material specialist

assembler

machinist

operator

manufacturing engineer

Warn Industries

The buddy system is crazy here. You will see people get more money for absolutely no reason other than that the manager happens to like you that week. The management is not trust worthy nor does it seem like that actually know how to do their jobs. If you have a question its go to HR for everything. I have been in the workforce long enough that I know not every answer needs to come from HR. They love to make decisions on the fly that do not make any sense. For example, schedule changes they change the schedule so much and give reasons that don't make any sense to anyone then penalize you when you can't switch your life up to try and work. They say they will work with you which isn't true. They will guarantee overtime then cut it then guarantee it again. They will give write up after write up until your walking on eggshells wanting to leave. Too much pda is observed with management always in each others offices some work right next to each other its no wonder I cant get my pto approved. Meanwhile their buddies are getting promotions and made up positions. There is way too many family and friends and relationships that work here which is great if you are a person within that circle. If you are not in that circle then there is no hope and it's only a matter of time before you do one wrong thing and you are out the door.

If you needed you car fixed, would you hire a plumber? In my time at warn I had 5 supervisors rotate through in six years. Only one of them had a clue about what happens on the floor. This is a company that is comparable to middle school when it comes to the drama dept. They were loosing the experienced workers every week it seemed like. I realize that there will always be some sort of a feud between shifts, but this place gets a gold star. The first 45 minutes of every shift is spent complaining about the shift before them, how terrible the supervisor is, how somebody is out to get them, and how they are looking for other jobs. The job itself was incredibly easy. I was paid pretty good for the mind numbing work I was doing. I got a bonus every year and the benefits were good. Every Wednesday we all got a piece of fruit or sac of nuts. But the politics made this place worse every day. If you poses the ability to not have a spine, then this is the place for you. If you manage to say or do something to offend another worker, there is a good chance they will not have the intestinal fortitude to say something to you, your lead, or even your supervisor. They will go strait to H.R. If you are coming from a normal shop environment, RUN.

I enjoy working for warn.  They are a devoted company to the people and the community.  There is some growth potentials.  I love that my area has went to ten hour shifts.  My typical day would be doing TPMs getting the auto line running.  Setting the schedule for were I want people to work for the first couple of hours.  I check to see what needs to be built for the day and I start setting up carts before the people show up to work.  I do audits through out the day and communicate to the people what I need done as far as carriers built and what I need stuffed.  At the end of the day I feel out the scrap sheet and pass down sheet, add up the total of housing stuffed for the day.  Then I go around and make sure that everything is cleaned and restocked before allowing people to leave.  The hardest part of my job is having to ask someone to please pick up there speed or to limit the talking if they can't talk and work at the same time.  Stuffing carriers and running the auto line.

If there is one bright spot in this company it's the people on the floor working. That being said the bad out weights the good in this case. The majority of the management has never once stepped or should I say worked in a manufacturing environment, they only understand what looks good on paper. It's very sad to say I can't recommend a place where the floor people are so amazing because the big wigs just take all the positive out of this place. The fact that all the senior employees tell all of the younger machinist to get experience and move on tells you alot. Wages are decent if you can make it to the high end of your pay scale (IF). For a person who wants a temporary or a job for a couple years for experience go for it but Don't get evolved with the ohh so big world of Warn politics and enjoy the wonderful people who are on the floor working.

If you enjoy working hard and taking a 3 to 5 percent pay decrease because they didn't make enough profit, watch your health benefits go away to HIGH deductible plans, along with taking your BMI, Cholesterol, blood pressure, weight and not being able to smoke without paying higher health premiums if you don't pass there tests, see your retirement benefits be taken away because they didn't make enough profit, then this is the place for you. Most people there are temporary workers now, the long time employees are all leaving because to the new culture there, its sad because this was such a good place to work before.  I have not seen a raise in years, and there is no upward mobility you get stuck in your position.

Management has no clue what they are doing, they don't listen to the employees when production problems arise. Usually just expect us to "make it happen". There are a lot of two-faced people working there, pretend to be friendly than run to management when anything goes wrong. Logistics is a nightmare. There are never the parts there when the orders are needed, training new employees is a joke. Trainers all do things differently leading to mistakes and poor quality work. Machines constantly break down. If anything serious comes up, management and HR railroad you till you either shut up about the problem or are forced to quit.

The work life balance is great at this company. Started out as a Mom and Pop company and stayed in the family throughout 3 generations, even though now it is part of the Dover Corporation, when I left the company it still held on to its value systems. Many of its employees stay with the company for 30+ years. The only down fall here is somewhat lack luster advancement and the pay is low, this is typically made up for by it great benefits, one of which is the education reimbursement program which helped me go back to school and get my degree. The company also has a great presence in the community with the employee ran Warn Employee Community Impact Project.

I worked here for over 5 years. A lot of backstabbing among employees mainly due to management making everyone feel replaceable. Upper management are either related or close friends and if you’re outside of their circle, advancements will not happen for you. The pay is very good compared to other companies in the surrounding areas, but this company constantly makes you fear losing your job if you need to request time off or call in sick. Definitely some cool products made here but the perks of being a part of this company only go to upper management and their golden children. Be wary. 

I was part of a new team established to produce ATV Powertrain components to a new ATV customer/manufacture. It was a very challenging and fast paced place to work. We were pushed to meet deadlines for component and sub-assembly shipments. The JDE ERP was a challenge as it was outdated and difficult to navigate in. The most enjoyable part of the job was the people I worked with and the quality products we produced.

The people were nice enough, but the forklift job I applied for was actually nothing more than a glorified seasonal shop-help position. I spent at least 12 hours opening boxes and putting stickers onto old product. 

Spent 2 days there before deciding it was a garbage job and that I’d rather slit my own throat than open another box of shocks just to put those stupid prop 65 stickers on everything. Shady business practices and management. OSHA should make a surprise inspection...

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