks ago, so she is still learning how our office works and all the things we are in charge of, leaving her overwhelmed and hard to reach sometimes. My coworkers are also easy to work with, as we all have similar personalities and work ethics. 

The hardest part of the job is simply keeping up with the amount of work that needs to be done by the deadlines pushed on us. Many deadlines we have are unrealistic, but we are pushed to meet them anyway. The other hard part of my job? The fact that I will most likely never become a full time white collar employee at Wabash National. There are not enough open positions, budget freedoms, or needs for every temporary employee to get benefits, and I'm one of the unlucky ones.

I really enjoy working with the people that come into my office every day-- my supervisor, my coworkers, the floor workers, even the training supervisors and contract agency supervisors. It is overall a pleasant atmosphere and I am constantly challenged and welcomed.

Was hired on as a forklift Operator but was quickly taken off after a couple weeks becauae they claimed they didnt need any more drivers. If thats the case then why did they even hire me? So i was transferred to a production role while still having the job title of a forklift Operator. I was bounced around to different areas almost every other day. I would fill in for someone that was absent that day. I never got a consistent role down. They moved me around so much. I really didnt appreciate that at all. I tried explaining my disdain and unhappiness about it but they didnt care. Not at all. Management is a complete joke at Wabash. Favoritism definitely plays a role there as well. The work environment was ok overall, but the management was horrible. And after 3 months they abruptly terminated me because they said my background check wasnt acceptable. Background checks are done before employment anyways. So they hired me full time, gave me benefits and everything, then terminate me after 3 months being there over a 6 year old charge? Something doesnt add up. But thats Wabash for you ladies and gentlemen reading this. They are completely impulsive and sporadic with their decision making and honestly do not care about you as a person. They are all business and nothing else. I dont want to work for someone like that.  So new employees to-be, beware.

A typical day at work i have a 5 minute meeting with my associates on whats expected of them today, what we need to make, and reminding everyone to be safe. I then start doing my scheduling of what we need to make next week along with confirming the parts we make during the shift and nonconforming parts as they are damaged.

I have learned good time management, people skills, how to be a leader, and how critical the safety in our work place is due to some of the incidents i have seen at work.

The management is well structured, have good advice on situations, are glad to help direct you in best way to complete your job successfully, and make sure their associates are safe and taken care of during their shifts.

My co-workers are hard working individuals who get along like a family and make the work place more enjoyable.

The hardest part of my job is making sure our inventory is correct and we are making the right parts for trailers because of the constant schedule changes that wabash has.

The most enjoyable part of my job is the family atmosphere we have in our area everyday it makes things seem easier with everyone cooperating and willing to give everyone a helping hand.

I worked in a lot of different areas, almost entirely as a welder. I met a lot of really cool people, worked under a lot of bosses that I really enjoyed working for- felt understood, and heard, but I also worked for some that had me contemplating walking out. Transferring however, is incredibly easy, and there's always new things to learn. 
Even with their focus on numbers (and an attempt at focusing on quality, but a lot of that ends up feeling like lip service with the rush they put on people to get work done) no one is cruel about trying to hurry things along, and I had multiple supervisors actually put gloves on and help when the going got tough. 

Overtime is an inevitability when the market is good - there was a year I was working 6 10 hour shifts every week, which...absolutely sucked. And another area where they would leave us uncertain if we had overtime until the literal morning of (I worked third shift, so we would learn as we were leaving at 6am that we had to be back in at 10pm). 

Work-life balance
Their management is terrible, they do not know how to talk to or treat people. They think hollering and finger pointing is the way to handle things. And HR will never have your back if you try and go to them about anything instead they will let them know you came and said something about them. Terrible place to work I personally would never go back.

Pay & benefits
Pay has went up to a decent amount only good thing about that place.

Job security and advancement
They will threatened to fire you and or do it for any and everything. And once you enter the gate there is no going back to the parking lot if you for forget anything.

Management
Terrible, unpleasant and disrespectful 95 percent of them need to trained of people skills and how to treat people the way they want to be treated.

Culture
Terrible

Overall
Terrible company to work for, management is Terrible, unprofessional and disrespectful. And HR will not have your back if you go to complain about it either instead they will tell that supervisor what was said and who said it. So basically you bust your tail for 8 hours and get talk to unprofessional.

There are many different positions to which one might be assigned. Some are easy, some are difficult, it'd down to luck I suppose. I was hired under the idea that I would be required to work "occasional Saturdays" which quickly turned into every Saturday, plus occasional 12 hour shifts throughout the week to cover other shifts.

Wabash has no interest in setting reasonable goals that are attainable without huge amounts of  mandatory overtime - great for people who want to work as much as possible, not so much for everyone else. Either way, when the goals are met the bar is raised so that they don't have to pay bonuses. Holidays and days off are offset by mandatory overtime even when it was otherwise not required. 

The only way a position here might be positive in any way (aside from the obvious paycheck) would be if you were lucky enough to be assigned to an area with good, friendly, helpful people (unlikely) and a coordinator/supervisor who actually contributes (also unlikely).

The company is cheap. You get paid holidays after 90 days. Some of the materials they give you to work with are not high quality so you spend your time bringing it up to good enough quality to push out.

If "I enjoy the people I work with" is what someone enjoys about your company,  that doesn't leave a lot to enjoy about the job. I do enjoy the people I work with, my same-level colleagues and my immediate supervisors.

They don't mind hiring you if you have a criminal background. There's some of that.

Their training program is awful. You get little feedback as you go through week after week of initial placements, and if you don't make it after being shifted from place to place every week, you get one more week and after that, you're out. You're hauled into HR and told you're "not in trouble." If you're "not in trouble," why are you being hauled into HR?

The trainers are not your friends. They are part of HR.

Mandatory overtime on a regular basis.

If you need a job, this is one. Your colleagues are usually OK.

Individuals that prove themselves mentally and physically proficient, are forced to work the hardest with virtually no support or recognition for their efforts, from associate to supervisor levels. Managers are rarely seen or heard from except to berate and inform overworked employees that they have to work harder with less. Employee concerns over lack of help or poor working conditions are dismissed out of hand. When issues finally build to a breaking point, instead of addressing the true issues that have gone on for long periods of time, management engages in which hunts to reprimand or terminate individuals, instead. This often leads to the best employees being fired or they quit out of frustration. If an individual likes a constant negative environment where instead of being coached, nurtured, and supported, they are minimized and treated as an expendable commodity, then Wabash National is the place for that individual. 

Loyalty will get you nothing at Wabash National.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Welder 5 salaries reported	$22.86 per hour
Assembler 1 salary reported	$24.78 per hour
Grinder 9 salaries reported	$23.00 per hour
Maintenance technician 1 salary reported	$26.25 per hour
Shift leader 25 salaries reported	$23.94 per hour

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