plan manager

content marketing specialist

Wenger Corporation

A manufacturing company that used to have an exceptionally long list of dedicated, loyal, hardworking employees that were paired with some genuinely great leaders. From an employee standpoint, the company has been on a gradual decline over the last 15 years (2008-9), and it seems to be heading downhill faster than ever. We were hopeful for some positive changes with a new president. So far, that has only seemed to exacerbate the issues we are seeing. The emphasis is more on acquiring other companies and less on improving the declining morale and culture. 

A smaller family-oriented company is pushing hard to be “corporate” which leaves the employees with worst of both worlds. HR pushed to go to a one size fits all approach to positions and titles leaving people with no internal paths for advancements. If you want to move up within the company, you are going to need to put in 45+ hours a week for the company and an additional 10-20hrs of personal time outside that. Not to mention metrics that are highly influenced by other departments making it nearly impossible to achieve an exceptional performance review. On top of that, you’re going to have 5-10 people you need to answer too on a daily/weekly basis. We have layers upon layers of management around here. Maybe through the acquisitions of other companies we’ve grown a little bit, but it’s still hard to believe we’ve gone from 1 (maybe 2) VP positions 15 years ago, to having as many as we do now.  

With high turnover and low morale, the company started doing surveys a few years ago, trying to right the ship. When HR wasn’t happy with the results it was determined that “that” survey wasn’t the correct one for our company. We thought that was the end of the surveys, but they eventually found a different one that was supposed to suit us better. We complete surveys every 6 months but barely get the results of the previous one before it’s time to take the survey again. The numbers continue to trend in the wrong direction, yet nothing seems to ever get mentioned, let alone addressed. 

I’ve been talked into staying time and time again by employees who’ve dedicated most, if not all, their working careers to this company. They’d go on about this place falling on hard times but always turning the corner and doing right by the employees that have made this place what it is today. It’s a very sad day when those employees start to tell you it’s time to freshen up your resume. 


What is the best part of working at the company?
Liked working with the employees here. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Some of the products they make are extremely heavy and you can get hurt doing your job. They should really focus more on safety.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
For the most part the work is easy to easy not rewarding. Same thing every day. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Staying busy, it can get really hot working here so be ready for the heat in the summer months.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Clean environment and working conditions.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
That there was zero training and no management.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very busy coworkers are helpful trying to cross train.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Start at 5am get to your area of work for short meeting,and find out who will be where.Then start doing your work.Take 10 min.break at 8 lunch at 11 then 1 more 10min.break at 2

While there are always opportunities to improve, the culture has been great between all departments and levels. I have had support from both my immediate management as well as other leaders across the organization to develop both personally and professionally. If you enjoy working with collaborative teams to consistently improve yourself, your team, and your community I highly recommend Wenger. 

Opening Mail, processing Fed-ex shipments, Tracking documents, responding to request from sales department. What I learned was Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint. How to become a better team player, to push myself daily. Co-workers were great to work with. The hardest part of job was do to company layoffs the work load was a bit much at times. Manager was a excellent leader and was very goal oriented, very positive influence for me.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I enjoy working cabnet department and also helping other departments 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most successful part is helping in every department I know 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work environment is to keep company clean and organized 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I don't have typical days at work

management  is  there  only  for  a  paycheck .hr  is  never  around  to  help  you. when  you  do  get  a hold  of  someone  your  bothering  them. management  on  the  shop floor  hiring  people  of  the  street  that  dont  know  anything  at  this  company  to be  lead  people. the  just  wont  yes  people  and  yet  managers  on  shop  floor  are  all  new  people  and  they  dont  know  any  thing  either. think  it  makes  them  feel  good  that  they  think  they  know   something.  it  was  a  good  company  to  work  for.  past  tense...

A typical day is working 7-4 in a stressful environment with next to impossible deadlines. Upper management will always ask you to do more but never reward you for doing what is asked or even what is done above and beyond. It is hard to believe that years of experience isn't appreciated as it should be. 

Work with both the office and manufacturing sides of the company. Everyone is great to work with and are super friendly. The manufacturing area is very clean and safe thanks to the proactive measures the company take. The company is very proactive on continuous improvement. Their IT Environment is solid and well rounded.

the focus is on saving money and cutting costs, not better products.    the result is unhappy employees and stressful working conditions.  Also, temp labor is never given a chance to become full time in order to save money.

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